Scaffold Inspection Course
Scaffold Inspection Course
Aims
To impart the necessary knowledge and skills required to carry out fault finding inspections on steel scaffold structures and to verify the structure meets the three sets of criteria specified in the provision and use of work equipment regulations 1998:-
- The structure is fit for use
- The structure is fit for its intended purpose
- The structure meets all the legal requirements laid down
Objectives
By actively participating in the course delegates will be able to:
- Understand the reasons why scaffold structures collapse
- Show a good level of awareness on the legal requirements of a scaffold structure
- Show a good level of understanding of the safety requirements of a scaffold structure
- Understand the requirements for checking and recording inspections
- Carry out a systematic inspection of a scaffold structure
Course content
- Fault finding
- Reason for scaffold collapse
- Common faults during erection and dismantling
- The legal requirements
- Management of health & safety at work regulations
- Manual handling regulations
- General provisions
- Video presentation - citb “satisfied its safe?”
- Scaffold – basic safety requirements
- Foundations
- Materials
- Couplers, tubes and boards
- Working platforms
- Guardrails and toeboards
- Ladder access
- Loading of scaffold
- Stability
- Bracing, rakers and ties
- Inspection requirements
- Recording procedure
- Obstacles & public interfaces
- Information tables
- Course questionnaire
Duration: 1 Day
Maximum Delegates: 12
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