Scaffold register. A printable site register of every scaffold on a job — reference, location, what it was handed over for, when it was last inspected and when the next inspection falls due.
This is the paper version. ScaffoldOptix does the same job on a phone, with the record filed against the scaffold and the site automatically.
What is on the sheet
- A row per structure: reference, location, type and the date it was handed over
- What each was handed over for, and whether it is currently fit, restricted or out of use
- Date of last inspection and who made it
- When the next inspection falls due, as a date rather than an interval
- Adaptations and strikes, so a structure that has changed is visibly a different structure
- Off-hire and removal, so a register does not fill up with scaffolds that are no longer there
Why this record matters
A register is what turns a pile of inspection reports into a view of a site. The question nobody can answer from the reports alone is the one that matters on a Monday morning: which of the eleven structures on this job is out of date. A register answers it in a glance and a filing cabinet does not.
Dates rather than intervals is the deliberate choice. Writing 'next due' as a date means the person reading the register does not have to know the rule, count forward, or remember whether bad weather on Thursday reset anything. It also means a wrong date is visible, where a wrong interval is invisible.
The adaptation column is what keeps a register honest. A scaffold that has been altered is, for these purposes, a new structure: it needs inspecting before it is used again, and a register that carries the old inspection date against it is actively misleading. Recording the alteration in the register is how the two stay connected.
This is also the template with the clearest case against paper. A register lives in one site hut, shows nothing until somebody opens it, and tells you an inspection is overdue only if you go and look — which is the opposite of what a register is for. It is a great deal better than nothing, and it is the thing software replaces rather than prints.
Use it with
- Scaffold inspection reportA printable scaffold inspection report for the inspections the Work at Height Regulations require — what was looked at, what was found, and whether the structure is fit to be used.
- Scaffold tag templateA printable scaffold tag for the access point — what the structure may be used for, when it was last inspected, and who to ask before touching it.
- Scaffold adaptation recordA printable record of an alteration to a scaffold — what changed, who authorised it, who did it, and the inspection that has to happen before it is used again.
- Scaffold handover certificateA printable handover certificate for passing a completed scaffold to the client — what was erected, what it may be used for, what it was designed to, and who is accepting it.
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. General guidance, not legal advice. Checked October 2026.