Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes practical sessions and demonstration where participants carryout scaffolding operations. Theory learnt in the class will be applied using aerial work platforms and various scaffolding equipment through hands-on practical sessions. Scaffolding is widely used during construction and maintenance activities. In its simplest form, a scaffold is any temporary elevated or suspended work surface used to support manpower, equipment and/or materials. The construction industry gives rise to very intensive use of scaffolds. 65% of the construction manpower are regularly involved in the use of scaffolds and other elevated work platforms. These scaffolds are moved and/or dismantled more frequently and are used under more adverse conditions. Therefore, scaffolds result in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries per year, which costs the construction industry worldwide around US$900 million dollars. The consequences of such accidents cost the international economy over US$15 billion dollars per year. Documented injury accidents are only a small portion of the total number of accidents and costs. The goal of the construction industry is to assist in preventing even a minor part of this injury, death, and property damage.The course is designed to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the materials, methods, standards, safety regulations, planning, selection, installation, inspection and stability of Scaffolding and Aerial Work Platforms. It covers American and British Regulations & Industry Standards; Accidents & Fatality Statistics; Pre-planning (Selection & Use); Training Requirements; Materials & Methods; Fall Protection; Electrocution on Scaffolds; Emergency Response; Supported Scaffolds; Tubular WeldedFrame Scaffolds (Mason?s Frames); Tube & Coupler Scaffolding; Wood Pole Scaffolds; Pump Jack & Ladder Jack Scaffolds; Job-Manufactured Scaffolds; Form Scaffolds; Suspended Scaffolds; Single-Point & Two-Point Suspension Scaffolds; Multiple Point Suspension Scaffolds; Adjustable Multi-point Suspension Scaffolds (Stone Setters ? Mason?s); Outrigger Types Scaffolding; manually Propelled Rolling Towers; Aerial Work Platforms; Inspection Procedures; Stairways; Ladders; and Safety Plans & Procedures. The course will present the latest innovations and practices in the industry, including, not only scaffolds, but aerial lift devices, ladders, etc, as they increase in popularity. It is also intended to provide current information to the experienced and new user, erector, and designer of scaffold systems and aerial work platforms of the regulatory requirements, industry standards, and innovations in the industry, as well as to provide examples of the most common failures which result in injury and death to construction workers everyday. The last day of the course will be a site visit to one of the scaffolding companies in UAE, where participants will practice setting-up a scaffolding yard and boom lift equipment as well as assembling small scaffolding structures.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training