Course Aims:

To provide managers, supervisors and operatives within the construction industry with legislative requirements and practical guidance, based on legislation, about how to effectively control scaffolding on their sites.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course delegates will be able to understand all relevant regulations relating to scaffolding, and applying the law to:

• The kind of faults, which are common in scaffolding on construction sites
• The factors, which are essential to the provision of safe scaffolding, based on legislation
• An agreed method of work for overcoming common problems, which arise in the erection and use of scaffolding, based on legislation
• How to deal with issues, which arise in the planning, construction, use and dismantling of scaffolding, based on legislation
• How team work will help to eliminate problems arising from the construction and use of scaffolding
• The requirements for scaffolding inspections, the keeping of records and the responsibilities of individuals involved

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