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This Australian Standard gives practical guidance for training, the preparation of sites for scaffolding, and the safe selection, supply, erection, alteration, dismantling, maintenance, inspection and use of scaffolding and scaffolding equipment.
The standard includes guidance on modular scaffolds, prefabricated scaffolds, trestle scaffolds, trestle ladder scaffolds, bracket scaffolds, mobile scaffolds, and other types of scaffolds.
AS 4576: 2020 is broken into 12 sections consisting of:
This standard also contains 5 informative appendices consisting of:
No, it is not specifically referenced in safety legislation, though safety codes of practice refer to this standard as guidance on the safe selection, supply, erection, alteration, dismantling, maintenance, inspection and use of scaffolding and scaffolding equipment.
The primary users of this standard are scaffolders, scaffold suppliers, builders and building contractors.
An electronic copy of this Australian Standard can be purchased through the Digital Australian Standards webpage.
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