Scaffold Safety – Competent Person

Course Objective

• Provide delegates assigned to work on or around scaffolds the necessary skills to safely perform their jobs.
• Provide delegates with recommended practices and guidelines to perform safely while working with scaffolds.
• Delegates should be able to demonstrate the necessary skills during practical examination and demonstrate knowledge during written examination.

Course Design

• Power Point© / Lecture / Audio Video / Visual Aids
• Practical Exercises

Successful Course Completion

• Requires a minimum score of 75% or better.
• Grades shall be calculated by dividing the number of questions answered correctly by the total number of exam questions.
• Delegates will have no more than thirty (30) minutes to complete the exam.
• Successful completion of practical session is mandatory.

Course Content Summary

• Classroom
• Practicals

Breaks: 10 minutes (approximately every hour)

Lunch: 1 Hour

Course Outline
About Scaffolds

• Scaffold Regulations
• Competent Person Definition
• Scaffold Training Elements
• Tagging System
  • Green Tags
  • Yellow Tags
  • Red Tags
• Common Scaffold Types
  • Tube and Clamp Scaffold
  • System Scaffold
  • Rolling Tower Scaffold
  • Frame Scaffold
• Basic Scaffold Components
  • Mud Sills
  • Screw Jacks
  • Vertical Post
  • Support Structure
    • Runners
    • Bearers
    • Diagonal Braces
    • Clamps
  • Working Area
    • Guardrail System, planks and platforms, ladders
• Safe Access to a Scaffold
• Scaffold Classification
  • Light Duty
  • Medium Duty
  • Heavy Duty
• Scaffold Load Capacity Calculation Example

Scaffold Requirements

• Scaffold Platform
  • Plank Requirements
    • Metal
    • Wood
  • Securing Planks
  • Plank Loading
  • Wood Plank
    • Labeling/Usage
    • Allowable Spans
    • Intended Load
    • Integrity
      • Allowable Knots
      • Allowable Splits
      • Deformations
        • Warp Table Example

Fall Protection

• Guardrail System Requirements
  • Top Rail
  • Mid Rail
  • Toe Boards
  • Vertical Supports
• Personal Fall Arrest System Requirements
  • Harness
  • Lanyard
  • Anchor Point
    • Vertical Life Lines
    • Horizontal Life Lines
• Falling Objects

Scaffold Construction

• Scaffold Erection/Dismantling
  • Competent Person Requirements
  • Safe Access
  • Material Handling
    • Use of rope to lift/lower material/tools
    • Proper knot security
      • Tubulars
      • Planks
      • Tools, etc…
  • Barricading Work Area

Scaffold Safety

• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• General Safety
• Ladder Safety
• Welding Safety
• Scaffold Security
  • Rolling Scaffolds
  • Securing Scaffolds to Solid Structures
  • Wind Force Example
• Electrical Safety
• Scaffold Inspection
  • Review Inspection Criteria

Practical Session
Practical training shall utilize 1 tier (at minimum) of scaffolding similar to the type the employee will utilize in the field.
Practical shall verify the following:

• Select and wear appropriate PPE during practical training
• Perform proper pre-use inspection of Scaffold and equipment
• Remove scaffold and associated tools/equipment from service if it is unsafe
• Identify hazards associated with scaffolds
• React to unusual or emergency situations
• Understand proper use of tools and equipment
• Move material in a safe manner
• Utilize proper fall protection
• Determine safe scaffold platform capacity
• Safely erect and dismantle scaffold
• Secure materials for raising/lowering (rope knot application and usage)
• Access/egress from scaffold properly

Training Center Provided Material

• PPE
• Scaffold
• Tools

Delegate Requirements

• None

Reference Material / Documents
OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart L