
Turner OCTO
®
Assembly Guide
©Turner Access Ltd 65 Craigton Road, Glasgow, G51 3EQ, Scotland
Section 1 Page 14
TA3/01/50/01_Iss1Rev3
Rev.No.Jan17/Rev3
Using the Guardrail Wedge Locking
Pin, push the wedge from its preset
condition (Figure 4) to the vertical
position and allow to drop and loosely
engage (Figure 5).
When all guardrails (including end
guardrails) are located in position on
the lift and platforms are placed and
locked then the scaffold operatives
should safely access the platform and
drive wedges home on all guardrails.
Locking Pin for Guardrail Wedge
Figure 4 -
Guardrail Preset Condition
Figure 5 -
Guardrail loosely engaged
Locking Pin for Guardrail Wedge
To de-mount the scaffold guardrails each operative must ensure that
the GuardAid
®
Positional Tool is located correctly in the guardrail prior
to it being removed.
Guardrail Wedge Release
Detail ‘C’
Detail ‘C’ - De-Mounting Guardrail
using GuardAid
®
Positional Tool
Lift the wedge clear and rest the
wedge on inner ledge within the
guardrail and then both operatives
should simultaneously lift the
Guardrail clear of cups.
It is then necessary for each operative to
drive the wedges on each end of the guardrail
vertically upwards to loosen (Figure 6).
This should be done using
the Guardrail Wedge Release
component part of the GuardAid
®
tool (Detail ‘C’)
Figure 6 - De-Mounting Guardrail
using GuardAid
®
Positional Tool
Detail ‘C’
SECTION 1.4 Safety Information