Course Goal:

Course aims to provide candidates with the necessary information and skill for safe use erect dismantle and inspection scaffolding.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Describe the scaffold members and fittings used in scaffold construction.
• Explain the terms used in scaffold construction.
• List the common causes of accident from working with scaffolding.
• Outline the format of a scaffold inspection.
• Perform a scaffold inspection
• Practical build, inspect and disassemble a scaffold in a safe way (Erection & Inspection).
• Compile a scaffold inspection report, a remedial report and be fully confident in the use of the Scaffolding system

Course Outline:

1. Elevated work areas and Scaffolds
   1. Standards and legislation
   2. Elevated Work Areas – General Requirements
   3. Fall Protection
   4. Guardrail Systems
   5. Falling Object Protection
   6. Entry and Exit
   7. Temporary Stairways
   8. Temporary Ramps
   9. High Winds
2. Scaffold Components
   1. Requirements Common to All Scaffolds
   2. Types of scaffolding
   3. Scaffold Specifications
   4. Capacity
   5. Foundations
   6. Stability
   7. Clearances
   8. Horizontal Members
   9. Bracing
   10. Tools
   11. System Scaffolds
   12. Engineering principles of scaffolding
   13. Scaffolding Safety
   14. Safe Assembly
   15. Plan and prepare work
   16. Erect scaffolding
   17. Dismantle scaffolding and store in appropriate area
   18. Alter and repair
3. Scaffolding safety checklist
   1. risk assessment in Erect and Dismantle of Scaffolding
4. Scaffolding load
   1. Planks
   2. Bearer connection
   3. Posts
   4. Foundation
   5. Safe working loads for individual couplers and fittings

Who Can Benefit?

All workers