Friday, 16 January, 2026

Experienced TentMasters have long delivered complex structures safely, but the industry has seen people arrive on site with little understanding of risks yet working on structures for thousands. High profile failures such as Pukkelpop and Sugarland showed the consequences. The people who erect structures now carry all the responsibility but often lack authority. The Guild exists to correct that imbalance by defining competence, linking it to authority and making it legible to clients, regulators and insurers. 

Grandfather rights in scaffolding were removed in 2015; the same change is coming here. The Guild provides an orderly route to a modern standard. The MUTA Best Practice Guide already sets expectations; TentMaster formalises the human competence those documents assume.

There are no membership fees for 2026.