TRAINING

MSR Training Institute offers a comprehensive educational program designed to equip workers, supervisors, and safety personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely erect, use, inspect, and dismantle scaffold systems. Proper training is essential to prevent accidents, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote a culture of safety on construction sites. We are and Accredited Training Institute for the SAIA, and are able to train students into Competent Persons on the different scaffolding systems.

Our Training services provide your team with the essential knowledge to work safely, comply with regulations, and minimize the risk of scaffold-related incidents, ensuring a safer and more productive job site.

Key Features and Benefits:

OSHA-Compliant Curriculum

Training programs meet or exceed OSHA standards and local regulatory requirements for scaffold safety

Hands-On Instruction

Combines classroom learning with practical, on-site exercises to reinforce safe scaffold practices

Comprehensive Topics

Includes scaffold types, hazard identification, load capacities, fall protection, proper assembly, inspection protocols, and emergency procedures

Certification

Participants receive official certification upon successful completion, demonstrating their competence in scaffold safety

Customized Training Options

Programs tailored to specific scaffold types (frame, system, suspended, shoring, etc.) and job site conditions

Our training courses

Hazard Awareness for Suspended Scaffold & Operator Safety Training

This class is designed for employees who perform work while on a suspended scaffold. The curriculum covers the suspended and supported systems and emphasizes the safety system for those workers operating a suspended scaffold. The class includes basic fall arrest, safe operation of a suspended scaffold, and an introduction to suspended scaffold support systems. This class has a three-year certificate.

Mobile Elevated Work Platform Operator Training

This training is designed for people who want to safely operate MEWP equipment and will include an online component. It instructs an operator to prepare and safely operate various types of MEWP’s, also referred to as cherry pickers, aerial lifts, or scissor lifts. Categories include Mobile Vertical (3a) and Mobile Boom (3b). The class format includes a combination of online learning, presentation, question-and-answer, and a hands-on practical exam.

Supported Scaffold Competent Person Training

Competent Person Training is available in all three major supported scaffold systems: frame scaffolds, systems scaffolds, and tube and clamp scaffolds. These classes are designed for scaffold erectors and cover the safety aspects regarding scaffold foundations, scaffold components, regulations, guardrail requirements, fall protection, scaffold stabilization, and erecting and dismantling procedures for scaffolds that exceed the height-to-base ratio. This class has a three-year certificate.

Suspended Scaffold Competent Person Training

This comprehensive training explains how to set up, operate, and inspect suspended work platforms. The student completing this class will know the basics required to safely use suspended equipment. On-the-job training after this class will allow participants to apply what they have learned and to gain field experience necessary for any professional. This class has a three-year certificate.

Fall Protection Competent Person Training

This Competent Person course is intended for individuals who work at heights, as well as supervisors and decision-makers responsible for managing fall protection on job sites. The training covers essential topics such as identifying, eliminating, and mitigating fall hazards; conducting fall hazard surveys; understanding relevant regulations and procedures; inspecting and maintaining fall protection equipment and systems; evaluating system effectiveness; rescue basics; and the use of non-certified anchor points. Our instruction emphasizes practical, hands-on knowledge that seamlessly translates from the classroom to real-world job site safety.

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