This means they need to have the necessary skills, experience and knowledge to manage health and safety.
You must use a builder or scaffolding contractor who is trained and competent to put up scaffolding. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 state that their main responsibility is to make sure their project is suitably managed, ensuring the health and safety of anyone who might be affected by the work, including the general public. This includes property developers and companies managing domestic properties like landlords, rental agents or estate agents. Who is responsible for health and safety?įor work done on your home NOT in connection with any business, the builder, scaffolder or contractor who is using the scaffolding is responsible for maintaining safety on site.īut the rules are different for individuals, partnerships or companies that have construction work carried out as part of their business. If there is a risk to the public, you must schedule scaffolding work for quiet times or get a highway closure from your local council. It is up to them to obtain the licence, but it is your responsibility to check that they have the appropriate paperwork. However, if any part of the scaffolding needs to go on the pavement or the road outside your property your builder or scaffolder must get a licence from your local council. If your builder or scaffolder needs to put up scaffolding within the boundary of your property there is no need for a licence. Your trader will know if this is necessary. However, if it is not possible to use a straightforward standard configuration, a competent person – either a scaffold contractor or designer – must create a bespoke design to ensure the strength, rigidity and stability of the structure while it is built, used and dismantled. Supported scaffolding is built from the base upwards to a set design. Most scaffolding around residential properties will follow an established, standard structure.
If they need to work at height, they must minimise the risk of falling by using existing safe roof areas or scaffolding. This means working from the ground if possible. Traders do need to ensure their staff are safe as they work on your property. It really depends exactly what work you are doing and what level of risk it involves. Fixing a single broken tile on a low roof would not be the same as installing solar panels 20 stories up. It is up to your trader to assess the level of risk and use the appropriate equipment. There is a common misconception that ladders and stepladders are banned when traders work at height, but the law recognises that low-risk situations do not require scaffolding. Ask five different people about whether or not to use scaffolding and you’ll probably get five different answers.
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