Course Aim
To provide delegates with the essential knowledge and skills required for safe and efficient operation of MEWPs.
Who Should Attend
Those who use, supervise or manage the use of powered access scissor lifts, self-propelled boom lifts, trailer mounted boom lifts and aerial work platforms. Those who need to use only one piece of MEWP should take the Single category course and those who need to use two pieces of MEWP should take the Dual category course.
Course Content
- Introduction and pre-course theory test
- MEWP categories
- Structural parts
- Regulations – ISO 18878, European, HASAWA, PUWER, LOLER, MHSW, WAHR, RIDDOR.
- Pre-use inspection/handovers
- Safe operating methods and hazards
- Theory test
- Practical training
- Practical assessment
- Introduction and pre-course theory test
- MEWP categories
- Structural parts
- Regulations – ISO 18878, European, HASAWA, PUWER, LOLER, MHSW, WAHR, RIDDOR.
- Pre-use inspection/handovers
- Safe operating methods and hazards
- Theory test
- Practical training
- Practical assessment