803 Scaffold Safety Program Management

Scaffold Training Requirements

Introduction

Training requirements are summarized in 1926.454. All employees who work on a scaffold must be trained by a person qualified to gain adequate knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to recognize and control and minimize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold used.

The training should also include the following areas, as applicable:

1. The nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area;
2. The correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems being used;
3. The proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of materials on the scaffold;
4. The maximum intended load and the load-carrying capacities of the scaffolds used; and
5. Other pertinent requirements of the standard.

A competent person must train each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold to obtain adequate KSAs to:

1. recognize hazards associated with the work in question;
2. perform the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question;
3. know the design criteria, maximum intended load-carrying capacity and intended use of the scaffold;
4. understand other pertinent requirements of the standard.

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