SCAFFOLD BUILDER - Austin Industrial - Plaquemine, LA

Responsibilities

• Determines type of scaffold needed.
• Inspects job site and all scaffold material for defects and safety hazards.
• Effectively communicates safety hazards and mitigates avoidable hazards prior to construction of scaffolding.
• Transports tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold to the dimensions required.
• Hoists scaffolding materials upward in order to erect temporary structure.
• Properly secures and levels locking sections of scaffolding material.
• Properly secures scaffold to the permanent structure for added stability.
• Adheres to all OSHA, site specific and Austin Industrial requirements for the erecting and navigation of the scaffolding.
• Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding.
• Dismantles scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling.

Qualifications

• Education – High School diploma with a certification as a lubrication technician.
• Experience - 3 years’ minimum experience, be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• May directly supervises 1 to 5 scaffold builder helpers in the Operations Department.
• Carrries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Austin Industrial’s policies & procedures and applicable laws.

Physical Demands

• Sit.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• High, precarious places.
• Fumes or airborne particles.
• Toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Outside weather conditions.
• Vibration.
• Wet and/or humid conditions.
• Nearby noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Certification/License

• TWIC Card and Valid State ID

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