Step up your skills
The Ladder Association’s new training course ‘Working with Steps and Step Stools’ is proving popular amongst occasional users of steps and step stools in shops, offices, schools and the health sector.

Delivered by a nationwide network of approved training centres, the course covers the law, relevant standards and the latest guidance, through to potential hazards and storing and handling steps and step stools in the workplace.
Lasting a minimum of 2.5 hours, the course includes the following four assessment activities: 15 multiple choice questions, fault finding, hazard analysis and carrying, positioning and stepping on to steps and step stools. Successful candidates receive a Ladder Association certificate and LadderCard.