basic scaffold training APK

NOTICE OF ISSUE .............................................. 6
FOREWORD........................................................ 7
PREFACE ........................................................... 8
A SUMMARY OF THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 9
REGULATIONS 9
APPROVED CODES OF PRACTICE 9
EMPLOYERS’ DUTIES 9
HAZARD MANAGEMENT 10
INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES 11
EMPLOYERS TO INVOLVE EMPLOYEES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES 11
TRAINING OF EMPLOYEES 11
SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES 11
EMPLOYEES’ AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS’ DUTIES 11
ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS HARM (RECORDS AND NOTIFICATION) 12
DEFINITIONS ................................................... 13
1. REQUIREMENTS .......................................... 17
1.1 INTRODUCTION 17
1.2 DEFINITIONS OF SCAFFOLDING AND SCAFFOLDING PROCESS 17
1.3 THE BUILDING ACT 18
1.4 MATERIALS 18
1.5 SCAFFOLD PLANKS 19
1.6 ERECTION, ALTERATION AND DISMANTLING 19
1.7 SUPERVISION 19
1.8 CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY 19
1.9 DUTIES OF PRINCIPALS, CONTRACTORS, SCAFFOLDING
ERECTORS AND USERS OF SCAFFOLDS 20
1.10 PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE 22
1.11 ACCESS TO WORKING PLATFORMS 22
1.12 SCAFFOLDING NEAR ELECTRIC POWER LINES 23
1.13 SCAFFOLDING OVER VERANDAHS, GANTRIES OR ROOFS 24
1.14 LIFTING APPLIANCES MOUNTED ON SCAFFOLDING