Documents that work together for mobile scaffolds: the instruction, a check the worker can follow it, an inspection before every use, and a supervisor check that the scaffold and the area below are controlled.
Most paperwork for this work is written separately and never quite lines up. These documents are written to work together. The safe work instruction tells the worker what to do. The VOC assessment checks they can do it. The pre-use and handover check confirms the scaffold is safe each time and at every handover. The supervisor field verification checklist checks, on site, that guardrails, castors, the ground and the area below are actually controlled.
A short setup guide tells you what to adapt before you use them. Everything is in editable Word or Excel.
A VOC supports workplace competency verification. It does not replace a high risk work licence where one is required. Scaffolding work where a person or thing could fall more than 4 metres from the scaffold requires a scaffolding high risk work licence. A VOC does not replace it.
Delivered as one ZIP download. The files below are editable, and every Word document also comes as a PDF. Each download also includes Read Me First, a Product Overview, the Permitted Use Terms and Version Information (PDF).
| File | Format | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| How the Documents Work Together | Word (.docx) | How the documents in the pack fit together, and who uses each one, when. |
| Setup Guide | Word (.docx) | A short guide to what to adapt before use: your scaffold system, the manufacturer's instructions, your site and your local controls. |
| Mobile Scaffold Safe Work Instruction | Word (.docx) | Step-by-step instruction: check the ground and overhead, assemble to the manufacturer's instructions, inspect before use, lock castors, work from the platform, move it safely and dismantle. |
| Mobile Scaffold Pre-use and Handover Check | Word (.docx) | The check before each use, after any change and at handover between users: components, bracing, guardrails, castors locked, outriggers, height-to-base ratio and the ground. |
| Mobile Scaffold VOC Assessment Tool | Word (.docx) | The assessor's tool: the practical observation checklist, evidence requirements, safety-critical fail criteria, the outcome and sign-off. |
| Mobile Scaffold VOC Knowledge Questions (Candidate) | Word (.docx) | The knowledge questions, for the person being assessed to answer. |
| Mobile Scaffold VOC Marking Guide (Assessor) | Word (.docx) | The expected answers and marking guidance, for the assessor only. |
| Mobile Scaffold VOC Register | Excel (.xlsx) | A register of everyone assessed: date, assessor, licence or authorisation sighted, outcome and when reassessment is due. |
| Supervisor Field Verification Checklist | Word (.docx) | For a supervisor on site: checks that the scaffold is assembled and inspected as required, castors are locked, guardrails are complete and the area below is controlled. |
Everything in the pack is written to the same work. The VOC assesses the worker against the safe work instruction, the pre-use and handover check covers each job before it starts, and the field verification checks the controls the instruction relies on.
Tells the operator what to do
The steps, hazards and controls for the task, written for the person doing it.
Included
Checks they can do it
Verifies each operator against that same instruction, on your equipment, with evidence and a clear outcome.
Included
Checks the scaffold is safe to use
Before each use and after any change: castors, bracing, guardrails, ground and height-to-base ratio.
Included
Checks the controls are working on site
A supervisor checks on the floor that the controls the instruction relies on are in place and effective.
Included
What supervisors find in the field feeds back into the instruction and the VOC.
Before first use, adapt the documents to:
For workers using the scaffold, Orana Skills Centre runs face-to-face Working at Heights training.
Before you use them
A VOC needs something to assess against. The pack includes the safe work instruction the VOC checks, plus the pre-use and handover check and the supervisor field verification checklist, all written to the same work, so what you instruct, what you assess and what you check in the field line up.
Yes. The Mobile Scaffold VOC assessment tool, knowledge questions, marking guide and Excel VOC register are all in the pack, so there is no need to buy the VOC separately.
No. A VOC supports workplace competency verification. It does not replace a high risk work licence where one is required. Scaffolding work where a person or thing could fall more than 4 metres from the scaffold requires a scaffolding high risk work licence. A VOC does not replace it.
Yes. The VOC assessment, the safe work instruction and the supervisor field verification checklist are each sold on their own. The pack contains all of them, plus the pre-use and handover check and the setup guide, which are only in the pack.
A scaffolding high risk work licence is needed for scaffolding work (erecting, altering or dismantling a scaffold) where a person or thing could fall more than 4 metres from the scaffold. Below that, no licence is needed, but the person must be competent and follow the manufacturer's instructions for the mobile scaffold. A VOC checks the worker against your instruction; it does not replace a licence.
Working from a mobile scaffold that has been correctly assembled does not need a licence. Assembling, altering or dismantling it is scaffolding work, which needs a licence if a person or thing could fall more than 4 metres. The pre-use and handover check in the pack checks the scaffold before anyone climbs it.
Yes. Every document is supplied in Word (.docx) or Excel (.xlsx), so you can add your logo, change the wording and adapt it to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The documents must be adapted to your equipment, the manufacturer's instructions, your site and your local controls before they are used. The setup guide in the pack lists what to change.
No document can. Your duties are met by managing the risks in your actual workplace. Using them does not by itself make a workplace compliant with WHS or OHS laws. They support the work of managing the risk; they are not legal advice.
Yes. Every price in the store includes GST, so $199.00 is the total, including $18.09 GST. Your receipt is a tax invoice showing the GST.
As a ZIP download. Card purchases can be downloaded straight away from the confirmation page and by a link we email you. Download links expire after 14 days for security; you can request a new one at any time.
Yes. Use Request an Invoice to order through your normal procurement process, with a purchase order number and quantities if you need them. The files are released once payment is confirmed.
Yes, across your own organisation. The documents are licensed for internal use by the purchasing organisation. A consultant, labour hire business or training provider supplying them to clients needs separate written permission.
They are written for Australian workplaces and refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws and licences. A business elsewhere should replace those references with its own country's requirements. Everything is editable for that.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a document that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
Licence and legal information here is general. It may not be correct in your jurisdiction: please check with your local WHS or OHS regulator.
Ordering for a business or several sites? Request an invoice. Other questions: contact us.
Start with a toolbox talk to brief the crew on the hazard, then use the safe work instruction, the VOC and the field verification checklist to set and check the controls.
For workers who use ladders, platforms, roofs or anything off the ground: why falls kill, and the order of controls that prevents them.
For workers at height and the people below them: how objects fall, and the controls that stop them falling or hitting someone.
Fall prevention at height is a common critical control. To manage it as one, with performance standards and field verification across the business, see the Critical Control Management series.
Verify that workers assemble, move and use mobile scaffolds safely: knowledge questions, practical observation, fail criteria and sign-off.
The safe work instruction from the pack, on its own: the steps, hazards and controls, stop points, emergencies and sign-off, in editable Word.
The supervisor's field verification checklist from the pack, on its own: checks on site that the controls for the work are in place and working.