Basic Scaffolding

Learning Style:

Curriculum begins with a 4-hour classroom session on scaffolding regulations and manufacturer specifications, supplemented with video and PowerPoint presentations. Participants are required to perform basic math during the class for platform loading.

A calculator or device with simple calculator functions such as a smartphone or laptop will be useful. The rest of the course is hands-on and participants will build a variety of scaffolds.

Discussion Topics:

Course teaching points are, but not limited to, the following:

•  Provincial / State regulations

•  CSA scaffold requirements

•  Manufacture specifications

•  Scaffold theory • Application of TSS

•  Limitations and advantages of TSS

•  Basic design principles

•  Tie-In theory and principles

•  Scaffold loading

•  Bracing fundamentals

•  Outriggers

•  Side wall brackets

•  3 to 1 principle