Scaffold Safety Inspection Training Scheme

About the course:

SCAFFOLD SAFETY INSPECTION TRAINING SCHEME (SITS) CISRS

The training is intended for Site Managers and Supervisors who are responsible for ensuring that scaffolding is correctly erected, used, maintained and inspected.

The overall aim is to develop in delegates an understanding of scaffold components, methods of construction and inspection procedures to comply with current legislation and codes of practice.

The training objectives are to ensure that at the end of the course delegates will be able to:

Identify and inspect tubes, boards, ladders, gin wheels, ropes and fittings correctly.
State the main requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974; The Working at Height Regulations 2005 & recognised Industry guidance.
Identify the construction requirements common to all scaffolds to include:-

Foundations

Scaffold framework

Platforms, handrails and toe-boards

Ladder access

Carry out inspections and fault identification on access scaffolds.
Complete and maintain reports in accordance with current statutory provision.

Training Staff Details : They shall have Health and Safety, scaffold, construction and instructional experience.

Ratio of trainers : trainees – 1:12 maximum

Achievement Measurement : Practical exercises and group syndicate work.

SCAFFOLD SAFETY INSPECTION

COURSE PROGRAMME : Each day will include a 15 minute break in the morning and afternoon and a 45 minute lunch break.

Day 1
Subject	Training Time
Course assembly and introduction	30 minutes
Pre course inspection Inspect scaffold with faults	30 minutes
Legislation and Codes of Practice Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 Construction Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1996 British Standards Approved Codes of Practice	1 hour and 15 minutes
Terminology Structural components Types of scaffold	30 minutes
Scaffold materials Tubes, boards and fittings Defects	1 hour
Construction common to all scaffold Foundations Scaffold framework Bracing Tying in Working platform Ladder access and egress	2 hours and 30 minutes
Review of day one	15 minutes

Day 2
Subject	Training Time
Construction common to all scaffolds (cont.) Gin wheels Protection fans	1 hour
Putlog scaffolds Regulations Codes of Practice Classification Towers Static Mobile hoist-way	1 hour and 45 minutes
Birdcage scaffolds Regulations Codes of Practice Classification System scaffolds Steel modular structure Prefabricated aluminium towers Regulations Codes of Practice Manufacturers Recommendations	2 hours
Practical inspection Inspect scaffold with faults Reports Handover certificates Scafftag systems Regulatory requirements	1 hour and 45 minutes
Course evaluation	15 minutes

Date: Summer 2017

Duration: 3 Days

Venue: NCC Lifford Lane, Birmingham

Cost: Info coming soon.

Scaffold Safety Inspection Training Scheme

SCAFFOLD SAFETY INSPECTION

Day 1

Course assembly and introduction

Day 2