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Construction

PASMA Tower

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PASMA Tower is run on demand — tell us when you'd like to attend and where, and we'll arrange a date and venue that works for you. Single delegates and group bookings both welcome.

UK-wide venues + online Group discounts available

Overview

PASMA Towers for Users is the recognised national qualification for anyone who assembles, dismantles, moves or inspects mobile access towers. Aluminium towers are everywhere on UK sites and in maintenance work, and they are involved in a steady stream of serious falls, almost always because they were built wrong, altered wrong or moved with someone on them. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require tower work to be done by competent people, and the PASMA card is how that competence is evidenced across the industry.

The one-day course combines theory and hands-on building. Delegates learn the regulations and guidance, tower components and their inspection, safe assembly and dismantling using the through-the-trap (3T) and advance guardrail methods, stability rules including ties and outriggers, and the checks and handover requirements before a tower is used. Everyone builds, alters and strips a tower under instruction, and passes a theory test and practical assessment to gain the PASMA Towers for Users card, valid for five years.

Tower work sits inside the broader work at height picture: the Working at Height course covers the hierarchy of control and harness basics for everyone whose feet leave the ground, and supervisors and managers cover height work planning on SSSTS and SMSTS. Browse the cluster under working at height training.

Who this course is for

  • Anyone who assembles, moves, alters or dismantles mobile access towers
  • Electricians, painters, cladders and M&E trades using towers daily
  • Maintenance and facilities teams with in-house towers
  • Site supervisors who inspect towers and sign them off
  • Hire desk and depot staff advising on tower use
  • Employers evidencing competence under the Work at Height Regulations

Requirements

  • No formal entry requirements
  • Delegates must be physically able to build a tower during the practical
  • Suitable clothing and safety footwear for the practical session
  • A reasonable level of spoken and written English for the theory test

What you'll achieve

  • The PASMA Towers for Users card, valid for five years
  • Competence to assemble, alter, move and dismantle towers safely
  • Both 3T and advance guardrail assembly methods
  • The ability to inspect towers and complete tower checklists
  • Working knowledge of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 for tower work
  • Recognition across UK construction, facilities and maintenance

Syllabus

Regulations and guidance
Work at Height Regulations 2005 and PASMA guidance for towers.
Components and inspection
Frames, braces, decks, stabilisers and pre-use checks.
Safe assembly
3T and advance guardrail methods, practised hands-on.
Stability
Height-to-base rules, ties, outriggers and wind.
Moving and altering towers
When and how a tower can be moved or changed safely.
Assessment
Theory test and practical build assessment for the PASMA card.

PASMA Tower FAQs

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require tower work to be carried out by competent people. PASMA is the industry scheme for evidencing that competence, and most contractors and clients will not allow tower work without a current card.
Five years from passing the course, after which you retake the course to renew.
One day, combining theory, a hands-on tower build and the assessments.
Yes, a theory test and a practical assessment during the tower build. Delegates who engage with the day rarely have difficulty.
Towers for Users covers standard mobile access towers built to the manufacturer's instructions. Specialist configurations, such as cantilevers or towers on stairs, have their own PASMA courses.
Yes, where there is space to build a tower indoors or in suitable weather outside. Training on your own tower stock makes the day directly relevant.
Prices for the PASMA course vary by location, group size and whether you book a public date or an in-company course. Where live dates are shown at the top of this page, the price against each date is the full cost of a place. Otherwise send an enquiry from this page and we will come back within one working day with options and pricing.
Yes. PASMA training works well delivered to a whole team at once, on site or at a venue near you, and in-company delivery is often the cheapest way to train several people. Request a quote through our <a href="/for-employers/">employer booking page</a>, with purchase order support included.
The course runs on demand as well as on any public dates shown at the top of this page. Send an enquiry with your preferred timing and location and we will confirm available options within one working day.

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