Council staff learn to go up the ladder

COUNCIL chiefs have spent pounds 4,700...teaching their staff the right way to climb ladders.

The 94 town hall workers spent a full day trying to master the task as part of a health and safety initiative.

Trainees were taught the finer points of how to pick a safe place to position ladders, how to go up and down and how to use roof ladders properly.

A spokesman for Labour-run Doncaster Council said: "We have a duty to ensure that our employees are safe and competent in working at heights."

Opposition Councillor Martin Williams said: "This makes the council a complete laughing stock."

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