Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011

Regulation 6

Scaffold supervisor

Subregulation 1

It shall be the duty of the responsible person to appoint a scaffold supervisor before any construction, erection, installation, re-positioning, alteration, maintenance, repair or dismantling of a scaffold in a workplace.

Subregulation 2

The responsible person shall not appoint any person as a scaffold supervisor unless the person is one —

(a)

who has successfully completed a training course acceptable to the Commissioner, to equip him to be a scaffold supervisor; and

(b)

whom the responsible person reasonably believes is competent to perform the functions and duties of a scaffold supervisor.