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SECTION ONE: CERTIFICATION
1. a) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a personnel and materials hoist?
__ No________________________________________________________________ b) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to install a cantilevered crane loading platform?
___Yes_______________________________________________________________ c) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to carry out all work covered by the Basic Scaffolding Certificate?
___Yes_______________________________________________________________ d) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a hung scaffold?
___No________________________________________________________________ e) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a barrow ramp?
___Yes_______________________________________________________________ f) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a singlepole tube-and-coupler scaffold?
___Yes_______________________________________________________________ g) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a boatswain’s chair?
___No________________________________________________________________ h) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a tubeand-coupler covered way or gantry?
___Yes_______________________________________________________________ i) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a mast climber?
___Yes_______________________________________________________________
APPLICANT'S NAME:_____________________________ SIGNATURE:____________________________

j) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a swing stage?
__No________________________________________________________________ k) Is a person with an Intermediate Scaffolding Certificate allowed to construct a cantilevered or spurred scaffold?
_Yes_______________________________________________________________
SECTION TWO: TUBE-AND-COUPLER SCAFFOLD SPECIFICATIONS
2. a) What is the maximum specified height for a tube-and-coupler scaffold?
_45m______________________________________________________________ b) What is the maximum bay width for a light duty independent scaffold?
__2.4m (or planks)___________________________________________________ c) What is the minimum bay width for a medium duty independent scaffold?
__950mm (or 4 planks)________________________________________________ d) What is the maximum bay width for a heavy duty independent scaffold?
__1.275m (or 5 planks)________________________________________________ e) What is the maximum bay length for a light duty independent scaffold?
__3m________________________________________________________________ f) Or a medium duty independent scaffold?
__2.4m_______________________________________________________________ g) What is the maximum bay length for a heavy duty independent scaffold?
__1.8m_______________________________________________________________ h) What is the maximum bay length for a single-pole scaffold?
__1.8m_______________________________________________________________ i) What is the maximum lift height for a normal independent scaffold?
__2m________________________________________________________________
APPLICANT'S NAME:_____________________________ SIGNATURE:____________________________

j) How far from a standard can a ledger be joined?
__300mm_____________________________________________________________ k) How far from a ledger can a standard be joined?
__300mm_____________________________________________________________ l) When putlogs are cantilevered to support extra planks, what is the minimum bay width?
___950mm (or 4 planks)_________________________________________________ m) How many 225mm planks can be supported by the cantilevered portion of putlogs?
___2_________________________________________________________________ n) How many full length working platforms can be carried on a 15m high steel tube scaffold?
___4_________________________________________________________________ o) How many full length working platforms can be carried on a 45m high aluminium tube scaffold?
___1_________________________________________________________________ p) How many full length working platforms can be carried on a 45m high steel tube scaffold?
___2_________________________________________________________________ q) At what lift is the first level of ties fixed on a single-pole scaffold?
___The first lift________________________________________________________ r) What is the maximum height of a mobile scaffold?
___3 times its least base width___________________________________________ s) What is the maximum angle from the vertical for spurs in an access opening?
___45 degrees_________________________________________________________ t) What is the maximum height for puncheons in an access opening?
___30m______________________________________________________________
APPLICANT'S NAME:_____________________________ SIGNATURE:____________________________

u) Where double standards are used, what is the maximum first lift height?
___3m_______________________________________________________________ v) What is the maximum angle for sloping putlogs on a cantilevered catch platform?
___60 degrees (or 30 degrees to the horizontal)_____________________________ w) What is the maximum spacing between intermediate sloping putlogs on a cantilevered catch platform?
____600mm___________________________________________________________ x) What is the maximum width of a cantilevered catch platform?
____1.125m (or 5 planks)________________________________________________ y) How close to the castors is the first lift of ledgers and transoms on a mobile scaffold?
____As close as possible_______________________________________________
SECTION THREE: PARTICULAR SCAFFOLD REQUIREMENTS
3. a) What is the maximum allowable slope of a working platform?
____7 degrees (or 1 in 8)________________________________________________ b) What is the maximum allowable slope of a cleated barrow ramp?
____20 degrees (or 1 in 3)_______________________________________________ c) How far apart would you fix the cleats on the platform of a barrow ramp?
____450mm___________________________________________________________ d) What size gap would you leave for the wheel of a barrow in a barrow ramp cleat?
____100mm___________________________________________________________ e) How many lifts would you support with a single set of spurs?
____5________________________________________________________________ f) What is the minimum width of a steel beam you would use as a needle for a cantilever scaffold?
____75mm____________________________________________________________
APPLICANT'S NAME:_____________________________ SIGNATURE:____________________________

g) How much of a cantilever scaffold needle should be inboard?
____3 times the outboard (or 3 quarters, or 75%)____________________________ h) How would you stop the nuts from loosening on the anchorage bolts of a cantilever scaffold needle?
_____Use lock nuts____________________________________________________ i) What type of baseplate would you use to fix the standards of a cantilever scaffold to the needles?
_____U-Heads (or forkheads)____________________________________________ j) Where would you place the first lift of ledgers and transoms on a cantilever scaffold?
_____As close to the needles as possible__________________________________ k) What is the minimum diameter of bolts you would use to anchor the inboard end of a cantilever scaffold needle?
_____15mm___________________________________________________________ l) Would you use drilled-in anchors to fix the inboard end of a cantilever scaffold needle?
_____No______________________________________________________________ m) When a spur is in compression, what would be its maximum length between node points?
____2m______________________________________________________________ n) What type of coupler would you use to fix a spur to the scaffold framework?
____Right angle (or double or ninety degree) coupler________________________ o) What is the maximum angle from the vertical at which you would fix a spur?
____45 degrees________________________________________________________
APPLICANT'S NAME:_____________________________ SIGNATURE:____________________________