Training Courses
Working with Aluminium Scaffold Towers and Powered Access Machines safely, efficiently and effectively requires specific competencies.
All LAT Access Limited staff hold relevant industry standard qualifications.
If you or your staff would benefit from having Aluminium Scaffold Towers and Powered Access Machines safety qualifications, we offer the following training courses:
Aluminium Tower Training - 1 Day Course
MEWP (Mobile Electrical Work Platforms) - 1 Day Course
Company Health, Safety & Welfare Policy
Our courses are designed and delivered to meet Health & Safety Working at Height safety requirements. Our experienced Instructors guide trainees through the necessary theory and practice elements to ensure full competency and understanding of the equipment and safety legislation is achieved.
Aluminium Tower Training - 1 Day Course
A certificated training programme relating to the safe erection and dismantling of Mobile Aluminium Scaffold Towers.
Aim:
To instruct candidates in the safe methods of...
Assembling, dismantling, altering, moving, inspection and use of mobile access towers.
Objectives:
By the end of the course candidates will have an understanding of:
- Legislation, Regulations and Guidance affecting working at height with Mobile Access Towers.
- British & European Standards.
- Hazards affecting the use of Mobile Access Towers.
Course content:
- Introduction and Housekeeping
- Aims & Objectives
- Legal Overview - Health & Safety
- British & European Standards
- Guidance & Information
- Tower Component, Inspection & Maintenance
- ‘Don’t fall for it!’ - recommended assembly video
- Tower Assembly & Dismantle
- Tower Stability & Tying-in
- Hazards
- ‘Accidents don’t just happen’ - PASMA safe use of towers video
- Your Responsibilities
- Written and Practical Assessment
Number of delegates per course - Maximum of 6
References:
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- Provision & use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- RIDDOR 1995
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
- Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992
- Young people at work – a guide for employers HSG165
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
Operators Code of Practice
MEWP (Mobile Electrical Work Platforms) Training- 1 Day Course
A certificated training programme relating to the safe and appropriate use of a variety of mobile elevating work platform machines.
Aim:
To instruct an operator to prepare and safely operate various types of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP’s).
Objectives:
At the end of the course the operator will:
- Be aware of the relevant Health & Safety regulations
- Be aware of accident prevention and control
- Be aware of the needs regarding personal protection
- Be aware of the need to refer to the machine operators manual
- Drive the MEWP safely and manoeuvre the machine as required, to correctly position and carry out the required tasks in a correct and proper manner, inside and outside a building
Course content:
- Introduction and Housekeeping
- MEWP Categories
- Structural Parts
- Regulations
- Pre-use Inspections & Handovers
- Safe Operating Methods & Hazards
- Theory Test
- Practical Training
- Practical Assessment
- Licence Renewal
- Course Evaluation
Number of delegates per course - Maximum of 4
References:
- Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
- Provision & use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998
- Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Working at Height Regulations 2005
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Reporting of Injuries Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
ISO 18878