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Schedule 3—High risk work licences and classes of high risk work
Regulation 81
1—Boom-type elevating work platform
For the purposes of table 3.1 item 21, the length of a boom is the greater of the following:
(a) the vertical distance from the surface supporting the boom‑type elevating work platform to the floor of the platform, with the platform extended to its maximum height;
(b) the horizontal distance from the centre point of the boom's rotation to the outer edge of the platform, with the platform extended to its maximum distance.
Table 3.1
Item
High risk work licence
Description of class of high risk work
Scaffolding work
1 Basic scaffolding
Scaffolding work involving any of the following:
(a) modular or pre‑fabricated scaffolds;
(b) cantilevered materials hoists with a maximum working load of 500 kilograms;
(c) ropes;
(d) gin wheels;
(e) safety nets and static lines;
(f) bracket scaffolds (tank and formwork),
but excluding scaffolding work involving equipment, loads or tasks listed in item 2(2)(a) to (g) and item 3(2)(a) to (c)
2 Intermediate scaffolding
(1) Scaffolding work included in the class of Basic scaffolding; and
(2) Scaffolding work involving any of the following:
(a) cantilevered crane loading platforms;
(b) cantilevered scaffolds;
(c) spur scaffolds;
(d) barrow ramps and sloping platforms;
(e) scaffolding associated with perimeter safety screens and shutters;
(f) mast climbing work platforms;
(g) tube and coupler scaffolds (including tube and coupler covered ways and gantries),
but excluding scaffolding work involving equipment, loads or tasks listed in item 3(2)(a) to (c)