Are you looking for a varied job with lots of action and team spirit? Then scaffolding is probably the right career for you! Sounds good to you, but you don't really know what a scaffolder actually does all day? Let us sum up some of the main tasks of a scaffolder: planning, calculating and drawing up the design of the scaffolding assembly, dismantling and anchoring of different types of scaffolding, construction stair towers, emergency stair towers or formwork. selecting, loading and transporting the required scaffolding materials storage and maintenance of scaffolding measuring and calculating, for example, scaffold standing areas and material quantities How to become a scaffolder? Depending on where you'd like to work, there are several ways to start your scaffolding career. These range from on-job training to special courses for aspiring scaffolders e.g. in Construction Operations. In some countries you need to do an apprenticeship of up to 3 years before you can work as a scaffolder. For more information on how to become a scaffolder, click here.