Kelowna Boom Lift Certification

Kelowna Boom Lift Certification - Utilizing elevated work platforms allow for maintenance operations and work to be performed at elevated work heights that were otherwise unreachable. Workers making use of boom lifts and scissor lifts can be educated in how to safely operate these equipments by getting boom lift certification training.

When work platforms are operated unsafely, they have the potential for serious injury and even death, regardless of their lift style, site conditions or application. Electrocution, falls, crushed body parts, and tip-overs could be the terrible result of wrong operating procedures.

In order to avoid aerial lift incidents, people must be qualified in order to train workers in operating the certain kind of aerial lift they will be using. Controls should be easily accessible beside or in the platform of boom lifts utilized for carrying workers. Aerial lifts should never be modified without the express permission of other recognized entity or the manufacturer. If you are renting a lift, make certain that it is correctly maintained. Before utilizing, controls and safety devices must be checked to make certain they are working correctly.

Operational safety procedures are essential in avoiding accidents. Operators should not drive an aerial lift with the lift extended (even though some are designed to be driven with an extended lift). Always set brakes. Set outriggers, if available. Avoid slopes, but when needed utilize wheel chocks on slopes which do not go over the manufacturer's slope limitations. Follow weight and load restrictions of the manufacturer. When standing on the platform of boom lifts, make use of a safety belt with a two-foot lanyard tied to the boom or basket or a full-body harness. Fall protection is not necessary for scissor lifts which have guardrails. Never climb or sit on guardrails.

The boom lift certification course provides instruction in the following areas: training and certification; safety guidelines to prevent a tip-over; checking the work area and travel path; surface conditions and slopes; other guidelines for maintaining stability; stability factors; weight capacity; leverage; testing control functions; pre-operational check; mounting a motor vehicle; safe operating practices; power lines and overhead obstacles; safe driving procedures; making use of lanyards and harness; PPE and fall protection; and preventing falls from the platform.

When successful, the trained worker will learn the following: authorization and training procedures; pre-operational check procedures; how to prevent tip-overs; factors affecting the stability of scissor and boom lifts; how to use the testing control functions; how to utilize PPE and fall prevention strategies.

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