Welcome to your April Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• April Courses
• MORE Advanced PASMA Training in Action at Soham!.
• IPAF introduces MEWP Spotter Course
• Onsite Ladder Training
• Join Our WhatsApp Channel
• That's all until next month!

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April Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in April:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator:2nd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd & 25th  
• IPAF Harness: Daily.as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 11th & 25th
• PASMA Towers For Users: 10th, 11th, 25th
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 30th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 1st, 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 24th
• PASMA Combined: 27th
• PASMA Linked Towers: 28th
• PASMA Large Decked Towers: 29th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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More Advanced PASMA Training in action at Soham! 
This month, to compliment the Advanced PASMA training we run in February, we have PASMA Linked Towers and PASMA Large Deck Towers training coming to Soham.

These courses are SO RARELY RUN, so if you need your basic PASMA in order to get on these courses we have 2 running at Soham 24th April PASMA Towers For Users and 27th April PASMA Combined Towers & Low Level Access.

Why not add to your skill set and upgrade your licence with us.
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IPAF introduces MEWP Spotter Course!
Those of you with eagle eyes may have seen us announcing that IPAF have released a brand new course, the MEWP Spotter course.

So what is it? Its an online course appx 2 1/2hrs designed for anyone who may need to assist a MEWP Operator to safely manoeuvre a MEWP into position.

The online training course covers methods of communication between a MEWP Spotter and a MEWP Operator, including industry-established hand signals, which can be essential to safe operations in situations where the Operator has restricted visibility.

Assigning someone the role of Spotter provides additional safety in MEWP operations, enabling the Operator to be made aware of any hazards they may not be able to see in their line of sight.

If you would like to know some more about the course don't hesitate to get in touch.
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Onsite Ladder Training
Do you require training at your premises?

Above pictured is a course we recently ran in London where we brought our equipment to the customer's premises for their Ladder course. If you are located in the area of either of our training Centres in Thamesmead or Soham and require us to bring our equipment to you for your Ladder Course, then have a chat with us today and we can organise this for you.

We have a network of Ladder Instructors across the UK and can come to you at your premises for all your Ladder needs.
 
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Join our WhatsApp Channel 
At RSC Training we like to keep in touch, for a while now we have been using WhatsApp to speak with many of you.
We are pleased to say we have recently Launched our own WhatsApp channel, feel free to scan the QR code and give us a follow!
Don't worry we promise we won't spam you!
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Welcome to your March Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• March Courses
• Advanced PASMA Training in Action at Soham!.
• Our Instructor Richard Elected onto Ladder Committee!
• Onsite Ladder Training
• Spread the cost of your training
• That's all until next month!

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March Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in March:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator: 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 24th, 25th, 28th.  
• IPAF Harness: Daily.as above
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 14th & 28th.
• PASMA Towers For Users: 6th, 13th, 14th, 28th
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 26th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 10th, 11th, 23rd, 24th, 25th
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 27th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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Advanced PASMA Training in action at Soham! 
This last week we have been up at our Soham Training Centre doing a full week of PASMA activities, with a variety of different courses being run and some filming going on.

The week started with a Combined course, being run by Instructor Philip Reddy, covering standard towers and low level equipment. Then for the rest of the week our Instructor Richard Chapman took over to run some additional module courses.

Tuesday it was Towers On Stairways, using the new UTS Sales & Repair stair tower (pictured), followed by Towers With Cantilevers and Towers With Bridges courses on Wednesday and Thursday using the Alto Access HD towers (pictured). It's nice to see some different towers being built on training courses.

Thursday also saw the arrival of the team from PASMA who, along with the film crew, were there for two days to shoot some footage for their upcoming videos. More details on these videos will be released by PASMA in due course.

A good few days had, with some hard work and learning along the way. Thanks also to John Darby from the Test & Research Centre for making the equipment and facilities available for us all.
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Our Instructor Richard Elected onto Ladder Committee!
Those of you who have been on a course with us will had no doubt had the pleasure of Richards company for a few hours.

Richard is a very experienced instructor with IPAF, PASMA, Ladder Association and AITT (Forklift Trucks).

As a company we are passionate about people being safe when they are working at height and any way we can have any input into shaping the future of the industry we welcome with open arms.
So we are very proud that Richard has been elected onto the Ladder Association Training Committee and we wish him well in this new role. Don't worry though you will still see just as much of him around our Training Centre's.
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Onsite Ladder Training
Do you require training at your premises?

Above pictured is a course we recently ran in London where we brought our equipment to the customer's premises for their Ladder course. If you are located in the area of either of our training Centres in Thamesmead or Soham and require us to bring our equipment to you for your Ladder Course, then have a chat with us today and we can organise this for you.

We have a network of Ladder Instructors across the UK and can come to you at your premises for all your Ladder needs.
 
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Spread the Cost of Your Training 
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer Klarna as a payment option.

If you would like to take advantage of this option just choose Klarna at checkout and follow the instructions on screen.

Klarna allows you to split your payment over 3 months in 3 equal payments with no interest payments. 
 
If you choose to you can pay your remaining installments early with no penalties.

We are pleased to offer this flexibility to our customers and hope that it is useful to you.


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Welcome to your February Newsletter, packed with news, events and new releases. This month's edition includes:

• February Courses
• Advanced PASMA Training at Soham!.
• Group Bookings?
• Onsite IPAF Training
• Spread the cost of your training
• That's all until next month!

BOOK YOUR TRAINING WITH RSC TRAINING
February Courses
We have the following open courses scheduled in February:.

Thamesmead:

• IPAF 3a  / 3b / 1b Operator: 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th & 21st.  
• IPAF Harness: Daily.
• IPAF/PASMA Combined: 7th & 21st.
• PASMA Towers For Users: 6th, 7th, 13th, 21st. 
• PASMA Combined: 20th.
• Ladder & Step Ladder User / Inspection: 5th

Soham:

• IPAF 3a / 3b: 3rd, 4th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th, 19th 
• IPAF Harness: Daily as above
• PASMA Towers for Users: 27th
• PASMA Combined: 23rd
• PASMA Towers on Stairs: 24th
• PASMA Towers with Cantilevers: 25th
• PASMA Towers with Bridges: 26th

Don't see a date/time that you want? Contact us to discuss your requirements. Want training done at your site? We can look to open up a closed course for you.

Details of upcoming courses can be found on the Course Calendar page on our website, we have recently updated this to make it more user friendly and much more up-to-date than it ever has been.

For further details or to arrange a course, contact us on 0203 794 0798 or email [email protected]
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Advanced PASMA Training at Soham! 

Coming to our Soham Centre this February, a full week of Advanced PASMA Training! If you need to renew your basic training or upgrade your skill set now is the time to do it!

Here's the schedule:

• Feb 23rd PASMA Combined + Low Level Access
• Feb 24th PASMA Towers on Stairs
• Feb 25th PASMA Towers with Cantilevers
• Feb 26th PASMA Towers with Bridges

These Advanced courses are not put on often so if you are thinking about doing one or all of them please speak to us about booking your space.
 
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Need to Book Training for a Group? Grab a Deal...! 
If you have a group of delegates that you need to book why not take advantage of one of our deals?

• At our Training Centre - Book 5 People on PASMA Towers for Users get the 6th person FREE
• At our Training Centre - Book 12 People on PASMA Towers for Users get 2 spaces FREE
• At our Training Centre - Book minimum 4 people on 3a 3b IPAF get 10% discount
• At our Training Centre - Book minimum 6 people on single category IPAF 3a, 3b or 1b get 10% discount
• On site Book 12 delegates on PASMA Towers for Users get 10% discount

Talk to us about your requirements, see how best we can help you.

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Onsite IPAF Training
Do you require training at your premises? You may not know but we have a network of Instructors across the UK able to come to you at your site.

We can let you know what machines you will need for your training and, provided you have space for the practical and a room for the theory, we can run the course for you at your site.

Typical courses run onsite are 3a / 3b and PAV.

Let us know your requirements and we can get some available dates over to you.
         
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Spread the Cost of Your Training 
We are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer Klarna as a payment option.

If you would like to take advantage of this option just choose Klarna at checkout and follow the instructions on screen.

Klarna allows you to split your payment over 3 months in 3 equal payments with no interest payments. 
 
If you choose to you can pay your remaining installments early with no penalties.

We are pleased to offer this flexibility to our customers and hope that it is useful to you.

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We would also like to thank our colleagues at Workplatform Ltd for sourcing and supplying the machines and to John Darby at the Test & Research Centre for his continued support of us at Soham.

As a company, RSC Training are always looking at ways to improve our processes with our commitment to sustainability, reducing our carbon footprint and to generally try and be as green as we can be, when we heard about the Employee Race to Zero competition, it seemed like a good opportunity to gauge where we were at, gain ideas and see what more we could do.

RSC Training's Director Richard commented: "We hadn't actually heard of the Employee Race to Zero Competition or of Giki until it came up on a newsletter from the Ladder Association saying they were taking part and were encouraging their members to do the same. As we were already doing some other work on sustainability for another project at the time, we looked into it and decided it would fit in well with what we were doing and to get involved"
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The idea of the competition was to take "steps", suggested by Giki, to reduce carbon footprint. When we first started looking into taking "steps", we found that a lot of what was being suggested were things that we were already doing! It was a good realisation and recognition of the work we already do towards sustainability. There were however "steps" we could take and it gave us a good opportunity to implement some ideas we had but just hadn't got around to doing.

Two good examples of this were:

Implementing Recycling and Waste Management at our Training Centre, replacing the single black bin with a range of recycling bins and a food waste bin, to encourage those attending our facilities to better think about separation of their waste.

Reducing Postage, by looking at ways in which we can minimise if not avoid postage needs, such as only sending paperwork to Instructors as needed, encouraging them to send paperwork to us in batches rather than per course and handing training cards/certificates to delegates who are coming to us repeatedly.

Richard commented: "Although maybe slightly frustrating that we missed out on the podium by only one "step", it was a good exercise for us to go through as a company to see where we are at with regards to sustainability. Credit to Lyndsey and Karen for their contributions which were much better than mine, I came bottom of the office leader board!"

After the event had finished, the team at RSC Training took time out to catch up with Sorrel Humphrey, Sustainability Advisor for the Ladder Association, so we could compare notes on how we each felt the competition had gone and what comes next.

We learnt from Sorrel that the Ladder Association finished 12th in the overall leader board, that they had also seen that they were already doing a lot of good things already and that the process had been a positive one to be involved with for them too.

Going forward, RSC Training will be continuing with its ongoing commitment towards sustainability, implementing new processes where applicable and will be supporting the Ladder Association in their future endeavours in regards to sustainability.

Recent changes in product standards relating to non standard configuration tower builds have lead to changes in manufacturing requirements to meet the new BS1139-6:2021 standards. Two of the leading manufacturers, Lakeside Industries and Euro Towers, have taken steps to gain third party certification to meet the new standards, with support from the Test & Research Centre.

The changes have also lead to an update on training requirements for PASMA additional module training courses, so with this in mind, the two manufacturers took the decision, in collaboration with PASMA, to open their factories in Redditch and Northampton respectively to PASMA Instructors to come along and learn about their product ranges and take a tour of the factories to see how the manufacturing process takes place and how the manufacturers are meeting the new standards.

Richard said: "These type of events are invaluable as an Instructor as they not only help us to keep up to date with the latest goings on within the industry but also help us gain specific knowledge we might otherwise not learn. Its also the social aspect of it on the day, as an Instructor we usually work alone so its good to get a few of us together now and then as you'd be surprised how much you learn just by chatting with other Instructors, swapping stories and experiences."

​The main aim of these events are to broaden the knowledge of PASMA Instructors, to show differences between different manufacturers towers, such as bracing patterns, build methods, even the material they are made from. Not all towers are the same, even if they look similar or are the same heights. This is even more emphasised when you start getting into the non standard configuration builds. Instructors can then pass on this knowledge to those attending PASMA training courses.

PASMA Lead Auditor George Lopez, who attended and helped run both events, stated about the Alto event:

“This was a great experience for instructors to learn more about Alto’s products and manufacturing process, as well as understand how and why they achieved their BS 1139-6 certification. It was also a great experience for them to build the Alto Access tower, as many of them rarely get the chance to build one. This was an excellent chance for everyone to experience this and broaden their expertise in different tower brands.”

​Thanks go to Charles Wright and the team at Lakeside Industries and to Roger Verallo and the team at Euro Towers for putting on the events for the Instructors and to George Lopez and PASMA for helping organise and run them.

The use of Harness and Lanyards when working with Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) is a common sight on most sites and a requirement in most instances. According to IPAF data, falls from the platform are one of the major causes of injury or fatality associated with using MEWPs. Training for the safe use of Harness and Lanyards has always been critical to safe use of boom type platforms.

Recently, IPAF have reviewed their Harness course and have made changes to the delivery of this training so that it is better tailored to the individuals taking the course.

Previously, IPAF had a stand alone half day course that would include all the information a delegate would need to know, including selecting the right equipment, storage and maintenance, wearing the equipment and checking the equipment on a pre-use and thorough examination basis.

This approach was designed to be a "one stop shop" to provide all this information for training purposes, however it was found that a lot of the delegates attending the courses were only really required to use Harnesses for their jobs and that they would not be responsible for thorough examinations.

On review of this, IPAF have replaced the traditional half day Harness course with 3 new Harness courses, designed to tailor better to individual's specific involvement with Harnesses.
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IPAF have launched 3 courses to make up 3 new categories, which are designed to work in a tiered system and the courses you take will depend entirely on the level of information each individual requires for their jobs. The new categories are:

​Harness Awareness (HA)
Designed for those who require a theoretical understanding of harnesses without the need to use one themselves. Theory based course, approx 3hrs, completed either in person in a classroom or via eLearning.
 
Harness User (HU)
Designed for those who require to use a harness within a MEWP for their work. Must have successfully completed HA course first and practical is completed in person.
 
Harness Inspector (HI)
Designed for those who are responsible for completing periodic inspections of harnesses. Must have successfully completed both HA and HU courses first. Classroom based course, no eLearning option.

This depends entirely on what level of training is required, which course(s) are taken and the format in which they are done. For example, typically the majority of delegates will require training to HU level, which could either be done as a half day session at a Training Centre doing both HA and HU categories, or the HA category could be done as an eLearning module and the delegate attends the Training Centre to complete the HU category in person.

If the delegate requires the HI category, this can be done as a half day in the afternoon after completing the HA and HU categories in the morning, making this a full days training, or could be completed on a different day.

IPAF are also allowing the HU category to be integrated into their standard IPAF Operator course (where applicable) to help reduce the time spent at the Training Centre. Delegates would need to have completed the HA category prior to the course.

For more information regarding Harness courses and your specific training requirements, contact us to discuss options.