Special Hazards and Qualifications
5. Qualifications for Jobs involving Special Hazards
The following table presents a summary of existing qualifications and the requirements to obtain them.
| Qualification | Professional Experience | Specific Training |
Knowledge | Aptitude | Authorisation system | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licence | Stickers | |||||
| Preventive Resource Figure | Carrying out / supervising jobs |
Basic level 50h ORP | Jobs to supervise | The usual depending on the activities of the Firm | Preventive Recourse |  |
| Scaffolding Supervisor |
2 years (1) | • Specific Course (1) • Basic level 50h ORP |
• See sec. 3.7. of the Appendix to RD 2177/04 • WI / Erection Plan |
Working at heights | Supervision of scaffolding |  |
| Scaffolder (2) | Working at heights | Practice on the job | WI / Erection Plan | Working at heights | - - - | - - - |
| Access and positioning by means of ropes | 2 years (1) | Specific Course (1) | · See sec. 4.1.f. of the Appendix to RD 2177/04 | Working at heights | Positioning of Ropes |  |
| Handling Platforms (type 1) |
Working at heights | Specific Course | • Safety in the handling of automotive aerial platforms • WI Elevating platforms |
Working at heights Driving vehicles |
Handling of Platforms |  |
| Handling Platforms (type 2) |
Working at heights | Practice on the job | • Safety in the handling of automotive aerial platforms • WI Elevating platforms |
Working at heights Driving vehicles |
- - - |  |
| Handling Dumpers (type 1) |
Driving vehicles | • Specific Course • Class B driving licence |
• Safety in the handling of dumpers • WI Dumpers Pla tforms |
Driving vehicles | Handling of dumper |  |
| Handling Dumpers (type 2) |
Driving vehicles | • Specific Course • Class B driving licence |
• Safety in the handling of dumpers • WI Dumpers Platforms |
Driving vehicles | - - - |  |
| Tower Crane Operator | That required to obtain the mandatory licence in accordance with the regulations (MIE-AEM-2) |  |
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| Authorised(3) | Authorised |  |
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| Qualified for non voltage work and work in the vicinity of live parts(3) | NVW/WVLP Qualif. |  |
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| Qualified for low voltage work(3) | LVLW Qualif. | - - - | ||||
| Qualified for high voltage work(3) | HVLW Qualif.. | - - - | ||||
| Remarks: | (1) It is not necessary to fulfil both requisites, fulfilling one is enough (2) Does not figure in the Company licence or in the helmet stickers due to its limited validity. (3) Qualifications for jobs involving an electrical hazardous (see the specific section devoted to this) |
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The corresponding qualifications figure on the helmet (stickers) and in the company licence of each worker, as described in the previous summarized table.
The following drawings represent an example of the position of the stickers on the helmets of employees in each of the Firms:
| POSITIONING OF HELMET STICKERS |
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| 1st Row: The stickers for Handling Platforms T(Type 1 or Type 2). Scaffolding Supervisor and/or Access and Positioning by means of Ropes. If one should be missing, said stickers are to approximate the sticker guide, in the same order. 2nd Row: The stickers for Preventive Resource, Authorised and/or Qualified are placed here. If one should be missing, said stickers are to approximate the sticker guide, in the same order. |
