Scaffold Awareness

Course Objectives:

This course is designed to give delegates the underpinning theoretical and practical knowledge to enable them to complete a safe to use inspection on a basic scaffold structure as defined by the NASC Technical Guidance TG20:13.

Course Content:

This course involves theory & practical training sessions over a 1 day culminating in an on-site practical assessment of a scaffold structure.

Topics covered on this course include the following:

Introduction to the Working at Height Regulations 2005
Scaffold erection alteration & dismantling competence requirements
Basic scaffold interpretation
Common scaffold terminology
Scaffold inspection criteria – including when & how to do it and recording it
Handover certification
Scaffold load classes
Access working platform widths
Scaffold materials & common defects
Foundations
Types of ties
Guard rails, Toe board, Brick guards
Ladders
Ropes, Knots & Hitches
Raising & lowering loads
Protection of the public
Independent tied scaffolds
Differing types of scaffolds
On site practical scaffold inspections
Theory knowledge test

On successful completion of the course delegates will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who has the responsibility to ensure scaffold structures are safe to use, before use, on a daily basis. This course does not qualify the delegate to carry out the statutory recorded inspections.