NASC AND CISRS ADVISE AUSTRALIAN MINING COMPANY EXECUTIVES

[ THE NASC held a meeting with an international flavour in March – spreading the ‘safe scaffolding through regulation & publication’ #ItHasToBeNASC message across the globe to Australia – as they welcomed Stephen Easterbrook, managing director of Breight Group, and Cohen McLeod, their contracts manager.

Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) compliance manager Tony Barry and NASC health & safety manager Steve Kearney held the meeting with the two Australian mining company executives at their HQ in London. Agenda items included the prevention of dropped objects, tethering, and scaffolding and access safety.

Mr Easterbrook said: “We came to the UK some 10 plus years ago and I was so impressed with the NASC/ CISRS documentation framework that I wanted to discuss it in further detail and talk matters relating to the international scaffolding industry collectively.

“The scaffolding industry in Western Australia has a reputation for being below average and we are on a best practice mission, looking at what is out there to improve things. Thanks to the NASC, the education is out there and their help is sincerely appreciated.”

This is just one way the NASC and CISRS are representing the high standards set here in the UK scaffolding sector by their members, across the globe. q

• The NASC now has International Information Membership available. Find out more at nasc.org.uk/ membership/international-information/