Intermediate Scaffolding (SI) study materials
Intermediate Scaffolding (SI) study resources

Intermediate Scaffolding (SI) study plan

Intermediate Scaffolding (SI) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Licence and regulatory framework for intermediate scaffolding & Planning, inspecting and preparing the scaffold site

  • Map every licence class, competency tier and renewal condition in the intermediate scaffolding framework into a single comparison table

  • Explain, in writing, the duties of the scaffold erector, the supervising person and the site controller for a typical intermediate scaffold job

  • List the documentation that must exist before work starts and identify who signs each item

  • Walk a real or simulated site and record the hazards that trigger a written plan rather than a routine method

Your checkpoint

A one-page regulatory and pre-start compliance checklist covering licence, notifications, documentation and sign-off owners, self-scored against the source material

Week 2

Licence and regulatory framework for intermediate scaffolding & Erecting, altering and dismantling intermediate scaffolds

  • Translate the licence and inspection rules into the sequence of hold points that apply during erection, alteration and dismantling

  • Draft the verbal and written handover that must occur between shifts on a part-erected scaffold

  • Identify which alterations require re-inspection and re-tagging and justify each in one sentence

  • Produce a short script for refusing to proceed when a regulatory condition is unmet

Your checkpoint

A hold-point and handover flow for a three-stage erection, with the regulatory citation noted beside each hold point

Week 3

Planning, inspecting and preparing the scaffold site & Safe work practices, hazard control and load security

  • Assess ground bearing, drainage, slope and overhead services for three different site scenarios and select a foundation approach for each

  • Calculate imposed loads for a working platform and compare them against the rated capacity of the chosen configuration

  • Sequence a site set-out that keeps the public, plant movement and the erection crew separated

  • Select and justify fall-arrest, edge-protection and access controls for each scenario

Your checkpoint

Three completed site-preparation and load-assessment worksheets, each with a foundation choice, a load figure and a hazard-control rationale

Week 4

Erecting, altering and dismantling intermediate scaffolds & Safe work practices, hazard control and load security

  • Erect a scaffold section to a stated specification, checking level, plumb, bracing and tie spacing at every lift

  • Demonstrate the inspection routine a competent person performs before first use and record the findings in the required format

  • Apply the hierarchy of control to two realistic load-security problems and defend the chosen solution

  • Explain the correct response to a damaged or displaced component found mid-erection

Your checkpoint

A completed pre-use inspection record for a practical erection, with defects logged, corrective actions noted and a pass or fail decision justified

Milestones

Week 4: Score at least 80 percent on a self-written 40-question mixed test drawn from domains 1 to 4, and correctly complete a practical erection and pre-use inspection without prompting