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All Together: Scaffolding Safety." The video is designed to be a part of a scaffolding training program by showing workers how to safely erect and dismantle scaffolds.
The Scaffold Industry Association (SIA), Woodland Hills, Calif., in partnership with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), has developed several courses for those workers involved with the use, rigging, erection and dismantling of scaffolds. These programs can be taught utilizing frame, system, or tube and coupler type scaffold components.
The SIA Primary Access Training course is intended for workers who erect various scaffolding that do not exceed a specific height to base ratio, usually either 4-to-1 or 3-to-1. The course is in the form of a manual sent out two weeks in advance that students are required to study the contents and answer the self-test questions prior to attending a one-day session. The one-day session includes a review of the manual, instructor demonstrations, and practice by the students in erecting and dismantling of a scaffold. Students are evaluated by a written exam, as well as by the erecting and dismantling.
The Scaffold User Hazard Awareness Program, for example, is designed to help the scaffold user recognize the hazards on various types of scaffold. It lasts approximately three hours and incorporates a Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation that encourages student participation. This course is not designed to teach workers how to erect scaffold, but more for overall use and safety for the entire crew.
The Competent Person Training course is intended for workers who actually erect the various types or configurations of supported scaffolds or who are going to be the designated competent person on the job site. The course is in the form of a student manual sent out three weeks in advance that students are required to study-approximately 25 hours the contents and answer the self-test questions prior to the one-day session. The one-day course includes a review of the manual, instructor demonstrations, hands on practice by the students erecting and dismantling both rolling and stationary scaffold towers and a scaffold run. Again, students are evaluated by a written exam, as well as their proficiency in erecting and dismantling the scaffolds.
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