Introduction

Scaffolding can give people an efficient and safe means to perform work. It also has many applications. Scaffolding is used in construction, alteration, routine maintenance, and renovation. When properly erected and maintained, scaffolding provides workers a safe access to work areas, level and stable working platforms, and temporary storage for tools and materials.

However, unsafe scaffolding procedures can cause accidents, serious injuries and even death. Accidents involving scaffolding mainly involve workers falling, incorrect operating procedures, environmental conditions, and falling materials.

This course will discuss the general requirements of scaffolding, the basic parts of a scaffold as well as the different types of scaffolding. It will show employees that planning for the erection, use and dismantling of scaffolding can decrease the potential for accidents and injuries. It will discuss the precautions to prevent these serious accidents and protect workers against fall injures and death.

Modules

To begin your training, click on the module links below. If you are just starting this course, you should start with module 1.

1. Scaffolding Basics
2. Supported Scaffolds
3. Suspended Scaffolds

Course 604 Final Exam

After studying the course material and answering the quiz questions, it is time to take the final exam. We highly recommend answering the module quiz questions to check your understanding of the course material. The final exam questions are typically developed from these quiz questions.

OSHAcademy course final exams are designed to make sure students have gained a sufficient understanding of the content covered within each course. To help demonstrate this understanding, students must achieve a passing score on course final exams. It is OSHAcademy's policy to protect the integrity of our exams: as a result, we do not provide missed questions to students.

This is an open book exam. Students are permitted to use a separate browser window to review course content while taking the exam. If you do not pass a final exam, you will see a "Retake Exam" button next to the course on your student dashboard.

If you only want free training

Unlike most other online training providers, OSHAcademy provides free access to all training materials, including course modules, practice quizzes, exercises, and final exams. However, to fund our operations we ask students to pay fees for exam scores, certificates, and transcripts to officially document your training. If you do not want official training documentation, we will still archive your exam results should you decide to purchase official certificates later.

If you have already paid for your certificate

If you have already paid for certificates, your exam score will be displayed on your student dashboard after successfully passing the final exam. If you chose PDF certificates, you can view and print your certificate and personal transcript from your student dashboard. If you chose original printed documents, they will be prepared and mailed to the address in your student account.

Take the Final Exam

Please login to your student dashboard to access and download this FREE course PDF studyguide. You can save this study guide to your computer for offline studying, or print the study guide if you prefer.

Additional Resources

1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2. Scaffolding E-Tool
3. Supported Scaffolding E-Tool
4. Suspended Scaffolding E-Tool
5. Scaffolding Frequently Asked Questions