Course Overview
Course Objective
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the relevant health and safety regulations
- Identify accident prevention and control.
- Identify the needs regarding personnel protection.
- Drive the MEWP safely and manoeuvre it in a correct and proper manner, inside and outside a building.
- Carry out pre-use checks and daily maintenance before starting work.
- Carry out the correct emergency procedures and understand the capacities and limitations to enable safe operation
Pre-requisites:
- Age: 18 years and above
- Literacy: Basic reading and writing skills
- Fitness: Certificate of physical and mental fitness
- Physical ability: Good eyesight, sound hearing and ability to judge distance accurately.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- MEWP Categories
- Structural Parts
- MEWP selection
- Regulation & Guidance
- ISO 18878, HSWA, PUWER, LOLER, MHSW, WAHR & RIDDOR
- Safe Operating Methods & Hazards
- Pre-Use Inspections/Handovers
- Electrical Hazards, fall, Movement & Travel,
- Set-Up, Operation, Fuelling, Parking, and Securing.
Candidates are assessed both theoretically and practically in the course of the training against the requisite course objectives [Course content not vetted by IADC as part of DIT accreditation].
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