Seattle Aerial Lift Training

Seattle Aerial Lift Training - An aerial work platform is a mechanical access platform. This device provides access to otherwise not accessible places for people or equipment. Also known as an aerial device or elevating work platform, the machinery is often used to access high areas. Construction and maintenance employees often should use aerial work platforms on the job. Firefighters use them for emergency access.

Meant for temporary application, aerial work platforms are distinguished from elevators, that provide permanent access to high places. An aerial work platform is intended to be operated by one individual, and could lift weights of not more than one ton. Some kinds have load limits which are higher. There are various kinds of aerial work platforms; like for instance, there is a "cherry picker" and a "scissor lift".

A lot of the aerial work platforms are equipped together with electrical outlets or compressed air connectors for power tools. For specialist tasks, like for example lifting frames for window glass, an aerial work platform could come with special tools.

People who want to operate an aerial lift machine need to go through training. Normally, the members of a Health & Safety Committee and their representatives are responsible for the inspection of each equipment and work places and are also required to go through training. Trainees will learn aerial lifting device operation. They will also learn the rules that apply to the safe use of these machines. Rules vary within different provinces, and in worksites which are federally regulated.

Workers who are required to be lifted or work near an aerial lifting machinery should be aware of all the potential hazards. An Aerial Lift Training Video could be shown in a general safety session to educate all of the employees who work near them or are lifted by them.

Aerial Lift Training Program comprises modules focused on the following: Aerial Lift Devices and Operating Controls; Hazard Identification; Platform Positioning & Park Positioning and Pre Operational Checks for Aerial Lift Devices. The particular program is meant to train employees on safely operating self-propelled, elevated work platforms and self-propelled, boom supported, elevated work platforms. A certificate will be given to workers who finish the program, signed by a qualified person to verify the successful completion of a hands-on practical exam.

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