CPCCLSF2001 — Licence to erect, alter and dismantle scaffolding basic level
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What an assessment for CPCCLSF2001 must cover
61 assessable components: 5 elements (29 performance criteria), 14 performance evidence and 18 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Plan task.
- 1.1Review task instructions, consult with relevant persons to seek clarification as required, and obtain relevant workplace information.
- 1.2Obtain and read information, including safe work method statements (SWMSs), required to ensure that activities are performed in compliance with workplace-specific and safe work requirements.
- 1.3Obtain and read information required to ensure that equipment inspection, use, maintenance and storage complies with manufacturer requirements.
- 1.4Identify workplace and task-specific hazards and determine required risk controls and safety measures and equipment, including signs and barricades, personal protective equipment (PPE), and fall prevention and fall arrest equipment.
- 1.5Identify methods of moving and placing tools, equipment and materials to minimise the risk of falling objects, to avoid inappropriate carrying on ladders and to minimise hazardous manual tasks.
- 1.6Identify required scaffold and associated equipment.
- 1.7Calculate loads exerted on and by the scaffold and scaffolding equipment.
- 1.8Establish required communication methods with relevant persons.
2 Select and inspect plant and equipment.
- 2.1Select risk controls and equipment and fall protection, and check that it is working and fit for purpose.
- 2.2Select and check PPE.
- 2.3Inspect scaffold and associated equipment for defects, and isolate, tag out, report and record defective items.
- 2.4Select communication equipment and check that it is working and fit for use.
3 Set up task.
- 3.1Establish and maintain communication with relevant persons to ensure task plan and risk controls are communicated clearly, including any impact on other workplace activities.
- 3.2Ensure risk controls and safety measures and equipment have been put in place, including the fitting, adjusting and anchoring of fall protection equipment.
- 3.3Consult with relevant persons to ensure that ground and foundation have been assessed as suitable for task.
- 3.4Prepare footings to support scaffold and scaffold equipment.
- 3.5Prepare scaffold and scaffold equipment, and place in a stable position ready for erection.
4 Undertake basic scaffolding activities.
- 4.1Erect and dismantle scaffold and equipment while maintaining stability, in accordance with workplace and manufacturer requirements.
- 4.2Erect and dismantle modular or pre-fabricated scaffold.
- 4.3Erect and dismantle cantilevered materials hoists.
- 4.4Apply methods for making temporary connections using fibre ropes.
- 4.5Erect, operate and dismantle gin wheels.
- 4.6Erect and dismantle safety nets and static lines.
- 4.7Erect and dismantle bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork).
5 Complete task.
- 5.1Remove excess materials from work area.
- 5.2Inspect completed scaffolding task for compliance with task requirements, complete handover certificate and forward to relevant persons, and complete and attach scaffold tag.
- 5.3Inspect all plant and equipment for defects, and isolate, tag out and report defective items.
- 5.4Store all plant and equipment in accordance with workplace requirements.
- 5.5Remove risk controls and safety measures and equipment.
Performance evidence
- a modular scaffold of a minimum of three bays with a return (tied in), ladder and stair access, bay extension platform (hop-up brackets) incorporating a safety screen and a platform height of more than 4 m
- a bracket scaffold (including tank, formwork and top-plate hung bracket)
- a mobile scaffold of above 4 m height
- a gin wheel
- a cantilever materials hoist with a maximum working load of 500 kg
- a safety net and static line.
- short splice
- sheet bend
- clove hitch
- timber hitch.
- check relevant workplace information, including safe work method statements (SWMSs), and equipment service and maintenance records and checklists
- perform all activities in compliance with workplace-specific, safe work and manufacturer requirements, including the completion of any required handover certificates and scaffold tags
- identify hazards and use appropriate risk controls and safety measures and equipment
- use the following associated gear and stability equipment: flexible steel wire rope (FSWR) and fittings, ladders, tie tubes and fittings, fibre rope, stairways and screening, tape measures, scaffold belts, hand tools, sole plates and boards, screw jacks, levels, props, bracing.
Knowledge evidence
- safe work requirements for scaffolding under Australian Standards, and Commonwealth and state or territory WHS legislation, regulations and codes of practice, and local government regulations
- workplace information, including legislative requirements, covered by: SWMSs, permits and certifications, information about equipment: service and maintenance checklists and records, manufacturer and supplier specifications and manuals, workplace procedures, including emergency plans and incident reporting
- hazard identification and mitigation strategies, including the hierarchy of control: elimination, substitution, isolation, engineering controls, administrative controls, use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- hazards commonly encountered in scaffolding activities: instability of work areas, damaged or poor-quality equipment, overhead and underground hazards, electrical items, mobile plant, insufficient lighting, wind and other adverse weather conditions, traffic, pedestrian traffic, hazardous manual tasks, falling objects, falls from heights
- minimum clearance distance for scaffolding work from powerlines and electrical equipment as determined by the relevant state or territory authority or electrical supply authority
- risk controls and equipment: establishment of safe and adequate access and egress, adequate illumination, traffic barricades and control, pedestrian barricades, safety harness, energy absorber, lanyard, inertia reel
- PPE: hard hat, safety boots, gloves, high-visibility clothing, breathing, hearing, sight, skin and sun protection
- application, limitation, operation, load capabilities and safety requirements of: modular and prefabricated scaffolds, cantilevered materials hoists with a maximum working load of 500 kg, ropes, gin wheels, safety nets and static lines, bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork)
- dimensions of scaffold, maximum capacities and types of loads: static loads, live loads, dead loads, dynamic loads
- load capacities and minimum dimensions for light duty, medium duty, heavy duty and special duty scaffolds
- engineering and supplier specifications
- mathematical processes for estimating and measuring loads for scaffolds
- types and functions of associated equipment, including selection, inspection, care, handling, application, storage and limitations of: scaffolding components and equipment, FSWR and fittings, ladders, tie tubes and fittings, fibre rope, stairways and screening, box spanners, spirit levels, tape measures, scaffold belts, podgers, hammers, wire nips, wrenches, torpedo levels, spanners, cutters, hammer drills, materials hoists, gin wheels, safety nets, static lines and fittings
- stability equipment and processes: sole plates and boards, screw jacks, levelling, ties, bracing and propping
- relevant persons: other scaffolders, supervisors
- ground and foundation suitability: ground bearing pressure, rough and uneven ground, backfilled ground, soft soils, hard compacted soil, rock, bitumen, concrete
- scaffolding erection, alteration and dismantling techniques
- workplace policies and procedures for scaffolding: erecting, altering and dismantling scaffolds, erecting and stabilising cantilever hoists and scaffolds, manufacturer requirements for scaffolding, working safely at heights, setting up fall prevention and fall arrest systems, including safety nets, understanding structural charts and structural plans.
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What does an assessment tool for CPCCLSF2001 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPCCLSF2001 needs to address all 61 unit components: 5 elements with 29 performance criteria, 14 performance evidence requirements, 18 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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