Scaffolding for Supervisor and Inspectors Course Training

To enable the delegates to be fully aware of the various types of scaffold, their uses and construction, faults most commonly encountered and to carry out statutory inspections and completion of reports on basic scaffolds and aluminium access towers. By the end of the training course delegates will be able to:
• Understand the requirements of the relevant legislation, British Standards Code of Practice and industry standards.
• Identify the safe working loads for working platforms.
• Differentiate between various scaffold systems and for what purpose they should be used.
• Understand statutory inspections of basic tube and fitting scaffolds.

Course Duration:                 1 Day (8 Hours)

Certificate Validity:              1 year

Training Schedule:               On-Demand

Topics Covered:    

Regulations and approved Codes of Practice, Understand the requirements of the relevant legislation including; EN12811 part 1 (TG20:13,) HSE recommendations for inspecting scaffold systems.
• Working platforms and their safe working loads.
• Scaffold systems including; independent tied scaffolds, system scaffolds and mobile aluminum towers.
• Safe access and egress.
• The inspection of all types of scaffold (independent, putlog, mobile and static towers).
• Statutory Inspections and completion of reports also incorporating handover certificates and manufacturers' instructions for basic towers.
• Scaffolding terminology
• Tubes, boards and fittings
• Ladders
• Gin wheels and ropes
• Scaffold ties
• Construction regulations and recommendations of basic scaffolds to include:
independent tied scaffold, putlog scaffold, birdcage scaffold, static tower, basic independent tied scaffold, scaffolds with prefabricated beams, protective fans, pavement gantry, loading bay, roof saddle scaffold, splay scaffold roof edge protection, practical inspection, reports, Identify the safe working loads for working platforms, Differentiate between various scaffold systems and for what purpose they should be used, Adopt a safe working practice for the use of ladders for access and egress, Appreciate the safe erection, alteration and dismantling procedures as laid out in SG4:10, Carry out statutory inspections of all types of basic scaffolds and mobile towers