Scaffold Inspection Record
Keep a dated inspection history for one scaffold, with findings and the action taken recorded beside each inspection.
SI-07 1 page
Trade job forms · TJ-33
Scaffold Handover and Off-Hire Record
A free printable scaffold handover form — what was erected and who received it, every alteration during the hire, and the off-hire call and materials count.
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What this sheet is for
Settle the questions a scaffold hire always raises — who asked for the extra lift, when off-hire was called and what went missing — from a signed record rather than a phone call.
Who it is for
Scaffolding contractors, and the site managers and builders who hire from them.
How to use it
- Describe the scaffold as handed over: location, lifts, ties, access, loading agreed and the tag or certificate number.
- Have the person receiving it sign on the day it is handed over.
- Log every alteration during the hire with who asked for it and whether it is chargeable.
- Record the off-hire call, the dismantle date and anything missing or damaged, and have the hirer sign again.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One scaffold from handover to strike: what was erected, who took it on, every alteration during hire, and the off-hire call and dismantle.
The hire, not the inspections. How often a standing scaffold is inspected, and by whom, is set by the rules where you work and the site — record those on the Scaffold Inspection Record. This sheet is the hire itself: handed over, altered, off-hired, taken down.
Write-on lines: Site / address · Customer / hirer · Job ref · Erected by
Scaffold as handed over
Write-on lines: Location on building · Type · Lifts · Length / height · Ties (type & how many) · Loading class agreed · Sheeting / netting / fans · Ladders / stair access · Design drawing ref, if any · Tag / handover cert no. · Handed over on · Handed over by · Received by (name & role) · Signature
Alterations during hire — one line each — adaptation, extra lift, tie moved, damage reported
Table, 3 rows: Date · Requested by · What was done · Done by · Re-tagged? · Chargeable?
Off-hire and dismantle
Write-on lines: Off-hire called on · Called by · Taken by (your office) · Hire ends on · Dismantled on · Materials missing or damaged at strike · Counted by · Making good needed · Hirer signature at off-hire · Print name · Scaffolder · Date
Questions
Where do the inspections go?
On the Scaffold Inspection Record, not here. How often a standing scaffold is inspected and by whom is set by the rules where you work and the site's own arrangements; this sheet is the hire — handed over, altered, off-hired, taken down.
Why sign twice?
Because the two signatures answer the two questions that end in a dispute: who accepted the scaffold as fit to use on day one, and when the customer stopped paying for it.
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