Online videos

Committed to advancing safety and best practice in the work at height sector, member organisations of the Access Industry Forum (AIF) - a forum for all the principal trade associations and federations involved in work at height - have produced seven new Toolbox Talks.

Offering advice and guidance, they can be viewed free online at: www.

accessindustryforum.org.uk/vtt.htm.

With a running time of about 10min, and with a short online questionnaire to assess understanding, the free videos have been described by the HSE as An innovative way of getting key messages and guidance about how to work at height safely over to a wider audience'.

The videos, (16 in total), include: NASC: Explaining scaffold handover certificates and scaffold inspections; PASMA: Fall protection in mobile access towers Ladder Association: Using stepladders and step stools IPAF: The dangers of not using spreader pads with outriggers.

Visitors to the website can also watch debates and discussions addressing a range of health and safety issues. Contributors include senior representatives from the Association for Project Safety, British Safety Council, HSE, IOSH and UKCG.