Earning Criteria

• This person has successfully demonstrated all of the knowledge and practical competencies required to achieve the Skills Proficiency Certificate in Scaffolding.
• They can carry out safe working practices to prevent hazards and to ensure the safety of working personnel and members of the public Hazards: excavations, obstructions, wet concrete, absence of warning notices. Inspect for faults, set up and safely use steps and ladders in general use Faults: metal components (corrosion), timber components (deterioration, splits, cracks) Plywood components (deterioration, splits, cracks), Scaffold components (check welds, cracks, splits, accumulation of dirt.
• They can cut timber, plywood, materials by hand using the correct tools. Cut: eg marking, measurement Materials: eg pipes, couplers, system form work components, timber, plywood consumables Tools: eg hammer, chisel, bolster, masonry hand saw, guillotine, hydraulic cutter, scriber/tile cutter, hacksaw, , try square, combination square, marking gauge, marking knife, compasses, tape measure, rule/ruler. Select, use, clean and store hand tools to construct, erect and dismantle scaffolding.