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Why Your Worker Needs Suspended Scaffold Training?

The scaffolding assist workers to reach and enable workers to work on the difficult places in a safe and effective.

Suspended scaffold safety is a concern for the person who makes the work above ground on a scaffold. Suspended scaffolds are determined by one or more platforms hanging from the rope fiber or metal. To use a suspended scaffold, workers should be trained in suspended scaffold safety.

Types of Suspended Scaffold Training Courses

16 Hour Suspended Scaffold Training- NYC Rigging Rule 9 requires that workers on a suspended scaffold have a minimum of 16 hours of training. This training includes classroom training on local regulations, good rigging practices, how to read permits and counterweight formulas. It also includes extensive hands on training using both miniature and full-size equipment. Read more.

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32 Hour Suspended Scaffold Training - Local Law 52 requires all Scaffold Erectors to take a 32 Hour course. Who are Scaffold Erectors? Anyone who sets up, dismantles, moves planking, or modifies a supported scaffold that is 40′ tall or taller. At times scaffolds less than 40′ can also require 32 hour Pipe Scaffold Certifications, especially if they are set up next to the edge of buildings. Read more.

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