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5: Training and Erecting/Dismantling
Competent persons and trained
workers are critical to scaffold safety. Therefore, assessing personnel
abilities is a vital part of scaffold
design, erection, maintenance, and use, and should not be overlooked
in scaffold inspections.
Design & Erecting/Dismantling (top)
Scaffolds must be designed by a qualified person, and be constructed
and loaded in accordance with that design. Scaffolds are to be
erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under
the supervision of the competent person.
Training (top)
Scaffolds are to be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only by
experienced and trained employees who have been selected for
that work. Employees who are involved in activities such as erecting,
dismantling, repairing, and inspecting scaffolds must be trained
to recognize hazards associated with those activities.
Training must include all pertinent requirements as well as:
- The nature of scaffold hazards
- Correct procedures for erecting,
disassembling, etc; the type of scaffold
in question
- The design criteria, maximum intended load capacity, and intended
use
of the scaffold
Employees who perform work while on a scaffold must be trained by
a qualified person to recognize the hazards associated with the type
of scaffold being used, and to understand the procedures to control
those hazards.
Training must include all pertinent requirements as well as:
- The nature of any electrical hazard, fall hazard, and falling
object hazard in the work area
- The correct procedures for dealing
with those hazards
- The proper use of the scaffold, and the proper
handling of materials on the scaffold
- The maximum intended load
and the load-carrying capacity of the scaffold
Employees will be retrained if there is reason to believe that they
lack the skills or understanding to safely erect, use, or dismantle
a scaffold. Employees will also be retrained if the following situations
occur:
- Where changes at the worksite present a hazard for which an employee
has not previously been trained
- Where changes in the types of scaffolds,
fall protection, falling object protection, or other equipment
present a hazard for which an employee has not
previously been trained
- Where inadequacies in an affected employee's work indicate
that the employee has not retained the necessary proficiency.
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