This free online course explains how to preserve health and safety when creating and using scaffolds for construction. The safety of scaffolding structures goes a long way towards ensuring construction workers’ safety and smooth operations. This course shows you how to ensure that such support structures are safe. We cover different types of scaffolds and explain how to carry out inspections and maintenance procedures to ensure stability. We also discuss the role of fall prevention and emergency response in creating an accident-free construction environment.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188688 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Recall the safety practices to be followed during the assembly and dismantling of scaffolding structures • Discuss the benefits of regular scaffolding inspection and maintenance • Distinguish between the various inspection methods in scaffolding • List the factors that can affect the stability of the foundation of a scaffold • Outline the various bracing and tying techniques used in scaffolding • Identify the most critical precautions to be taken when working near power lines • Summarise the first-aid response procedures in the case of a scaffold accident • Identify the factors that contribute to falls from heights on construction sites • Compare the various type of scaffolds • Recognise the factors to consider when selecting scaffolding systems Explain how to conduct a risk assessment on a scaffold Explain how to assemble various types of scaffolds |
| Course Code | 6051 |

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