NVQ Unit - Erecting and Dismantling Working Platforms

The course supports learners in developing their knowledge of the principles and practices involved in safely erecting and dismantling working platforms in accordance with the requirements of their role.

The final module allows learners to enter their answers and submit them to their assessor for review. Once marked complete, learners can download the module and use it as evidence in their work portfolio.
This unit covers 5 areas:

1. Interpreting work and resource information - and complying with legislation and official guidance
2. Fixed Scaffolding - Considerations Before Assembly
3. Fixed Scaffolding - Assembly and Dismantling
4. Scaffold Towers and Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
5. Safe Working Practices, How To Select The Right Resources And Minimise The Risk Of Injuries.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify key legislation and official guidance.
• Recognise issues surrounding Fixed Scaffolding, including considerations before, during, and after assembly and dismantling.
• Identify issues and practices involved with Scaffold Towers and Mobile Elevating Work Platforms.
• Define Safe Working Practices and understand how to select the right resources and minimise the risks involved.

Recommended System Requirements:

• Browser: Up to date web browser
• Video: Up to date video drivers
• Memory: 1Gb+ RAM

Online training is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, so candidates can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, making it easy to fit the training around work and personal life.
Completing the knowledge components of your NVQ unit online means you'll spend less time in a classroom and more time on site completing the practical elements of your NVQ studies.

As this course can be used as part of several Level 2 NVQ courses, it is aimed at anyone taking one of those courses.

• Complying With Information and Legislation
• Fixed Scaffolding
• Fixed scaffolding - assembly and dismantling
• Mobile access towers and MEWPs
• Safe Working Practices
• Final Exam

The other Level 2 NVQ units we offer all work well alongside this course. There are also several other Health and Safety courses that will provide more detail on some of the specific hazards that might be encountered on construction sites. These include, Asbestos Awareness, COSHH and Abrasive Wheels.

Once your booking is complete, your place on the course will be confirmed automatically. Login details and joining instructions for your e-learning course will be sent to the email address provided within 24 working hours.