Apprentice - Scaffold

Qualifications and Detail about the Position

Summary:

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

Responsibilities:

• Promote, demonstrate and instill Brock’s B safe and B best 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
• Follow the applicable Brock, Contractor, and governmental safety requirements
• 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

Other information:

Working Conditions /

Physical Requirements:

• 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

Skills & Abilities:

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

Education & Experience:

• 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:

Location of Job: US:

TX:

La Porte

Shift:

Exempt:
No

Work Type:
Full Time

Working Conditions

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 exists up to 60% of the work shift.

STAIRS & RAMPS
-Using stairs or ramps:
Occasionally up to 100 feet
- Activity exists 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 exists up to 60% of the work shift.

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

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

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

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

GRIPPING
-Seizing, holding, grasping,…