VILT | OSHA #3085 Principles of Scaffolding

Course Description: This course covers the requirements for safet construction and use of scaffolding using OSHA's construction scaffold standards as a guide. Course topics include hazards associated with scaffold design, assembly, disassembly and use, types of scaffold, determining scaffold capacity, employee qualifications and training and maintenance repair and inspection requirements. Students will participate in workshops to reinforce concepts of safe scaffolding. Upon course completion students will have the ability to identify the types of scaffolds and their components, determine safe assembly, use, and disassembly and recognize common violations of OSHA standards. 

Minimum student contact hours: 22

Prerequisites: None