Mobile Access Tower Training

Mobile Access Towers

Overview:

Duration - 1 day
PPE required
Certificate provided
On site training available

Couse Aims:

To state the main aims of the Health & Safety at Work Acts 1974
Work-At-Height Regulations 2005 and other associated regulations
To understand the need for accident prevention and control
To understand the need for safe erection and dismantling procedures
To train the user to a level of competence to carry out inspections on mobile access towers
To create safe systems of work while working with mobile access towers
To understand employees responsibilities

Course Content:

Introduction –why the need for training? Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 (sections 2 & 7)
Work-At-Height Regulations 2005
Inspections and registers
Safe systems of work Component, use and inspections to be carried out
Toeboards and handrails
Height to base ratio –use of outriggers and stabilisers
Assessment paper
Practical session –erection and dismantling of the mobile access tower

Additional Requirements:

Each candidate requires a safety helmet, boots and any necessary Personal Protective Equipment.

If training is to be carried out on site, a suitable room and area would be required for the theory and practical sessions.

For on site training the client is responsible for supplying equipment in good working order, with the correct type/number of components to build the scaffold to the manufacturers recommendations and to meet the relevant regulations and build methods.

Certificate will be issued for a 5 year period on successful completion of the course.