AIF Knowledge Base
Looking closely at new developments in the management of risk when working at height, the AIF Knowledge Base will feature demonstrations, panel debates and discussions from a host of industry experts that include APS, BSIF, CIOB, CPA, HSE, IOSH and UKCG.
Click here to view video highlights from this year's successful AIF event.
See below for the 2010 schedule and keep checking our website for 2011 updates.
| AIF Knowledge Base |
 | 11 May 2010 |
| 11:00 - 13:30 | | NASC - Recent guidance changes for scaffolding
Simon Hughes, Simian Risk Management |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | | IOSH - Product solutions are no solution
John Lacey, IOSH, Vice President of IOSH and Chairman of the IOSH Construction Group |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | | IPAF - Choosing the right MEWP for the job |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | | IRATA - A definition of competency: From training to the workplace
Rod Dymott, IRATA, Chief Executive Officer |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | | PASMA - A debate: That 3T (Through The Trap) is a perfectly acceptable method of preventing falls from mobiile towers |
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| 13:30 - 14:00 | | LA - A debate: That ladders and stepladders are so simple to use that training is pointless |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | | HSE - The "Shattered Lives" campaign
Alison Wellens, HSE, Head of the Slips, Trips and Falls Team |
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| 12 May 2010 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | | PASMA - A debate: That advance guardrails are the best available option for preventing falls from mobile access towers |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | | PANEL - Who's the work at height expert - client or contractor?
Philip Baker, APS, President
Peter Bennett, Managing Director, PASMA
Peter Roberts, Projects Director, Bovis Lend Lease
Rick Statham, Operations Director, Safety & Access Ltd |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | | LA - A debate: That industry cannot afford the cost of training ladder and stepladder users |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | | IPAF - A best practice guide for people working in restricted overhead spaces
Gil Male, IPAF |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | | NASC - Recent guidance changes for scaffolding
Rick Statham, Safety and Access |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | | PANEL - Qualifying competence - do we or don't we?
Geoff Hooke, BSIF, Secretary General
Philip Baker, President, APS
Rupert Douglas-Jones, International Training Manager, IPAF |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | | IRATA - Delivering workplace safety at height
Rod Dymott, IRATA, Chief Executive Officer |
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| 13 May 2010 |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | | LA - A debate: That we will not reduce accidents on ladders and stepladders unless users are trained and competent |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | | CIOB - Successfully managing work at height on site
Brian Middlemiss, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | | PANEL - Work at height: Sustaining the future (how developments in work at height can help improve sustainability for clients)
Jane Thornback, CPA & Strategic Forum, Sustainability Policy Advisor
Amy Baldry, Group Environmental Manager, Costain/UKCG
Chris Ball, Chairman, Ladder Association |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | | IPAF - The dangers of not using spreader pads with outriggers |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | | NASC - Recent guidance changes for scaffolding
Simon Hughes, Simian Risk Management |
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| 13:30 - 14:00 | | PASMA - A debate: That industry cannot afford the cost of converting to advance guardrails and should stick to the tried and proven 3T method |
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