Course Title: Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3320 Certificate III in Carpentry

Course Title: Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

Nil



Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vehs@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding to provide work platforms for various occupational applications. It includes placement of safety barriers and only involves modular scaffolding restricted to a height of 4 metres.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

CPCCOHS2001A

Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CPCCCM2008B Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding

Elements:

1 Plan and prepare.

2 Erect scaffolding.

3 Inspect, repair and alter scaffolding.

4 Dismantle scaffolding.

5 Clean up.

Learning Outcomes

Element

Chapter Reference

Content reference

Relevant Worksheets and Questions (by chapter)

1 Plan and prepare

Chapter 4: Limited-height scaffolding
  • Planning the job: hazard assessment
  • Choosing the right scaffold
  • Working platforms and duty ratings
  • Scaffold assembly: preliminaries

Both elements clustered throughout worksheets 1, 2 and 3


Worksheet 1 – Q1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12



Worksheet 2 – Q1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, 13,14,15,16,17



Worksheet 3 – Q1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

2 Erect scaffolding

Chapter 4: Limited-height scaffolding
  • Modular scaffolds
  • Bracket scaffolds
  • Trestle scaffolds
  • Tower frame scaffolds
  • Tube and coupling components: ties and other uses

3 Inspect, repair and alter scaffolding

Chapter 4: Limited-height scaffolding
  • Inspecting and maintaining the scaffold
  • Ropes, knots, gin wheels and handballing

Worksheet 4 – Q1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9


Q10,11,12,13,14


Overview of Assessment

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to read and interpret plans and specifications relevant to construction operations. It includes the identification of types of plans and drawings and their functions, the recognition of commonly used symbols and abbreviations, the identification of key features and specifications on a site plan, the comprehension of written job specifications and the recognition of document status and amendment detail.