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803 Scaffold Safety Program Management
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Competency = Training Plus Experience

Many employer groups, vendors, apprenticeship programs, and labor organizations offer training on Subdivision 3/L scaffolding requirements. However, attending one of these programs does not necessarily make one competent (or a competent person). Competency should be demonstrated; it's usually the result of many hours of in-class training and on-the-job experience.

Qualified Person

A qualified person has a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing - or by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve problems related to the subject, the work, or the project.

Scaffolds should be designed by a qualified person but not necessarily by an engineer.

Exceptions: Connections for mason's adjustable multipoint suspension scaffolds, pole scaffolds more than 60 feet high, coupler and fabricated-frame scaffolds more than 125 feet high, and outrigger scaffolds should be designed by a registered professional engineer.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-5. What must a person have in order to be considered a qualified person?