What kind of work clothes are needed when erecting scaffolding?

In the construction industry, almost all workers wear some kind of special clothing. When installing scaffolding, special clothing for workers will also be required. This is rational, because we are talking about the special functions of workwear.

If professional uniforms for some specialties allow these people to be distinguished and recognizable, for example, police officers, then construction special clothing for scaffolding installers is designed to enhance work safety.

Workwear must be provided by the employer, who knows the risks associated with the tasks performed by employees. When choosing special clothing, workplace conditions must be taken into account, as well as protection from weather influences, physical and biological.

Physical influences should be understood as the risk of falling from a height, falling tools and materials.

A distinction can be made between personal clothing, work clothing and protective clothing

The clothing that employees come to work in is called personal.

Work clothing is a uniform worn by representatives of a certain specialty, the so-called uniform. It can be worn instead of private (personal) clothing or together with it. Work clothes have practical functions and are designed for external influences, but are not designed to protect against specific factors. For example, work clothes keep you warm in winter or protect you from the sun in summer, but do not protect you from chemical reagents, impacts or cuts that are dangerous at work.

Protective clothing is what is worn to protect the head, body, arms, legs, feet from specific hazardous influences. Protective clothing includes PVC shoe covers, metal heat treatment gloves, and a helmet.

Protective clothing for builders who assemble scaffolds

Protective clothing is boots with metal toes. Such footwear protects feet from falling tools, building materials, and welding sparks. Helmets that are suitable for wearing throughout the working day. Protective kits against falls from heights, worn over work clothes. If used correctly, they protect against falls from dangerous heights. 

Workwear for scaffolders

Workwear is not just pants, a T-shirt or a sweater. Workwear (especially pants) should be comfortable and provide freedom of movement. For intensive work, pants with reinforced knees, double seams and wide, strong belt loops should be provided. There should be enough pockets in workwear to put tools, tape measures and other work accessories. Velcro or snaps on the pockets should provide simple and easy access to the contents. If it is assumed that work will be carried out at night in order to meet the deadlines for the delivery of the object, then a reflective neon vest should be added to the workwear.

Appearance of workwear

If a team of workers came to install scaffolding in appropriately sized, appropriate workwear, then for everyone who sees them, this will be a signal that professionals have arrived who can competently do their job. A completely different look will be on workers who climb scaffolding in sweatpants.

All professionals who are proud of their company and the quality of their work place their logo on their work clothes. Workers who brought scaffolding from their factory are brand representatives, so their work clothes create the image of the company as a whole.

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