Aerial Work Platform Safety Training
OPERATOR TRAINING:
- Reduces operator error by as much as 70%
- Helps eliminate OSHA investigations and fines
- Qualifies your company for lower insurance rates
- Minimizes equipment and product damage
- On site training at your location minimizes employee downtime.
- Convenient Scheduling to meet your needs with training available Monday through
- Saturday, day or evening.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Equipment Related Topics:
- Operating instructions, warnings and precautions
- Controls and instrumentation
- Engine or motor operation
- Steering and maneuvering
- Visibility
- Equipment capacity and stability
- Equipment inspection (pre-operation inspection) and maintenance that the operator will be required to perform
- Refueling /Charging batteries
- Operating limitations
- Other instructions
- Personal Protective Equipment requirements
Workplace-Related Topics:
- Surface Conditions
- Pedestrian Traffic
- Restricted Areas
- Overhead obstructions and high voltage conductors
- Operating in hazardous (classified) locations
- Operating on ramps and sloped surfaces
- Operating in closed environments or other areas where poor ventilation could cause carbon monoxide or diesel exhaust buildup
- Fall Protection
After completing the Aerial Work Platform Safe Operation Training Program, the participant will be able to:
- Identify hazards associated with the operation of an aerial work platform
- Identify key points from OSHA and ANSI standards (ANSI A92.5 / Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platforms and A92.6 / Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms
- Identify key features / characteristics of and manufacturer precautions for the specific aerial work platform (Boom Lift and Scissor Lift) used for the work task
- Identify aerial work platform and related items that must be checked in a pre-operation safety inspection (Walk-Around, Function Check and Work Site) and complete a pre-operation inspection checklist in a hands-on training exercise.
- Identify safe practices and complete a hands-on training exercise for the following
Aerial work platform operations, including:
- Personal protection/PPE
- Fall prevention and protection
- Mounting & dismounting
- Start-up
- Traveling (maneuvering between sites)
- Positioning the platform
- Raising and lowering the platform
- Working on a raised platform
- Working near a power source
- Stopping / lowering / shutdown, including emergency
- Maintenance
