COURSE SYLLABUS
SAFETY FOR IRONWORKERS: SCAFFOLD USER- E/D
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the Iron Worker student with training in scaffold erection, use and dismantling.
Course Objective:
The objective of this course is to enable a student to work safely on construction sites during the use, erection and dismantling of scaffolding.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
· Use scaffolding
· Erect and dismantle various types of scaffolding
Target Audience:
This course is mandatory for all apprentices.
Length of Course:
This course is designed to be offered during a minimum of 16 hours – 12 hours of classroom instruction and 4 hours of hands-on lab or shop training.
It is recommended that classroom and hands-on lab or shop sessions be combined where appropriate. For example, the instructor may spend 90 minutes in lecture in the classroom followed by 90 minutes in the lab or shop. This means the course may consist of about 5 3-hour sessions. When appropriate, more course sessions may be held for shorter periods of time in order to provide the student with sufficient opportunities to learn the content.
Course sessions may be conducted during evenings in blocks of 3 or 4 hours or may be conducted during all day sessions. Given the time required for students to master these skills, it is recommended that all day courses include classroom sessions of no more than a 3 to 4-hour block in the morning and a 3 to 4-hour block in the afternoon.
Location of the Course:
All course sessions will be held at the facilities used by the local union. Hands-on activities may be held in the classroom or in a lab or work area.
Instructor Information:
The instructor for this course will be an experienced Iron Worker qualified to teach this safety course (i.e., has completed this course and has applied the course information on the job) and who has been trained as an instructor.
Course Materials:
· Scaffold Training for Ironworkers reference manual
· Scaffold Training for Ironworkers student workbook
· Scaffold Training for Ironworkers instructor guide
· Scaffold Training for Ironworkers instructor DVD
Course Assignments:
There are assignments that will be completed as part of the course. Students will complete these assignments prior to and/or during course sessions as determined by the instructor.
Course Grading Criteria:
To successfully complete this course, the student must complete all of the assignments, demonstrate the required skills in the lab or shop and pass the knowledge tests.
Course Attendance:
All course sessions are mandatory and while missed time can be made up, missing a course session will affect your ability to successfully complete this course. Speak with the instructor to arrange make-up time if necessary.
Course Schedule:
NOTE: The following Course Schedule is set up for course sessions 3 hours in length. If your course sessions are more or less than 3 hours, you will need to adjust the number of sessions accordingly.
Date Topics/Activities
Session 1 Introductions
Review of the course syllabus including the course objectives
Discussion of classroom and outside assignments and shop activities
Unit 1: Introduction to Scaffolding
Lecture and discussion
Session 2 Test – Unit 1
Unit 2: Safely Using Scaffolds
Skills demonstrations and apprentices practice using scaffolding that has been previously erected
Session 3: Unit 2: Safely Using Scaffolds
Skills demonstrations and apprentices practice using scaffolding that has been previously erected
Test – Unit 2
Note: The length of the erecting and dismantling portion of this course will depend on the types of scaffolding being used by the students during the course. If all fours types covered in the manual are to be learned by the students, then more time will need to be added to the course for hands-on skill development.
Session 4: Unit 3: Supported Scaffold Components, Capacities and Loading
Unit 4: Erecting and Dismantling Systems-Based Scaffolding
Unit 5: Erecting and Dismantling Tube and Coupler Scaffold
Systems
Unit 6: Erecting and Dismantling Frame Scaffold Systems
Unit 7: Erecting and Using Suspended Scaffold Systems
Skills demonstrations and apprentices practice
Session 5: Skills demonstrations and apprentices practice continue
Test(s) over those units covered during the erecting and dismantling portion of the course