Course Description:

The teaching faculty at WDC Safety Training Academy is unparalleled in their scaffold expertise. Courses are enriched by decades of hands-on knowledge that will be conveyed to students. Teaching will include a focus on OSHA and DOB policies and procedures, standards for the suspended scaffold, and an emphasis on safety including the recognition of hazards. A significant portion of the class time will be dedicated to hands-on training and practice to practice inspecting scaffold equipment, presenting, building and using rigging equipment.

Each student will be evaluated by the instructor to gauge ability to apply rope knots, operate a hoist motor, build a block and tackle system, and terminating rope wire.

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Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Properly inspect and attach a fall protection system for a suspended scaffold worker

• Interpret and communicate the OSHA and DOB regulations that relate to the suspended scaffold use

• Pinpoint hazards and enact safety precautions

• Define the components of the suspended scaffold system

• Execute various rope knots, hitches, block and tackle, and wire rope termination

CEUs: 1.6

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Course Length: 16 hours

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Course Pricing: $400 including scaffold card

Group pricing will be provided upon request. Please call us at 347.510.4283, Monday through Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-1pm EST, or email us at info@wdcsafety.com.

Prerequisites

Students must have completed a 16 hour Suspended Hour User or 8 Hour Suspended User Refresher within the prior 4 years. The expired card must be shown to the instructor. Attending students MUST be able to verbally communicate with teaching instructors in the primary language of the training offered.

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Audience

As per 3314.4.5.4 of the NYC Construction Codes, this certification is required for workers to continue work on a suspended scaffold in New York City. It is for people who currently have the 16-hour or 8-hour user refresher course. The certification is valid for four years. A one-year grace period is allowed to renew the class with the refresher course.

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Methods of Instruction

The 8-hour training program is composed of many components such as power point presentations, lectures, real life case studies, and classroom discussions.

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Completion Requirements

Each student is required to complete 100% of the course, as well as actively participate in all learning activities. Additionally, the review quiz is required to obtain a course-completion card.

Make-up time is permitted for this training course under the condition that the student completed at least 50% of the training. Students who miss time before finishing 50% of initial class or missed more than 50% of total time must reschedule and attend the full training course.