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CISRS COTS (Labourer)

The CISRS COTS (Construction Operative Training Course Specification) course is aimed at operatives carrying out only labouring or driving duties in support of scaffold operations. This course, which lasts for a day in duration, is a requirement for who wants to get the CISRS Scaffoldling Labourer card.

The CISRS COTS course is an ideal foundation course for those wishing to obtain an initial industry recognised certification within scaffolding, and is also a prerequisite for anyone who wants to go in to complete CISRS Part 1 and Part2, or the CISRS BASE course.

CISRS Course Detail

The CISRS COTS course includes the following elements:

• An introduction to regulations and codes of practice.
• Responsibilities on site.
• Terminology used in scaffolding operations.
• Health, welfare, hygiene and housekeeping on site
• Servicing of equipment, stock control.
• Working at heights.
• Manual handling.
• Site transport safety (loading and unloading).
• Fire prevention and electrical safety.
• Noise and vibration.
• Accident reporting and prevention.
• Personal Protective Equipment.
• Lifting equipment using rope and wheel
• Questions and test

Delegates will be assessed using a multiple-choice question format at the end of the course.

Course Delivery

This course is delivered at CISRS training centres located across the UK, and centres undergo annual audits to ensure they continually meet CISRS Scheme Criteria.

Candidates must also have passed a CSCS Health, Safety and Environment touch screen test within two years, unless they have an accepted exemption.

Common exemptions include:

• IOSH Working Safely, IOSH Managing Safely, IOSH Leading Safely
• FAS Safe Pass
• NEBOSH (General/Construction/International) 
• OHS Certificate
• SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) 
• SSSTS (Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme) 
• Current CCNSG Safety Passport
• Current CCNSG Safety Passport (LATS)
• Current MIST/BOSIET/OPITO Approved Offshore Certificate

CISRS Scaffolding Labourer Cards are valid for a period of 5 years at which stage they will expire, and it will be necessary to re-qualify.

Related CISRS courses

• CISRS Scaffolder, Part 1, Part 2, and Skills Testing
• CISRS Scaffolding Awareness