32 Hour Suspended Scaffold Supervisor
$650.00
DESCRIPTION
This course is required for anyone designated by a Special Rigger to supervise suspended scaffold use in New York City (NYC). It is also required for anyone who wants to serve as the Qualified Safety Professional (QSP) on a façade restoration project of a *Major Building in NYC. After completing this course, a rigging foreman must take an 8-Hour refresher course every 4 years.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Basic rigging and hoisting principles.
- Safety instruction, hazards, use of tools from heights.
- OSHA, NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) Rules and Regulations, Building Code.
- Hands-on training with fall protection, knot tying, wire rope termination, self- rescue, connections, block and tackle, etc.
- PPE.
- Suspended scaffold erection, dismantling and use.
- Inspection, record keeping and logbooks.
- Motor operation, accidents and emergency procedures.
- Protections to be installed
OBJECTIVES
- Recognize hazards with suspended scaffolds.
- Implement hazard mitigation, emergency procedures, means and methods.
- Identify permit requirements and NYC laws relating to the use of suspended scaffolds.
- Understand fall protection and how to deploy equipment.
- Know how to inspect a suspended scaffold, wire rope, tie-backs and equipment.
- Correctly use and operate suspended scaffold motors including emergency controls.
- Install, operate and tie-off rope scaffolds using back hitch and night hitch.
- Install vertical lifelines, chaffing protection and knots.
- Calculate weights of materials and recognize load ratings.
- Correctly name and use rigging hardware, shackles, fist grips, turnbuckles, parapet clamps, etc
COURSE MATERIALS
Will be provided.
PREREQUISITES
Students must speak and read English as required by the DOB. Students must be familiar with suspended scaffolds.
