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for fascia and gutter installation work. All external work platforms above 2 metres should be at least two planks (450 mm) wide. Guardrailing should be fitted where the there is a risk of injury due to fall. If a gutter is not present, then the 100 mm maximum distance of the platform from the roof face is measured from the fascia board.
Other control measures for fixing fascias and gutters may include perimeter scaffolds (for two storey construction) and elevated work platforms.

APPENDIX A – REFERENCED DOCUMENTS AND FURTHER READING

Australian Standards

AS 1418.10            Cranes, hoists and winches – Elevating work platforms
AS/NZS 1576 series    Scaffolding
AS 1577               Scaffolding planks
AS 1657               Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders – Design, construction and installation
AS 1720.1             Timber structures – Design methods
AS/NZS 1891.1         Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Harnesses and ancillary equipment
AS/NZS 1891.3         Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Fall-arrest devices
AS/NZS 1891.4         Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices – Selection, use and maintenance
AS/NZS 1892 series    Portable ladders
AS 2550.1             Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – General requirements
AS 2550.10            Cranes, hoists and winches – Safe use – Mobile elevating work platforms
AS 2626               Industrial safety belts and harnesses – Selection, use and maintenance
AS 3566.1             Self-drilling screws for the building and construction industries – General requirements and mechanical properties
AS 3623               Domestic metal framing
AS/NZS 4389           Safety mesh
AS 4440               Installation of nailplated timber roof trusses
AS/NZS 4488 series    Industrial rope access systems

AS/NZS 4576           Guidelines for scaffolding
AS/NZS 4994.1         Temporary roof edge protection for housing and residential buildings – General requirements
AS/NZS 4994.2         Temporary roof edge protection for housing and residential buildings – Installation and dismantling

Code of Practice: Managing the Risk of Falls at Workplaces
Code of Practice: Construction Work
National Construction Code of Australia, published by the Australian Building Codes Board

APPENDIX B – TIMBER SCAFFOLDS

B1: INTRODUCTION
This appendix sets out recommended rules for the construction of timber scaffolds for works carried out in connection with buildings or structures and where the vertical distance between the working platform and the lowest level to which a person or object could fall does not exceed 6 metres, and where the scaffold supports no more than one full-length working platform.
Where it is intended to construct a timber scaffold that does not comply with Section B2 or B3 of this appendix and that has a working platform greater than 2 metres above the lowest level to which a person or object may fall, a copy of the detailed design drawings for the scaffold, prepared by a competent person, should be kept on site.

B2: TIMBER SCAFFOLDS - MAXIMUM 2 METRE LIFT HEIGHTS

2.1 Scaffold components