The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires a competent person to supervise when a scaffold is "erected, moved, dismantled, or altered," 1926.451 (a)(4). Participants in this course will be provided the necessary training to be considered a "competent person" by an OSHA inspector. The instructor will also cover the most common OSHA violations related to scaffolds and how to control/eliminate accidents and injuries associated with scaffolds.
Topics covered include:
- Footings and foundations
- Inspection of equipment
- When to tie scaffolding to a building
- Platforms and planking
- Fall protection
- Ladders and stairways
- Systems scaffold
Length: 1 day; 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:
- No Charge for representatives of firms who participate in CompTrust AGC MCIC workers' compensation program, but there is a $35 Cancellation Fee for complimentary registrants that do NOT attend.
- $185, representative of Georgia Branch, AGC member firm;
- $166.50, participants of Young Leadership Program
- $285, representative of non-Georgia Branch, AGC member firm
Course Location: AGC Training Center
Back to Course Calendar or direct questions to Jenny Tuggle at 678.298.4112.
