VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2010
Competent Persons - Ladders, steps, mobile platforms, and stagings

Standard No.

VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2010

Release Date

2010

Published By

Association of German Mechanical Engineers

Latest

VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2010

Replace

VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2009

Scope

The guideline advises external training providers, educating "Competent Persons for ladders, steps, mobile working platforms and small scaffolds", of important examination topics in the context of the German occupational safety regulation. Such working appliances are e. g. mobile working platforms, small scaffolds, ladders and steps. This guideline does not cover any tests of roof ladders, rope ladders, vertical ladders, ladders used for playground articles, engine-driven ladders (e. g. turntable fire-escapes). The guideline is affiliated to VDI 4068 Part 1 containing general statements about Competent Persons. For Competent Persons there does not exist any specifically defined job description. The German occupational safety regulation in general calls for "people with specialized knowledge for the examination of work equipment". Therefore, training providers educating Competent Persons are often confronted with problems when compiling training and examination topics. The guideline series VDI 4068 provides the training centres with assistance by defining specialist knowledge and examination topics for Competent Persons.

VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2010 Referenced Document

• DIN 4074-1:2008 Strength grading of wood - Part 1: Coniferous sawn timber
• DIN 4074-3:2008 Strength grading of wood - Part 3: Devices for supporting visual grading of sawn timber; Requirements and testing
• DIN 4420-1:2004 Service and working scaffolds - Part 1: Service scaffolds - Performance requirements, general design, structural design
• DIN 4420-2:1990 Service and working scaffolds; ladder scaffolds; safety requirements
• DIN 4420-3:2006 Service and working scaffolds - Part 3: Selected types of scaffolding constructions and their basic versions
• DIN 4567:1998 Ladders - Design for ladders for special professional use
• DIN EN 1004:2005 Mobile access and working towers made of prefabricated elements - Materials, dimensions, design loads, safety and performance requirements; German version EN 1004:2004
• DIN EN 1065:1998 Adjustable telescopic steel props - Product specifications, design and assessment by calculation and tests; German version EN 1065:1998
• DIN EN 1263-1:2002 Safety nets - Part 1: Safety requirements, test methods; German version EN 1263-1:2002
• DIN EN 131-1:2007 Ladders - Part 1: Terms, types, functional sizes; English version of DIN EN 131-1:2007-08
• DIN EN 131-3:2007 Ladders - Part 3: User Instructions; English version of DIN EN 131-3:2007-08
• DIN EN 39:2001 Loose steel tubes for tube and coupler scaffolds - Technical delivery conditions; German version EN 39:2001
• DIN EN 74-1:2005 Couplers, spigot pins and baseplates for use in falsework and scaffolds - Part 1: Couplers for tubes - Requirements and test procedures; English version of DIN EN 74-1:2005
• DIN EN 74-3:2007 Couplers, spigot pins and baseplates for use in falsework and scaffolds - Part 3: Plain base plates and spigot pins - Requirements and test procedures; English version of DIN EN 74-3:2007-07

VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2010 history

• 2010 VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2010 Competent Persons - Ladders, steps, mobile platforms, and stagings
• 2009 VDI 4068 Blatt 3-2009 Competent persons - Ladders@ steps@ mobile plat-forms and stagings