Assessment Sheet

Mobile Tower Scaffolds

Using the assessment sheet.

This short assessment is designed to give your trainer an idea of how well you have understood the
safety talk. The following will help.

1) It is a multiple choice assessment – no written answers are required.

2) Please complete the assessment, in the time allotted, by placing an ‘X’ in the box next to
the answer you consider to be the most correct.
3) Read the question and the answers carefully before making your selection.
4) Only give one answer to each question. There will be a most correct answer in each case.

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Qu 1. Before using mobile tower scaffolds:

(a) The Health & Safety Executive should be consulted

(b) A plan should be made
(c) The management should be notified

Qu 2. SWL, when used with Mobile Tower Scaffolds, stands for:

(a) Single White Lady

(b) Safe Working Load
(c) Short Wave Listening

Qu 3. Mobile Tower Scaffolds should be erected, adjusted and

dismantled by:

(a) A competent person

(b) Anyone who is available
(c) The foreman

Qu 4. The safe base to height ratio is decided by:

(a) The employees

(b) The manufacturers
(c) The Health & Safety Authorities

Qu 5. Mobile Tower Scaffolds should not be used without adequate

support on:

(a) Uneven surfaces

(b) Wet surfaces
(c) Wooden Floors

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Qu 6. For short duration jobs it is not important that the wheels are
locked.

(a) True
(b) False

Qu. 7. Occasionally, it is acceptable to rest ladders against the Mobile

Tower to gain access.

(a) True
(b) False

Qu 8. Before moving a mobile tower scaffold:

(a) All persons should sit down

(b) All loose materials should be secured
(c) Checks should be made for overhead obstructions

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