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32-Hour Suspended Scaffold Supervisor

Training Fee

$575.00

This course is required for anyone designated by a Special Rigger to supervise suspended scaffold use in New York City (NYC).  It is also required for anyone who wants to serve as the Qualified Safety Professional (QSP) on a façade restoration project of a *Major Building in NYC.  After completing this course, a rigging foreman must take an 8-Hour refresher course every 4 years.

Session 1
Date: Monday, September 25, 2023
Time: 04:00pm-10:30pm
Location: In person : 49 West 38th Street, 10th Floor New York NY

Session 2
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Time: 04:00pm-10:30pm
Location: Hybrid Training – Remote Zoom

Session 3
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Time: 04:00pm-10:30pm
Location: In person : 49 West 38th Street, 10th Floor New York NY

Session 4
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Time: 04:00pm-10:30pm
Location: In person : 49 West 38th Street, 10th Floor New York NY

Session 5
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Time: 04:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Hybrid Training – Remote Zoom


Session 1
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
Time: 08:00am-04:00pm
Location: In person : 49 West 38th Street, 10th Floor New York NY

Session 2
Date: Sunday, October 22, 2023
Time: 08:00am-04:00pm
Location: Hybrid Training – Remote Zoom

Session 3
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time: 08:00am-04:00pm
Location: In person : 49 West 38th Street, 10th Floor New York NY

Session 4
Date: Sunday, October 29, 2023
Time: 08:00am-04:00pm
Location: Hybrid Training – Remote Zoom

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Course Description: This course is required for anyone designated by a Special Rigger to supervise suspended scaffold use in New York City (NYC).  It is also required for anyone who wants to serve as the Qualified Safety Professional (QSP) on a façade restoration project of a *Major Building in NYC.  After completing this course, a rigging foreman must take an 8-Hour refresher course every 4 years.

 

Topics:

 

  • Basic rigging and hoisting principles.
  • Safety instruction, hazards, use of tools from heights.
  • OSHA, NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) Rules and Regulations, Building Code.
  • Hands-on training with fall protection, knot tying, wire rope termination, self- rescue, connections, block and tackle, etc.
  • PPE.
  • Suspended scaffold erection, dismantling and use.
  • Inspection, record keeping and logbooks.
  • Motor operation, accidents and emergency procedures.
  • Protections to be installed.

 

Pre-requisites:  Students must speak and read English as required by the DOB.  Students must be familiar with suspended scaffolds.
Objectives:  Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

 

  • Recognize hazards with suspended scaffolds.
  • Implement hazard mitigation, emergency procedures, means and methods.
  • Identify permit requirements and NYC laws relating to the use of suspended scaffolds.
  • Understand fall protection and how to deploy equipment.
  • Know how to inspect a suspended scaffold, wire rope, tie-backs and equipment.
  • Correctly use and operate suspended scaffold motors including emergency controls.
  • Install, operate and tie-off rope scaffolds using back hitch and night hitch.
  • Install vertical lifelines, chaffing protection and knots.
  • Calculate weights of materials and recognize load ratings.
  • Correctly name and use rigging hardware, shackles, fist grips, turnbuckles, parapet clamps, etc.

Course Materials:  Will be provided.

CEU’s:  3.2

Duration:  32 Hours of training (not including breaks).

*Defined as any building undergoing a façade repair or restoration that is over 14 stories in height and where the exterior work is performed over 40’ above the sidewalk.

Training Date

Saturday, October 21, 2023, Monday, September 25, 2023

Location

Hybrid Training – Zoom
49 West 38th Street, 10th Floor New York NY

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