Erect and dismantle access / working platforms

Install | FS002

This activity is about erecting and dismantling access equipment required for the installation of passive fire protection methods, including ladders / crawl boards, stepladders / platform steps, proprietary towers, trestle platforms, mobile scaffold towers and proprietary staging / podiums. This includes checking information relating to erection / dismantling, adopting safe, healthy and environmentally responsible working practices, and using materials, components, tools & equipment.

Culture & behaviour

Core abilities

Culture & behaviour
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Effective working behaviours

You must:

  • Work within limits of own capability and know when to seek advice from others
  • Manage own time effectively
  • Work effectively individually and as part of a team
  • Communicate effectively
  • Undertake personal development activities to maintain currency of competence
Culture & behaviour
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Passive fire protection installation behaviours

You must:

  • Use organisational processes to flag up non-compliant works
  • Challenge unsafe behaviours and activities, and report where necessary
  • Identify and manage risks to self and others
  • Keep own work area clean and tidy
  • Work in accordance with quality requirements and challenge where they are not being met
Currency of competence
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Experience erecting and dismantling access / working platforms

You must have:

  • 1 instance of safe use of ladders / crawl boards, stepladders /platform steps once every year

To demonstrate completion, you may complete:

  • In date access platform training - IPAF
    • Within 3-year renewal period
  • In date access platform training - PASMA
    • Within 3-year renewal period
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Safe working practices for ancillary activities

You must:

  • Know the purpose and importance of risk assessment
  • Know what the accident reporting procedures are and who is responsible for making the report
  • Know why and when personal protective equipment (PPE) should be used
  • Know organisational procedures for resolving or reporting problems
  • Know how to protect work from damage, and the purpose of protection being used
  • Know why waste should be disposed of safely and how this is achieved
Specific abilities
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Safe practices for erecting and dismantling access / working platforms

You must:

  • Know the types of access equipment available, their uses and limitations
  • Know the types of information that you might receive relevant to erecting and dismantling access / working platforms, their source, and how they should be interpreted
  • Know hazards associated with movement and storage of access / working platforms
  • Know where to find information on using and storing access / working platforms
  • Know risks associated with working at height and how these can be minimised
  • Know why it is important for work to be carried out to time, and why deadlines should be kept
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Erecting and dismantling access / working platforms

You must:

  • Know organisational procedures for moving, handling and storing resources

You must be able to:

  • Check project specification, drawings & verbal information relating to erection and dismantling of access / working platforms, to determine their relevance
  • Follow method statements, risk assessments and work instructions, either verbal or in written format
  • Use the required quantity and quality of resources for the operations required
  • Move, position, store and secure resources for erection and dismantling
  • Erect, dismantle and store access equipment to the required specifications, in line with manufacturers' instructions
    • To include two of the following equipment types: ladders / crawl boards, stepladders / platform steps, proprietary towers, trestle platforms, mobile scaffold towers, proprietary staging / podiums.
  • Use and maintain (where appropriate) hand tools, portable power tools and ancillary equipment
  • Use required PPE

Currency of competence

Specific abilities

Culture & behaviour

Core abilities

Currency of competence

Specific abilities

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