NYC DOB SCAFFOLD TRAINING
32-Hour Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover
The DOB-approved 32-hour course for workers who erect, adjust, repair or dismantle supported scaffolds 40 feet or taller. Lecture can be live online. The hands-on scaffold work is in person.
- In person · Hybrid
- 32 hours
- English
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Contact usCourse at a glance
- Format
- Instructor-led, in person or hybrid (lecture live online, hands-on in person). Not available fully online or self-paced.
- Length
- 32 hours of instruction, not counting breaks, spread over several sessions. No session may run longer than 9.5 hours including breaks.
- Assessment
- Written multiple choice test and a hands-on performance test on a scaffold.
- Credential
- Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover certification on your DOB Worker Wallet card.
About the 32-hour supported scaffold installer and remover course
The 32-Hour Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover course is an NYC DOB-approved course for workers who put up and take down supported scaffolds. It covers frame, tube and clamp, and system scaffolds, from planning the job to erecting and dismantling a real scaffold.
NYC Building Code section 3314.4.5.1 requires this training for anyone who installs, adjusts, repairs, maintains or removes a supported scaffold 40 feet or more in height, including the person supervising that work. The same rule covers work on a sidewalk shed that serves as the base for a supported scaffold of that height. After this course, you take an 8-hour refresher every four years.
When you pass, your training provider issues the Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover certification on your DOB Worker Wallet card. The Worker Wallet is the only card accepted on NYC job sites for this certification. It does not replace your SST card.
Classes are instructor-led. DOB allows this course in person or as a hybrid, where lectures and demonstrations can be taught live online over video. The hands-on parts must be done in person on scaffold equipment, and everyone in the class does them together. The course cannot be taken fully online or self-paced. You must attend all 32 hours, and you finish with a written multiple choice test and a hands-on performance test on a scaffold.
Hands-on training
Done in person: harness fit test and inspection, tool tethering, erecting and dismantling frame, tube and clamp, and system scaffolds, rolling scaffold assembly, and a hands-on performance test on a scaffold.
What you'll learn
Drawn from the training objectives in DOB's outline.
- Plan erection and dismantling for frame, tube and clamp, and system scaffolds.
- Erect and dismantle scaffolds safely, including rolling scaffolds, putlogs, buttresses, cantilevers and bridges.
- Inspect components and parts, and apply rejection criteria to damaged equipment and hardware.
- Spot the most common sources of failure: access and platforms, foundations, and guys, ties and braces.
- Select, fit test, inspect and care for harnesses and fall arrest systems, and work out fall clearance.
- Apply OSHA 1926 and NYC Building Code section 3314 rules, DOB filings, and pre-start, erection and dismantling checklists.
Course topics
Everything in DOB's outline for this course.
Part 1 · Rules, incidents and the DOB
- General overview of scaffolding
- Supported scaffold incidents: causes, prevention, statistics and NYC case studies
- OSHA 1926 Subparts E (PPE), L (Scaffolds), M (Fall Protection) and X (Stairways and Ladders)
- NYC Construction Codes with emphasis on BC 3314
- DOB procedures, permits, notifications, DOB NOW filings, forms, plans, inspection logs and weather advisories
Part 2 · Fall protection and safe use
- Fall clearance, total fall distance and minimizing fall forces
- Guarding against falling objects and tool tethering (hands-on)
- Harness selection, donning and fit test, inspection and care (hands-on)
- Fire, electrical, material handling and overloading hazards, and maximum intended load
Part 3 · Planning, inspection and failures
- Erection and dismantling planning
- Rejection criteria for equipment and hardware
- Safety checklists: pre-start, erection and dismantling
- Common failure sources: access and working platforms, foundations, and guys, ties and braces
- Emergency situations and preparedness procedures
Part 4 · Frame, tube and clamp, and system scaffolds
- Tubular welded frame scaffolds: rules, parts inspection, modified cut pipe frames, putlogs and rolling scaffold assembly
- Tube and clamp scaffolds: rules, parts inspection, buttresses, cantilevers and bridges
- System scaffolds: rules, parts inspection, buttresses, cantilevers and bridges
- Hands-on erection and dismantling practice on each scaffold type
- 311 and DOI handouts, review, written test and hands-on performance test on a scaffold
Credit & certificate
Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover certification on your DOB Worker Wallet card, needed to install, adjust, repair, maintain or remove supported scaffolds 40 feet or taller in NYC.
Renewal: 8-Hour Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover Refresher every 4 years (NYC Building Code 3314.4.5.1).
Who it's for
- Scaffold erectors and laborers who install or dismantle supported scaffolds 40 feet or taller
- Workers who adjust, repair or maintain supported scaffolds of that height
- Foremen and supervisors who oversee scaffold erection or removal
- Workers on sidewalk sheds that serve as the base for a scaffold 40 feet or taller
Before you buy
- Format and schedule
- Taught by an instructor in scheduled classes, in person or live online. The dates, times and place of each class are listed under Upcoming classes; registered students in a live online class get the join link.
- Certificate and credential
- When you finish, Training Directory issues a course certificate.
- Identity verification
- No identity verification or proctoring is required for this course.
Questions
Can I take this course online?
Only part of it. DOB allows this course in person or as a hybrid, where lectures and demonstrations are taught live online over video and the hands-on parts are done in person. For the live online sessions, your training provider must confirm your identity before you get access, you must attest that you are the person taking the class and will finish it without help, and your webcam must stay on for the whole class while the provider monitors attendance. The course cannot be taken fully online or self-paced.
What do I get when I finish?
When you pass both tests, your training provider issues the Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover certification on your DOB Worker Wallet card through DOB's Training Connect platform. Providers may charge an administrative fee for the card. The Worker Wallet card does not replace your SST card.
Who needs this course?
Anyone who installs, adjusts, repairs, maintains or removes a supported scaffold 40 feet or taller in NYC, including the person supervising that work. It also applies to work on a sidewalk shed that serves as the base for a supported scaffold of that height.
How do I keep my certification current?
Take the 8-Hour Supported Scaffold Installer and Remover Refresher every four years, as NYC Building Code 3314.4.5.1 requires.
Are there any prerequisites?
DOB's outline lists none. You must attend all 32 hours of instruction and pass both the written test and the hands-on performance test.
How long is each class day?
DOB caps each session at 9.5 hours including breaks and meals, so the 32 hours are spread over several days. Your training provider's schedule shows the exact days.
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