Bracing Walls Against Wind: Ensuring Safety and Compliance

Duration

6 hours

If e-learning only, the duration is to be at least 50% of this

Purpose/scope

The purpose of this standard is to provide the learner with the knowledge and skills to support the following:

Scope:

• Identify hazards related to wall bracing
• Safely brace walls to prevent collapse
• Understand and apply relevant safety regulations
• Perform risk assessments for wall stability
• Communicate safety protocols across all site levels
• Collaborate with site staff to ensure safety compliance
• Implement and document bracing procedures

Learner pre-requisites

There are no learner pre-requisites as part of this standard

Instruction/ supervision

As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

• an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
• at least 2 years industrial experience relevant to the scope of the standard
• a verifiable CV

Delivery

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for learners to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation

The learning environment, class size and learner/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable learners to achieve the learning outcomes

The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:

• face to face learning environment only (such as classroom/workshop etc.)

This standard is predominantly theoretical training

This standard is considered to be set at an entry level

Assessment

Formally Assessed

For the successful completion of training, learners must complete an end of course practical assessment or knowledge test that measures all learning outcomes and has a pass criteria

Methods of assessment considered appropriate for training delivered against this standard are:

• multiple choice questions
• short answer questions
• scenarios and case studies of realistic working environments
• practical assessment

Pass criteria for this standard:

• Apply wall bracing technique in a practical setting

Where this training is assessed using multiple-choice questions, all learning outcomes must be covered over 10 questions and learners are required to achieve an overall pass mark of at least 80%.

Quality Assurance

Assured

Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.

CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.

Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.

Refresher

Refresher every 5 years

Classification

Recommended Refresher

Learning outcomes

The learner will be able to:

Identify hazards related to wall bracing

Delivery guidance:

• Identify commons hazards relating to unbraced and incorrectly braced walls
• Identify H&S regulation relating to this matter
• Identify potential outcomes resulting from a wall collapse and the resultant factors of a wall collapse

Assessment criteria:

• Identify common hazards
• Identify regulation
• Identify potential outcomes

Assessment specification:

• As per assessment methodology

Safely brace walls to prevent collapse

Delivery guidance:

• Identify common techniques used for restraint
• Compare and contrast methodologies for bracing

Assessment criteria:

• Identify common techniques
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of these techniques

Assessment specification:

• As per assessment methodology

Understand and apply relevant safety regulations

Delivery guidance:

• Identify H&S regulation relating to this matter
• Describe how to apply regulation to practice
• Legal and liability risks of improper practices

Assessment criteria:

• Identify H&S regulation
• Describe how to apply regulation to practice

Assessment specification:

• As per assessment methodology

Perform risk assessments for wall stability

Delivery guidance:

• Overview of conditions that can lead to instability
• Risk assessment – unbraced/inadequately braced wall
• Risk assessment – effectively braced wall

Assessment criteria:

• Describe conditions that may result in collapse
• Complete a risk assessment for an effectively braced wall

Assessment specification:

• As per assessment methodology

Communicate safety protocols across all site levels

Delivery guidance:

• Overview of safety protocols
• How to communicate safety protocols

Assessment criteria:

• Describe the need for safety protocols to be communicated

Assessment specification:

• As per assessment methodology

Collaborate with site staff to ensure safety compliance

Delivery guidance:

• Overview of common site interactions
• Describe how other site staff can affect wall stability measures

Assessment criteria:

• Describe a site interaction that can affect wall stability

Assessment specification:

• As per assessment methodology

Implement and document bracing procedures

Delivery guidance:

• Practical demonstration of best practice
• Document and record best practice process

Assessment criteria:

• Practical – erection of safe wall stability measure

Assessment specification:

• Practical assessment