Tower Week was established by PASMA to bring the whole industry together – from manufacturers to training instructors to operatives – to promote positive stories, images and messages about mobile access towers, prefabricated tower scaffolds and low level work platforms. The event is marked all over the world. Our goals are to inspire people by showing them all the different ways they can use towers and to help everyone work more safely by showcasing good practice. It’s an opportunity for all those who work with towers to celebrate their commitment to safety and all the exciting things that towers have helped them achieve.
Changes to EN 1004 take full effect this year. If you’re responsible for the safety of tower users, join our Technical Director, Don Aers, to find out how to use the transition period wisely.
Ray Cooke (No Falls Foundation, formerly HSE) joins Chris Smith (PASMA) for a discussion about a manager’s responsibilities under the Work at Height Regulations.
Put your tower knowledge to the test! There’s a round for everyone, from beginners to self-proclaimed ‘tower nerds’. Let’s see how much you really know about towers.
Show your support for Tower Week with our printable posters and graphics. This pack contains two different posters that you can display in your office or training centre, graphics in a variety of sizes suitable for your email signatures and newsletters, as well as a bundle of graphics ready-made for social media, including 6 different safety messages. To download it, enter your details below.
Get ready to share your week with towers. Before Tower Week starts, plan your photo and video opportunities, gather stories, facts and reflections from your team and make sure all your colleagues know that you’re supporting Tower Week (the posters in your Supporter Pack will help with this!). If you want to organise your own events, promotions, webinars, etc, then get planning. Don’t forget to pop the date in your diary – Tower Week runs from Sunday 6 March to Saturday 12 March 2022.
Get snapping! Between us we can highlight all aspects of the tower industry, from the design and production process through to the finished product being used by trained operatives. We want to really show people how widely towers are used and how much effort goes into keeping people safe on them.
If you’re working with towers this week, photograph it and share it.
Plan some photos ahead of time and make sure your whole team are on the lookout for spontaneous opportunities to grab the perfect selfie. Bonus points for pictures that include cantilever towers, towers with bridges, towers on stairs or non-standard configurations.
Share your best shots on social media using the hashtag #TowerWeek and be sure to tag PASMA too. We’ll share as many as we can. Use your post to explain what’s going on in the photo and perhaps include a story, insight or fact alongside it.
Aim for at least one photo post per day and at the end of the week, you’ll have enough to make a collage!
This year, please don’t forget social distancing and masks where required – even when you’re posing for the camera.
Be careful to only share photos that show good practice in action… we know you know what to do!
What can you tell us about the work you and your colleagues are doing with towers this week? Take a moment to share stories, insights and facts that give people an inside glimpse into the work you do.
And don’t stop there – think about your whole time working in this industry and the interesting insights you’ve gained over the years.
Think too about the contribution your business makes to tower safety and how you could present that in an interesting way. Ask your colleagues for their input – perhaps they’d even provide a quote or interview.
Tell us what you’re doing with towers this week and take time to reflect on your role in the industry.
Use social media to share the stories, insights and facts you’ve gathered. Start a conversation around them with your followers, if you can. Remember, use the hashtag #TowerWeek and tag PASMA so we can share.
Why not aim for at least one story, insight or fact per day? When we all do this, it will build up a picture of the whole industry for those watching the campaign.
Throughout Tower Week, PASMA will be using social media, email and press coverage to share safety advice, start conversations and announce new resources for safety professionals. Please:
Use the safety graphics in your Supporter Pack to create your own posts too.Could you commit to sharing one safety message per day?
Don’t encourage people to use the #TowerWeek hashtag for anything other than sharing tower inspiration or safety advice (e.g. do not ask them to use it to enter a competition). We want the hashtag to be packed with useful posts.
Remember, Tower Week is an opportunity for all those who work with towers to celebrate their commitment to safety and all the exciting things that towers have helped them achieve. Although we’ve shared plenty of ideas for how to participate, please do your own thing too – the more creative the better! If you want to take your participation to the next level, consider organising:
If you’re planning a safety-focused event or webinar that anyone can attend, please let us know and we’ll share the details.
