AS/NZS 1576.1:1995 pdf free.Scaffolding – Part1:General requirements.
AS/NZS 1576.1 sets out design and operational requirements for scaffolding, except trestle scaffolding, portable ladders intended to he used as working platforms and elevating working platforms.
1.3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions below apply.
1.3.1 Access platform—a platform that is only used or intended to be used to provide access for persons, or for persons and materials to or from places of work.
1.3.2 Baseplate—a plate to distribute the load from a load-bearing member to the supporting structure.
1.3.3 Bay—the space enclosed by four adjacent standards, or the equivalent space in a single pole scaffold.
1.3.4 Brace—a member fixed diagonally to two or more members of the scaffold to provide rigidity to the scaffold.
1.3.5 Castor—a swivelling wheel attached to the lower end of a standard for the purpose of supporting and moving a scaffold.
1.3.6 Catch platform—a platform attached to a scaffold to contain falling debris.
NOTE: A cantilcvcred catch platform is also called a fan.
1.3.7 Cradle—that portion of the assembly incorporating a suspended platform.
1.3.8 Guardrailing—a structural member to prevent persons from falling off any platform. walkway, stairway or landing.
1.3.9 Landing—a level area used to provide access to a stairway or ladder, or located at an intermediate level in a system of stairways or ladders.
1.3.10 Ledger—a horizontal structural member longitudinally spanning a scaffold.
1.3.11 Lift—the vertical distance from the supporting surface to the lowest ledger or level at which a platform can he constructed, or the vertical distance between adjacent ledgers or levels at which platforms can be constructed.
1.3.12 Loading bay—a platform on a scaffold for the storage of materials and equipment.
1.3.13 Platform—an elevated surface.
1.3.14 Platform bracket—a bracket attached to the scaffold to enable a platform to be placed between the scaftbld and the building or structure.
1.3.15 Putlog—a horizontal structural member spanning between ledgers or a ledger and an adjacent wall, and intended to support a platform.
1.3.16 Scaffold—a temporary structure, specifically erected to support access platforms or working platforms.AS/NZS 1576.1:pdf download.