Employer and Venue Endorsement to the National Rigging Certificate (NRC)

Help us drive health and safety in rigging and recognise the skills and knowledge of those who currently work in rigging.

The National Rigging Certificate has been live since September 2007. Many have now completed the qualification, with a further 400 individuals currently registered to undertake their assessments. The following document has been prepared to explain why you, as a venue or employer of riggers, should help support the NRC. We are asking you to sign up to an endorsement that by September 2010 you will make a commitment to only use those who are formally registered to the scheme, with the aim to only employ qualified NRC Riggers from January 2012. This timeline gives plenty of opportunity for those currently working in the industry as riggers to take their assessment.

What is the Endorsement to the NRC?

Example of the NRC ID Skills Card

We would ask you to commit to the following statement:

'Our Venue / Company is committed to adopting the National Rigging Certificate (NRC). From September 2010 we will only appoint contractors/suppliers carrying out rigging work who have either registered with PLASA to take their assessment, or who have qualified as a Rigger holding the NRC ID Skills Card for Level 2 Rigger or Level 3 Rigging Supervisor.

From January 2012 we will require that all rigging work be carried out by contractors/suppliers that hold the NRC ID Skills Card for Level 2 Rigger or Level 3 Rigging Supervisor. Trainees will be working in conjunction with someone holding the NRC Card at Level 2 or above.

We believe that this will support a culture of health and safety awareness and maintain best practice'

Make the Endorsement

Enter your details for your endorsement to the NRC - you will be sent an acknowledgement. You will also be sent a certificate that states your endorsement.

In order to promote your commitment and as part of the drive to raise awareness of the NRC, the PLASA Website will be listing companies and venues who have endorsed the scheme - providing we have had your permission to do so. As such we would ask if you would please take a few minutes to upload an image of your company logo (300dpi CMYK jpeg format with a maximum size of 120mm wide). You can do this prior to submitting your endorsement at the end of this page.

The uploading of your logo may take a few minutes so please be patient.