HWSA – General scaffold – Compliance checklist – 2009

A compliance campaign in relation to prefabricated scaffolding will be rolled out nationally from August 2009. The following checklist may serve as useful guidance for an audit of your scaffolding systems.

Where can I get further information?

You need to ensure that scaffolding and the process for erecting, altering and dismantling it complies with the following Australian Standards:

• • AS 1576 Scaffolding
• • AS 1577 Scaffold planks
• • AS/NZS 4576 Guidelines for scaffolding.

HIA’s Technical Advisers can give you some guidance on these standards and HIA’s Workplace Advisers can help you understand your OHS obligations. For more information call the HIA Member Hotline on 1300 650 620

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