3314.4.5.4 Training for suspended scaffold installers, adjusters, repairers, maintainers, users, or removers.
BC § 3314.4.5.4
Individuals who install, adjust, repair, maintain, use, or remove a suspended scaffold shall, at a minimum, have completed a department-approved training program or course that is at least 16 hours long and, four years following completion of the 16-hour program or course, and every four years thereafter, complete a department-approved 8-hour refresher program or course. Exceptions: 1. A registered design professional who has not completed the training may ride on a suspended scaffold to perform inspections provided the registered design professional does not perform construction, maintenance, repair, or demolition work from the scaffold, or operate the scaffold, and provided the registered design professional is familiar with the use of the scaffold, safety equipment, and emergency procedures.
2.Individuals who install, adjust, repair, maintain, use, or remove a single tier nonadjustable suspended scaffold whose platform is 40 square feet (3720 mm 2 ) or less in size.
3.A person who possesses a valid challenge examination certificate issued prior to January 1, 2014, need not take a new 16-hour initial program or course but shall be required to complete the 8-hour refresher program or course every 4 years, beginning from the date of enactment of this code.
