Designers for certain scaffolds also must be registered professional engineers.Scaffold designers are workers who are qualified to design scaffolds. 451(f), General requirements: 'Use', OSHA Standard. 454(a), Training requirements, OSHA Standard. Possesses a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or,.OSHA defines a qualified person as one who:

The training must enable employees to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Scaffold users are workers whose work requires them to be supported by scaffolding to access the area of a structure where that work is performed.Įmployers are required by OSHA standards to have a qualified person provide training to each employee who performs work while on a scaffold.

Determining the maximum load for the scaffold.

Determining the type of scaffold necessary for the job.

By extensive knowledge, training, and experience has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work, or the projectĪ qualified person must do adequate preplanning to assure the safe erection and use of the scaffold.

Possesses a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or.

Scaffolds must be designed by a qualified person and be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design. Requirements for Designing and Constructing Scaffolds

Has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate such hazards.

Is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards.

A competent person is defined as one who: OSHA requires employers to provide training by a competent person to each employee who is involved in erecting and/or disassembling a scaffold. Training and Competent Person Requirements

Erectors and dismantlers are workers whose principal activity involves assembling and disassembling scaffolding before other work can begin, and after that work, or a portion of it, has been completed.

Hanging scaffolding design