CARP 070G - Advanced Frame Scaffold

Prerequisite: State Indentured Carpenter Union Apprentice; CARP 040A; CARP 040B

This course is designed to meet the needs of indentured apprentices with the State of California who are interested in the carpentry industry. The course teaches students how to adapt scaffold configurations to follow the contour of a building’s architectural features and height limitations. Students use the proper terminology to describe structural and design elements typically found in construction; utilize reach limitation guidelines to determine maximum platform height; and erect a frame scaffold to conform to angles, slopes, obstacles and obstructions of walls and /or ceilings.