How important is NASC membership?

摘要

It seems sensible for scaffolding contractors to have a common level of best practice. Step forward the National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC),whose membership fees are based on turnover, though the minimum is £1,600 a year.rnThe NASC requires that 75 per cent of a member firm's labour force is directly employed. Managing director Robin James feels that the direct labour requirement leads firms to take a responsible attitude to their employees. "We want to encourage firms to be accountable. The model is central to our ethos," he says.