Turner OCTO
®
Assembly Guide
©Turner Access Ltd 65 Craigton Road, Glasgow, G51 3EQ, Scotland
Section 1 Page 12
TA3/01/50/01_Iss1Rev3
Rev.No.Jan17/Rev3
1.4.2 GuardAid
®
(i) User Instructions
The GuardAid
®
Positional Tool (Figure 1) provides the scaffolder with integrated safety and
safe systems of work throughout scaffold assembly, dismantle and alteration; therefore,
eliminating the risk of fall from height and enabling compliance with current legislation.
GuardAid
®
is a scaffold tool used to position, while holding secure, a scaffolding guardrail,
before it is fixed and locked into place.
GuardAid
®
enables existing components to be utilised as integral advance guardrails. This
is achieved by combining a sequence of steps; holding, securing, guiding and then enabling
automatic positioning, fixing and locking the existing scaffold component.
Detail ‘A’
GuardAid
®
Positional Tool
Head
To use the GuardAid
®
Positional Tool safely, each guardrail
component can be lifted into position by two operatives (one
at each end of the guardrail - as illustrated opposite).
The GuardAid
®
Positional Tool consists of various component
parts within the Tool Head (Detail ‘A’) that have different
functions for the scaffolder using the tool.
Standard Cup Hook
Lower Chord
Locator
Upper Chord Locator
Locking Pin for
Guardrail Wedge
Guardrail Wedge
Release
Detail ‘A’
Figure 1 - GuardAid
®
Positional Tool
SECTION 1.4 Safety Information