8-Hour Suspended Scaffold User Refresher
Description
The 8-Hour Suspended Scaffold User Refresher course is a specialized training program designed for individuals who have completed the 16-Hour Suspended Scaffold User course and need to renew their certification. This refresher course provides a review of key concepts and updates related to using suspended scaffolds in the construction industry.
Participants will revisit scaffold safety regulations, hazard recognition, fall protection measures, scaffold setup, inspection, maintenance, and emergency procedures. The course will also address recent updates or changes in regulations and best practices related to suspended scaffolds.
Key Topics Covered
- Reviewing Scaffold Safety Regulations: Ensuring compliance with OSHA and industry-specific standards.
- Updating Knowledge of Hazard Recognition: Identifying and mitigating potential risks specific to suspended scaffolds.
- Reinforcing Fall Protection Measures: Proper use of PFAS, harnesses, lifelines, and anchorage points.
- Refreshing Scaffold Setup, Inspection, and Maintenance: Ensuring scaffold stability, integrity, and safety compliance.
- Updating Emergency Response and Rescue Procedures: Covering evacuation plans and rescue techniques for scaffold-related incidents.
- Addressing Recent Updates and Best Practices: Staying current with industry advancements and standards.
- Reinforcing Communication and Collaboration: Promoting clear instructions, teamwork, and effective hand signaling.
- Practical Application and Hands-On Activities: Engaging in simulations and discussions to apply learned skills in realistic scenarios.
Delivery Requirements
- Hands-On: Students must physically handle scaffold equipment during the hands-on portion of the training.
- Demonstration: Delivered live by an instructor or via video in a virtual classroom. Self-study modules are not permitted.
- Classroom Lecture/Discussion: Delivered live in-person or via virtual classroom with A/V support.
Audience
This course is intended for construction workers and professionals renewing their suspended scaffold user certification. It is ideal for individuals looking to maintain compliance and enhance their scaffold safety skills.
Course Details
- Language: English and Spanish
- Duration: 8 Hours
Learning Objectives
- Refresh knowledge of scaffold safety regulations and standards.
- Update skills in hazard recognition and risk mitigation.
- Reinforce fall protection measures for suspended scaffold use.
- Review proper scaffold setup, inspection, and maintenance procedures.
- Stay current with emergency response and rescue procedures.
- Adopt updated best practices for scaffold operations.
- Enhance communication and collaboration for safe and efficient work environments.
- Apply skills through practical hands-on activities and real-world scenarios.
Requirements
- Prerequisites: Students attending this course should have previously taken a 16 Hour User Suspended Scaffold or 8 Hour User Suspended Scaffold Refresher within the last 4 years from an approved training provider. The expired or soon to be expired card must be presented prior to the start of the course.
- As per 3314.4.5.4 of the 2014 NYC Construction Codes, this 8 Hour Refresher is required by the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) to continue to use or work on suspended scaffolds in New York City. Should individual not renew their card within the allowed time, they will no longer be eligible to attend an 8 Hour Refresher and must retake the original 16-hour class.
Features
- CEUs: 0.8
- CEU Requirements: 100% attendance for the course.
- Completion of IACET Registration Form
- Active participation in all class exercises
- As applicable, achievement of minimum passing score on required end-of-course examination
- Participation and submittal of end-of-course evaluation form
Target audiences
- This course is intended for workers who are renewing an expired or soon to be expired 16 Hour User Suspended Scaffold or 8 Hour User Suspended Scaffold ID card to continue to use suspended scaffolds in NYC.