This occupation is found in the Construction and the Built Environment Industry. 

Employers range from small, medium businesses to large enterprises. Projects vary in size, scale, and duration, and could include domestic refurbishments, new built housing, large scale industrial, commercial properties and challenging locations, like bridges, powerlines, towers and offshore. Scaffolders work outdoors in changeable weather, indoors or both depending on the project.  

The broad purpose of the occupation is to provide access solutions or structural support which allows other trades to carry out their roles safely whilst working at height.