PASMA (the Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association) is the leading trade association for the mobile access tower industry in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Founded in 1974, PASMA represents manufacturers, suppliers, and training providers involved in the design, manufacture, hire, and use of mobile aluminium access towers.

The association is best known for developing and administering the PASMA Training Scheme, which has become the benchmark qualification for the safe assembly, use, and dismantling of mobile access towers on construction sites and in industrial settings. PASMA works closely with the Health and Safety Executive and other regulatory bodies to ensure that its training courses and codes of practice remain aligned with current legislation and risk management principles.

PASMA membership is open to manufacturers, suppliers, and training organisations operating in the mobile access tower sector, and the association plays an active role in lobbying for proportionate regulation and raising awareness of safe working at height practices.

The PASMA Towers for Users training programme is widely recognised across construction, facilities management, and industry, with thousands of operatives trained each year through an extensive network of approved training centres. PASMA also publishes technical guidance, a code of practice for the use of mobile access towers, and regularly revises its training materials to reflect the latest European and British standards governing mobile access equipment.