scope:

This Standard specifies requirements for the design and manufacture of scaffold decking components, and their performance requirements when used to form working platforms for scaffolds. Decking components comprise scaffold planks, deck infills, lap plates and prefabricated platforms.

NOTES:

1 Guidance on means for demonstrating conformance with this Standard is given in Appendix F.

2 Information on timber species suitable for timber scaffold planks is given in Appendix G.