Garnsworthy Square

46, 62 & 64 Garnsworthy St

Springvale North
Victoria
3171

INTERMEDIATE
SCAFFOLDING
KNOWLEDGE
QUESTIONS

THE PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING SYSTEM
Scaffold Tools
Scaffold Belts
Couplers
Scaffolding Pouches
Training & Assessment
Basic & Intermediate Scaffolding &
Forklift & EWP Operation
Scaffold Maintenance & Repairs
Aluminium Scaffold Sales
Steel Scaffold Sales

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TRAINING SYSTEM
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
boatswains 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:____________________________

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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:____________________________

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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:____________________________

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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:____________________________

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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:____________________________