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NOTICE OF ISSUE .............................................. 6
FOREWORD........................................................ 7
PREFACE ........................................................... 8
A SUMMARY OF THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992 9
REGULATIONS 9
APPROVED CODES OF PRACTICE 9
EMPLOYERS’ DUTIES 9
HAZARD MANAGEMENT 10
INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES 11
EMPLOYERS TO INVOLVE EMPLOYEES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCEDURES 11
TRAINING OF EMPLOYEES 11
SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES 11
EMPLOYEES’ AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS’ DUTIES 11
ACCIDENTS AND SERIOUS HARM (RECORDS AND NOTIFICATION) 12
DEFINITIONS ................................................... 13
1. REQUIREMENTS .......................................... 17
1.1 INTRODUCTION 17
1.2 DEFINITIONS OF SCAFFOLDING AND SCAFFOLDING PROCESS 17
1.3 THE BUILDING ACT 18
1.4 MATERIALS 18
1.5 SCAFFOLD PLANKS 19
1.6 ERECTION, ALTERATION AND DISMANTLING 19
1.7 SUPERVISION 19
1.8 CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY 19
1.9 DUTIES OF PRINCIPALS, CONTRACTORS, SCAFFOLDING
ERECTORS AND USERS OF SCAFFOLDS 20
1.10 PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE 22
1.11 ACCESS TO WORKING PLATFORMS 22
1.12 SCAFFOLDING NEAR ELECTRIC POWER LINES 23
1.13 SCAFFOLDING OVER VERANDAHS, GANTRIES OR ROOFS 24
1.14 LIFTING APPLIANCES MOUNTED ON SCAFFOLDING 24
2. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS ............................ 26
2.1 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN 26
2.2 BASIS OF DESIGN 26
2.3 LOAD COMBINATIONS 26
2.4 DESIGN LOADS 27
2.5 SUPPORTING STRUCTURE 28
3. STANDING SCAFFOLDS .............................. 29
3.1 SCOPE 29
3.2 FOUNDATIONS 29
3.3 WORKING PLATFORMS 30
3.4 PLATFORM DECKING 31
3.5 GUARDRAILS AND MIDRAILS 32
3.7 SCREENS 33
3.6 TOEBOARDS 33
3.8 HEADROOM AND LIFTS 35
3.9 HEIGHT OF SCAFFOLDING 36
3.10 TIES 36
3.11 BRACING 37
4. TIMBER SCAFFOLDING................................ 40
4.1 SCOPE 40
4.2 QUALITY OF TIMBER AND FITTINGS 40
4.3 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 40
5. TUBE SCAFFOLDING IN STEEL OR
ALUMINIUM...................................................... 42
5.1 SCOPE 42
5.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 42
5.3 MATERIALS 43
5.4 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDING SCAFFOLDS 43
6. SCAFFOLDING WITH PROPRIETARY
EQUIPMENT ..................................................... 46
6.1 SCOPE 46
6.2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 46
6.3 FRAME SCAFFOLDING 47
6.4 UNIT-ASSEMBLED SCAFFOLDING 47
6.5 BRACKETS 47
7. FREE-STANDING SCAFFOLDS ..................... 50
7.1 FREE-STANDING SCAFFOLDS 50
7.2 MOBILE SCAFFOLDS 51
7.3 TRESTLES AND TRIPODS 53
8. SUSPENDED SCAFFOLDS
8.1 SCOPE 54
8.2 TYPES OF SUSPENDED SCAFFOLDS 54
8.3 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 54
8.4 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 59
8.5 ENGINEER’S CERTIFICATE 60
9. SPECIAL SCAFFOLDS .................................. 61
9. I SCOPE 61
9.2 DESIGN AND SUPERVISION 61
9.3 NON-STANDARD STANDING SCAFFOLD 61
9.4 STANDING SCAFFOLDS WITH ATTACHMENTS 61
9.5 CANTILEVER SCAFFOLDS 62
9.6 HANGING SCAFFOLDS 62
APPENDIX A: SCAFFOLD REGISTER FOR ALL
SCAFFOLDING FROM WHICH A PERSON COULD
FALL 5 M OR MORE ......................................... 63
SCAFFOLD REGISTER 64
INSPECTION RECORD 64
APPENDIX B: SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD REGISTER
AND NOTES ON SUSPENDED SCAFFOLDING.. 66
LIVE LOAD (I.E. PERSONS, TOOLS, MATERIALS) 67
COUNTERWEIGHTING OF OUTRIGGERS 67
COUNTERWEIGHT DETERMINED USING THE FORMULA 68
SUSPENDED SCAFFOLD REGISTER 68
APPENDIX C: WEIGHTS OF MATERIALS USED
ON SCAFFOLDING .......................................... 70
APPENDIX D: SCAFFOLDING
MATERIALS TECHNICAL DATA ........................ 72
APPENDIX E: RIGGING FOR SCAFFOLDERS ... 74
GENERAL 74
SUSPENDED LOADS 74
SCAFFOLD TUBE 75
CHECKLIST 77
APPENDIX F: PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
FOR SCAFFOLD PLANKS ................................. 78

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