This course specifies the skills and knowledge required to safely perform basic scaffolding work. Scaffolding work involves erecting, altering or dismantling a temporary structure to support a platform from which a person or object could fall more than four metres. This course applies to scaffolding work involving modular or pre-fabricated scaffolds, cantilevered materials hoist with a maximum working load of 500kg, ropes, gin wheels, safety nets and static lines, bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork)