SCAFFOLDING INSPECTOR
This course will give participants the necessary skills and knowledge to plan, prepare & complete basic scaffolding work as prescribed by the National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High-Risk Work. On completion of this course, participants will be able to manage risks; inspect equipment; work with fiber ropes; and construct and dismantle modular scaffolds.
COURSE PREREQUISITE
- Legislation, regulations, and legal requirements
- Practice, and company scaffolding procedures.
- Company risk management procedures and scaffolding risk control
- Plan Work – Site requirements and rules; site hazard identification; emergency procedures; priorities; scaffold fit for the purpose.
- Rope work including bowline; clove hitch; timber hitch; rolling hitch; and use of gin wheels.
- Identify scaffold components and use; identify damaged components.
- Identify individual modular systems, and their advantages/disadvantages.
- Tube and Coupler overview and use
- Ground Bearing Pressure related to live load and dead load.
- Minimums and Maximums including lift height bay width, length of light/medium/heavy duty scaffolds; bracing of scaffolds; tying of scaffolds.
- Estimation of material
- Practical exercises