IPAF Training
When access is required at height it is often
necessary to use some form of lift to raise either personnel
or equipment so that work can commence. Examples of such works
are many, street lighting and roof works being just two. Today's
Health and Safety, LOLER and Working at Heights legislation
however requires that all staff working in these dangerous
conditions are suitably trained and protected from falls.,
indeed it is a legal requirement for employers to provide
adequate health and safety training for their employees. Failure
of an employer to provide adequate training can make them
liable to prosecution, including heavy fines and even imprisonment.
Whatever your needs are however, The Platform Company can
help, we can help you choose the right type of safety training
to (IPAF training standards).
LOLER - Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment
The requirements imposed by the LOLER
regulations on an employer in respect of lifting equipment
apply in relation to lifting equipment provided for use or
used by an employee of his at work.
The regulations state that the employer must ensure that ;-
All lifting equipment must be of adequate
strength and stability for each load having regard in particular
to the stress induced at it's mounting or fixed point and
that every part of any load and anything attached to it and
used in lifting it must be of adequate strength.
Lifting equipment for lifting persons must be such that person(s)
using it are prevented from being crushed, trapped or struck
or falling even if they are carrying out activities from the
carrier. Suitable devices to prevent
the carrier falling must also be fitted.
It must also allow persons to be freed and free from danger
when trapped in the said carrier. Where for reason of siting
problems or height differences this cannot be achieved the
carrier must have a suspension rope or chain which has a better
design safety limit than it would normally need and that rope
or chain. This must also be inspected by a
competent person every working day and records of the inspection
kept.
Lifting equipment must be positioned and installed
in such a way so as to reduce to as low as reasonably practicable
the risk of the equipment or the load striking any person;
or of the load drifting or falling freely or being released
unintentionally.
There must always be suitable devices to prevent
a person falling down a shaft or hoistway.
Every lifting machine and any lifting accessories
used for lifting loads must be clearly marked with their Safe
Working Loads (SWL).
If the SWL of any lifting machinery depends
on the way it is set up or configured the SWL must be clearly
marked for each possible configuration; or clear information
about the SWL for each configuration must be kept with the
machinery. Where the SWL can only be achieved by using lifting
accessories in the correct manner this information must also
be readily available.
Lifting equipment which is designed for lifting
persons must be clearly marked as such. Lifting equipment
which is NOT designed for lifting persons but which might
in error be used for that purpose must be clearly marked to
show it is NOT designed for lifting persons.
The employer must ensure that EVERY lifting
operation which involves lifting equipment is properly planned
by a competent person, appropriately supervised; and carried
out in a safe manner.
Before lifting equipment is put to use for
the first time by an employer it must be thoroughly examined
for any defect (unless the equipment is new).
This is only a part of the LOLER regulations and
should not be taken as the full range of advice or requirements.
Please contact The Platform Company for further advice and
training.
We can also supply:
- IPAF Training
- Full LOLER Regulation advice
- Also types of safety harnesses
- The Full body safety harness
- Scissor Lifts
- Articulating Booms
- Telescopic Booms
- Personnel Lifts
- Mast Booms
- Non HGV Vehicle Mounted Lifts
- HGV Vehicle Mounted Lifts
- Tracked Access Platforms
- Road Towable Aerial Access Platforms
- Narrow Access Platforms
- All Terrain and Specialised Platforms
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