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803 Scaffold Safety Program Management
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Qualified Person Duties

In General:

  • Design and load scaffolds in accordance with that design.

For Training:

  • Train employees working on the scaffolds to recognize the associated hazards and understand procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

For Suspension Scaffolds:

  • 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 m) wide to prevent instability.
  • Make swaged attachments or spliced eyes on wire suspension ropes.

For Components and Design:

  • Design scaffold components construction in accordance with the design.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

2-6. Who is responsible for training scaffold workers to recognize hazards and understand procedures to control or minimize those hazards?