![PP Construction Safety logo and link to home page [1]](http://www.ppconstructionsafety.com/wp-content/themes/ppcs960/images/ppcslogo.jpg)
Tower association urges employers to check for fake PASMA cards
The Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association (PASMA) represents the mobile access tower industry and has a issued a poster explaining how to check PASMA ID photo cards.
The cards are issued to those who who successfully complete the PASMA training course and demonstrate objective proof of competence in the assembly, use, inspection and dismantling of mobile access towers. The cards now incorporate a number of unique security features including a hologram and prismatic logo.
The message from PASMA is if you are ‘Not sure?… Get it checked!’ The poster includes a hotline to report inappropriate or dangerous activity by cardholders and PASMA promises to investigate every case and withdraw certification and cards if necessary.
PASMA MD, Peter Bennett: “Increasingly, where mobile access towers are concerned, the PASMA certificate of competence and associated ID card are specified by name in health and safety handbooks as proof of competence. For many people, because of its reputation and nationally applied standards, no other proof will do. With some 50,000 cards now issued each year, PASMA is determined to protect the integrity of its card scheme to ensure that tower owners and users can continue to have complete confidence in its credentials.”