Kelowna Aerial Lift Training

Kelowna Aerial Lift Training - An aerial work platform is a mechanical access platform. This machinery provides access to otherwise not accessible places for equipment or people. Also called an elevating work platform or aerial device, the machinery is often used to be able to access high places. Maintenance and construction employees normally must make use of aerial work platforms on the job. Firefighters utilize them for emergency access.

Intended for temporary use, aerial work platforms are different from elevators, which provide permanent access to high areas. An aerial work platform is designed to be operated by a single person, and can lift weights of less than one ton. Various kinds have higher load limits. There are various kinds of aerial work platforms; for instance, there is a "cherry picker" and a "scissor lift".

Some aerial work platforms come outfitted together with electrical outlets or compressed air connectors for power tools. For specialist tasks, such as lifting frames for window glass, an aerial work platform may come with special equipment.

Those who would like to operate an aerial lift machine must undergo training. Usually, the members of a Health & Safety Committee and their representatives are responsible for the inspection of every equipment and work places and are likewise needed to go through training. Those training would know aerial lifting device operation. They would also gain an understanding of the rules that apply to the safe use of these machines. Regulations differ from province to province, and within worksites which are federally regulated.

Any worker who is needed to be lifted by or work near an aerial lifting device must be told about potential dangers. An Aerial Lift Training Video could be shown in a general safety session to educate all of the employees who are lifted by them or work near them.

Aerial Lift Training Program consists of modules focused on the following: Hazard Identification; Aerial Lift Devices and Operating Controls; Pre Operational Checks for Aerial Lift Devices; and Platform Positioning & Park Positioning. The particular program is meant to train staff on the safe use of self-propelled, elevated work platforms and self-propelled, boom supported, elevated work platforms. Employees who finish the program would be given a certificate, signed by a qualified person to verify successfully completing a hands-on practical evaluation.

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