Scaffold Leadman

Primary Purpose

A scaffold builder is responsible for building up and breaking down temporary scaffold structures, allowing workers to access specific portions of a building to perform needed work.

Typical Duties

• Scaffold builders are responsible for assembling and dismantling scaffolding structures that allow workers to access specific portions of a building to perform needed work.
• Craft who isn’t afraid to climb, walk, and work at high elevations.
• Examines, selects, and gathers materials and tools.
• Examines blueprints and specifications to determine dimensions of structure.
• Inspires base surface for obstructions.
• Saws boards and plywood panels to required sizes.
• Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bars.
• Assembles scaffold containing handrails, mid rails, braces and planks, toe boards, screening, locking pins and wheels to job specifications.
• Loads, transports and unloads material.
• Determines type of scaffold needed and how to properly instruct on how to install.
• Oversight of transport tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold as instructed by the scaffold builder.
• 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.
• Supervises the dismantling of scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling.
• Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding.

Requirements

• Work at heights with no fear.
• Examines, selects, and gathers materials and tools.
• Examine blueprints and specifications to determine dimensions of structure.
• Inspire base surface for obstructions.
• Saw boards and plywood panels to required sizes.
• Use carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bars.
• Assemble scaffold containing handrails, mid rails, braces and planks, toe boards, screening, locking pins and wheels to job specifications.
• Load, transport and unload material.
• Determine type of scaffold needed and how to properly instruct on how to install.
• Oversight of transport tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold as instructed by the scaffold builder.
• Hoist scaffolding materials upward in order to erect temporary structure.
• Secure and level locking sections of scaffolding material.
• Secure scaffold to the permanent structure for added stability.
• Supervise the dismantling of scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• Inspect and properly store scaffolding material after dismantling.
• Perform final inspection of completed scaffolding.