Introduction & Welcome

Aims & Objectives

What is TG20:13

TG20:13 Compliant Scaffold’s

Effective Handover’s

Working on Flat Roof Area’s

Any Questions

Michael Mitchell Principal Instructor/Senior Partner

The aim of todays talk is to give a BRIEF

overview of TG20:13 and safe working

Practices upon Flat Roof Area’s

Official launch - 22nd November 2013 at the NASC AGM, Bristol

‘A comprehensive guide to good practice for tube and fitting scaffolding’

Handover

Competent Person from Scaffold Company

Inspect scaffold for Compliance to Regs

Complete a Valid Handover Certificate.

Enter into Statutory Scaffold Inspection Register

Inspect every 7 days or after adverse weather or

anything that would affect its stability

GOOD PRACTICETo place a visible inspection tag on every access point

What should be on a Tag ?

Scaffold Location. Scaffold Requested by.

Who built it.

The Date it was constructed.

Their signature

Load Class in Kn & KG

Initial Inspectors Name Signature Time & Date

On Reverse each Inspection after the initial One

Along with time and Date

Flat Roof

Edge Protection

WAHR 2005Every Existing Place of work or means of access or egress at height

shall have in essence :

Schedule 1

Safe Means of access and Egress

Schedule 2

Have a collective fall prevention of persons and materials

Schedule 3

A suitable supporting structure whilst erecting being used and

dismantled

Does Edge Protection come under

TG20:13 ?

NO !!!

All Edge Protection even if it is a

tripod system upon a flat roof

requires Design

First thing to Consider :

How we get up there ?

So we Decide Access Tower with No

Ladder

We need Access to all area of roof including the

drip at the edge

The Access Tower will be TG20:13

Compliant

Edge Protection requires a design

ASK FOR ONE OF THESE

To Avoid one of These

Questions

Thank you for listening

I hope you have found this briefing

enjoyable and beneficial