Examples include painting, electrical work, many carpentry tasks and other light tasks. Light Duty – Up to 225 kilograms per bay.Scaffold working platforms are generally rated as light, medium or heavy duty: Moisture penetrating the planks can cause damage and may not be easily detected. Avoid nailing or screwing laminated planks into position, unless otherwise specified by the manufacturer.The overhang of planks which are supported by putlogs should be greater than 150 millimetres but less than 250 millimetres – otherwise uplift might occur.All hop-up brackets should be provided with tie bars to stop brackets from spreading apart, causing planks to dislodge, unless otherwise specified by the scaffold designer.Tie wire or any other system that is not structurally rated should not be used to secure planks on hop-up brackets. Metal planks lapped on other metal planks should be secured using fixings such as a double tie wire or strapping. only used to cover gaps less than 500 millimetres wide (unless approved by an engineer) and,.If using plywood sheets to cover gaps between scaffold bays the plywood sheets should be: standards prevent planks from moving sideways on the scaffold.plank overlap, past the edge of the plank underneath, is 300 millimetres or greater and,.

These planks generally may not need to be secured, provided the following are met: Lapped scaffold planks may sometimes be used to cover gaps around corners of scaffold bays.

not be lapped on straight runs of modular and tube and coupler scaffolding but may be lapped on hanging bracket scaffolds where butting of planks at a pair of brackets cannot be achieved.

between planks exceeds 10 millimetre and,.

be captive (that is, cannot be kicked off ) and not be capable of uplift or displacement during normal use.

Scaffold planks on working platforms should: Both soleboards and baseplates may be required for use on less stable surfaces, such as soil, gravel, fill or other product which creates a system of beams and flat slabsĮach scaffold should be designed to carry the required number of working platforms and to support its live loads. Soleboards and baseplates can be used to evenly distribute the load from the scaffold to the supporting surface.

Hanging scaffolding design