Suspended Platforms – Operational Compliance Plan

OPERATIONAL COMPLIANCE PLAN.

by TRACEY-LEE BLIGNAUT. | BASIC SAFETY AND TRAINING SOLUTIONS - WORKING AT HEIGHTS REFRESHER.

CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS 17 (2) (c)

(c) he or she is, before the commencement of the work, in possession of an operational compliance plan developed by a competent person based on the certificate of system design contemplated in subparagraph (b) and applicable to the environment in which the system is being used, which operational compliance plan must include proof of the –

(i) appointment of the competent person contemplated in sub regulation (1);

(ii) competency of erectors, operators and inspectors;

(iii) operational design calculations, which must comply with the requirements of the system design certificate;

(iv) performance test results;

(v) sketches indicating the completed system with the operational loading capacity of the platform;

(vi) procedures for and records of inspections having been carried out; and

(vii) procedures for and records of maintenance work having been carried out.