Qualified Persons
The scaffold standard defines a qualified person as "one who -- by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience -- has successfully demonstrated his/her ability to solve or resolve problems related to the subject matter, the work, or the project."
Qualified persons are responsible to:
- Design and load scaffolds in accordance with that design.
- Train employees working on the scaffolds to recognize the associated hazards and understand procedures to control or minimize those hazards.
- Design the rigging for single-point adjustable suspension scaffolds.
- Design platforms on two-point adjustable suspension types that are less than 36 inches (0.9 meters) wide to prevent instability.
- Make swaged attachments or spliced eyes on wire suspension ropes.
- Design scaffold components construction in accordance with the design.
Registered Engineers
A "Registered Professional Engineer" is a person who is registered as a professional engineer in the state where the work is to be performed. However, a professional engineer, registered in any state is deemed to be a "registered professional engineer" within the meaning of OSHA standards.
Registered engineers are responsible to:
- Design the direct connections of masons' multi-point adjustable suspension scaffolds.
- Design scaffolds that are to be moved when employees are on them.
- Design pole scaffolds over 60 feet (18.3 meters) in height.
- Design tube and coupler scaffolds over 125 feet (38 meters) in height.
- Design fabricated frame scaffolds over 125 feet (38 meters) in height above their base plates. 1926.452(c)(6)
- Design brackets on fabricated frame scaffolds used to support cantilevered loads in addition to workers.
- Design outrigger scaffolds and scaffold components.
Qualified Trainer
Scaffold training should be conducted by a qualified person certified by the employer to conduct training. Certified trainers must train all employees who erect, disassemble, move, operate, repair, maintain, or inspect scaffolds.
Qualified Trainer Criteria:
- adequate practical experience and fully knowledgeable of the topics being taught;
- necessary skills to demonstrate safe procedures and practices;
- adequate skills to train, test, and evaluate student knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs);
- successful evaluation by the employer of the person's training KSAs; and
- certification by the employer as qualified and authorized to conduct training.
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