Apprentice - Scaffold

The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.

A Scaffold Apprentice is responsible for assisting in building, demoing, staging and modifying components of scaffolding.

• Promote, demonstrate and instill Brock’s Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business
• Comply with all manufacturer’s specifications
• Work closely with assigned Mentor as per SSW Program
• Follow all Brock, Contractor’s, and governmental safety requirements
• Perform work in accordance with Contractor Specifications
• Take direction from the Scaffold Journeyman and Foreman to learn the proper tools and equipment to use for specified tasks
• Develop ability to read specifications, such as blueprints
• Develop ability to install steel pipes, support braces and clamps to form bases for scaffold
• Develop ability to identify the type of scaffolding material to be used for the job (frame, tube & clamp, system)
• Sort, organize and count material
• Complete safety paperwork such as FLRA’s, Sharp Cards, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

• Meet Brock’s Fit For Duty Program
• Ability to meet and maintain customer requirements for site access
• Work in an indoor and outdoor environment including field, yard, shop locations, and office
• Necessary Personal Protective Equipment is required
• Travel as required
• Working at heights
• Must be able to work in all types of environments, extreme heat or cold
• Able to work in confined spaces
• Must have required tools
• Must have transportation to and from the work location

• Ability to communicate effectively with team and supervisor
• Ability to understand and follow directions
• Knowledge of craft and industry

• High School or equivalent (Level I)
• 1 year scaffold experience, preferred (Level II)
• 2 years’ scaffold experience, preferred (Level III)
• Adherence to regional and local requirements (level I – IV)

Location Information:
Freeport, TX (Olin Corporation)

Shift: Full Time

Exempt:
No

ORIENTATION - Must be able to successfully pass Brock and/or Safety Council Site Specific Orientation requirements.

HEAVY WORK - Lifting up to 50 pounds of force from the floor to the waist and 35 pounds of force from the waist to above shoulder.

CLIMBING - Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and the like, to elevations in excess of 100 feet, to maintain three‑point contact at all times.

LADDERS - Using vertical ladders frequently up to 100 feet - Activity occurs up to 60% of the work shift.

STAIRS & RAMPS - Using stairs or ramps occasionally up to 100 feet - Activity occurs up to 40% of the work shift.

BALANCING - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, on unprotected elevated surfaces using fall protection equipment; or maintaining body equilibrium when performing scaffold construction at elevations using fall protection equipment. Frequently - Activity occurs up to 60% of the work shift.

STOOPING - Bending body downward and forward at the waist, requiring full use of the leg and back muscles on a repetitive basis. Frequently - Activity occurs up to 60% of the work shift.

KNEELING - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Occasionally - Activity occurs up to 40% of the work shift.

CROUCHING - Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and waist. Frequently - Activity occurs up to 60% of the work shift.

REACHING - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) to receive materials from ground level weighing up to 50 pounds as it is being passed and 35 pounds from overhead. Frequently - Activity occurs up to 60% of the work shift.

GRIPPING - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands to receive materials weighing up to 50…