For member companies and supervisors

For member companies

Bli ställningsbyggare helps new arrivals find employment in the scaffolding industry. As a member company of STIB, you can use the site to support your recruitment.

For supervisors

Use the checklist to give your apprentice the best possible help

Checklist in PDF format

Prepare for your role as a supervisor

The apprentice is responsible for meeting targets, but to create a good relationship you need to support them.

Make an effort to catch up with each individual. Have keywords such as being thoughtful, have good principles and always keep your tone pleasant. This will permeate into the entire workplace.

Apprentices come with their own experiences and won’t do things in exactly the same way as you. See this as a strength and work as a team where you share experiences.

Don’t judge the apprentice for their shyness or language skills but give all individuals the same opportunity. You never know how much a person can develop or how quickly they can learn things.

The apprentice’s first day

Introduce the apprentice to the company. Start by introducing yourself and telling us about your role at the company. Talk to the apprentice about what your collaboration will look like.
  • What is important to think about?
  • Go through the tools and equipment with the apprentice thoroughly.
  • The different training stages, the pay scale and what’s required of the apprentice.
  • Let the apprentice ask questions and let them know that you’re always willing to answer questions throughout their apprenticeship. You’ll be the apprentice’s teacher during this period and teach them everything you know.

Tell them what a collective agreement is. It’s important that the apprentice knows their rights and obligations.

Tell them how distance learning via Ställningsakademin works.

During the apprenticeship period

The apprentice is completely new. You are the one with all the knowledge. Ask the apprentice frequently whether they have any questions.

There are many procedures and safety issues that are obvious to you, but which take time to learn. Continually go through these with the apprentice.

Go through the introductory course together with the apprentice so that they can ask questions.

Plan and follow up on the training with the apprentice, both to provide the apprentice with a clear schedule and so that they know exactly what’s required of them in the near future.

BYN’s specific requirements for the profession and the requirements for the various parts of the course The training manual together with the apprentice Continually update the apprentice about the existing job schedule.

 

Pay attention to how the apprentice handles the training elements and the apprenticeship period. It’s important that the apprentice gets timely help if you notice that they’re struggling at any point

Try to plan so that theory and practice follow each other. Involve the apprentice in the planning so that they learn to take personal responsibility.

 

Log in to Ställningsakademin frequently to follow up on how the apprentice is doing. Support and help the apprentice so that their training is completed on time.

 

Don’t forget that the goal is for the apprentice to complete the training and become a qualified scaffolder. It benefits everyone.