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This course covers the following information:

Supported Scaffolding Safety in Industrial and Construction Environments: Supported Scaffolds and OSHA Regulations

  • Know the regulations that OSHA has established to reduce the hazards of working on supported scaffolds
  • Understand the duties and responsibilities of the "competent person" regarding scaffold work
  • Understand the goals and content of the employee scaffold training that is required by OSHA
  • Know specific hazards that are associated with supported scaffolds and how to avoid them.

Supported Scaffolding Safety in Industrial and Construction Environments: Building a Firm Foundation

  • Understand how a secure foundation helps you work safely on a supported scaffold
  • Know how to prepare the ground on a job site for construction of a supported scaffold
  • Know the equipment and safe practices that you should use when assembling the framework of a scaffold.

Supported Scaffolding Safety in Industrial and Construction Environments: Assembling a Secure Platform

  • Know OSHA regulations that apply to the construction of a scaffold's platform
  • Understand how a strong and secure platform helps you avoid mishaps and injuries while working on a supported scaffold
  • Know the materials and safe practices that should be used in building a platform for a supported scaffold.

Supported Scaffolding Safety in Industrial and Construction Environments: Accessing a Scaffold Safely

  • Understand how accessing a scaffold improperly can create hazards for both you and the structure itself
  • Know OSHA requirements for constructing a safe access to a supported scaffold
  • Know the equipment and procedures that you should use to get onto and off of a scaffold's work platform safely.

Supported Scaffolding Safety in Industrial and Construction Environments: Fall Protection

  • Understand how guardrails and Personal Fall Arrest (PFA) systems can help reduce fall hazards when you are working on a supported scaffold
  • Understand OSHA fall protection requirements for scaffold work
  • Know the basic components of a PFA system and how they should be used
  • Understand how toeboards, screens and debris nets can reduce the hazards created by objects that fall off a scaffold platform.