Scaffolding Inspection

Overview

This qualification targets safety officers, managers, supervisors and workers required to inspect the scaffold. Learners obtaining this qualification will develop an understanding of scaffolding components and inspection procedures for non-designed scaffolds to comply with the current legislation and codes of practice.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the participants should be able to:

• Understand the requirements of the legislation applicable to scaffolding and theemployer’s duties and responsibilities.
• Understand the basic scaffolding components and the principles of safe systems of work during erection and dismantling.

Target Audience

This qualification targets safety officers, managers, supervisors and workers required to inspect the scaffold.

Course Outline

Day 1
Part One: Theory
Understand the requirements of the legislation applicable to scaffolding and the employer’s duties and responsibilities

• Scaffolding Regulations
• Duties of scaffolding inspector
• Responsibilities and design approvals
• Scaffold types and selection
• Components of scaffold
• Scaffold parts and requirement standard
• Scaffolds capacity
• Inspection check list
• Inspect Prior to Use
• Electrical lines clearances
• Personnel protective equipment

Day 1
Part two: Practical
Understand the basic scaffolding components and the principles of Scaffolding Inspection

• Work site assessing and safe construction of basic scaffolding
• Ground sole and plates level
• Identify key elements of a scaffold inspection components as per standard
• Level of scaffolds and capacity
• Scaffolding inspection check list
• Identify float components

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