KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The 39th SIA Annual Conference and Exposition will take place July 17-20 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minn., 55403.
The conference is the one of the largest gatherings of scaffold and access professionals within the entire industry. It features scaffold- and access-focused educational sessions and showcases the nation's top scaffold and access exhibitors.
The conference will cover topics relevant to the scaffold and access industry and its segments. Some of the planned educational topics include roof top hazards and anchors for suspended scaffolds, safety preparations for building maintenance at heights, what an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Compliance Officer sees and looks for on jobsite visits, operator's responsibility for a pre-start inspection for aerial work platforms, the benefits of material hoists and platform, and more.
During the conference, the internationally- acclaimed SIA Training Program will offer four courses; Competent Person Training for Frame Scaffolds; Competent Person Training for Suspended Scaffolds; Operator Training for Mast Climbers; Train the Trainer Facilitator Skills Workshop. Each course is open to the general public.
For more information on the conference, visit www.scaffold.org/Annual.
About the SIA
The Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) is a non-profit trade 501(c)(6) association committed to raising the standards of professionalism within the scaffold and access industry. The SIA represents all facets of the scaffold & access industry through various councils that include, aerial work platform, construction hoist, fall protection equipment, international, industrial, mast climbing, plank and platform, supported scaffold and suspended scaffold.
Through its various programs, the SIA promotes safety, training and a highly professional, responsible image of the scaffold and access professional. The SIA delivers hundreds of safety training programs a year at various locations throughout the world. These programs cover all aspects of scaffold and access safety and equipment use. The SIA is also the secretariat for the American National Standard, SIA ASC A92 standards. For more information, call (816) 595.4860 or visit
www.scaffold.org.
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