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Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Any employees that will be erecting and dismantling scaffolding.
1 Day / 1 Day
15
This course equips candidates with knowledge regarding:
Systematic and Safe approach to erect access scaffolding.
Different types of scaffold systems including kwik-stage and interlock frames.
Different types of scaffolds e.g. towers, mobiles, independents and birdcages.
Completion of Pre-work Risk Assessments and Inspection of Foundations.
Installation of all scaffolding components including, standards, ledgers, bracing, steelboards and access ladders.
Requirements for Safe Scaffolding as per SANS 10085-1:2004
Different types of scaffold signage e.g. safe and unsafe for use.
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263247
Assist to erect, use and dismantle Access Scaffolding
Any employees that will be erecting and dismantling scaffolding.
3 Days / 1 Day
15
Systematic and Safe approach to erect access scaffolding.
Different types of scaffold systems including kwik-stage and interlock frames.
Different types of scaffolds e.g. towers, mobiles, independents and birdcages, hang scaffolds and drop scaffolds.
Completion of Pre-work Risk Assessments and Inspection of Foundations.
Requirements for Safe Scaffolding as per SANS 10085-1:2004
Effective communication within a scaffold team.
Different types of scaffold signage e.g. safe and unsafe for use.
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263245
Erect, use and dismantle Access Scaffolding.
Any employees that will be erecting and dismantling scaffolding.
5 Days / 1 Day
15
This course equips candidates with knowledge regarding:
Systematic and Safe approach to erect access scaffolding.
Different types of scaffold systems including kwik-stage and interlock frames.
Different types of scaffolds e.g. towers, mobiles, independents and birdcages, hang scaffolds, drop scaffolds and special design scaffolds.
Completion of Pre-work Risk Assessments and Inspection of Foundations.
Requirements for Safe Scaffolding as per SANS 10085-1:2004.
Effective communication within a scaffold team.
Understanding of loads that the scaffold can bear based on load per square meters (including dead and live load).
How to use, interpret and communicate a scaffold drawing.
Different types of scaffold signage e.g. safe and unsafe for use.
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263205
Inspect Access Scaffolding
Scaffold Supervisors, Eretors, Team Leaders, HSE Representatives and HSE Officers.
2 Days / 1 Day
15
This course equips candidates with knowledge regarding:
Inspection of Access Scaffolding as per requirements stated in SANS 10085-1:2004.
Frequency of scaffolding inspections as per SANS 10085-1:2004.
How to complete legal documentation including Scaffold Handover Certificates and Scaffold Inspection Registers.
Completion and Placement of that Scaffold Safe for Use Signage.
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243275
Erect and dismantle prefabricated aluminium alloy scaffolding.
Employees that will be erecting and dismantling aluminium scaffolding.
2 Days / 1 Day
15
This course equips candidates with knowledge regarding:
Explanation of prefabricated aluminium scaffolding and scaffold components.
Erection of prefabricated aluminium alloy scaffolding.
Dismantling and storage of scaffolding.