Mobile Access Towers

Overview:

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

Couse Aims:

1. To state the main aims of the Health & Safety at Work Acts 1974
2. Work-At-Height Regulations 2005 and other associated regulations
3. To understand the need for accident prevention and control
4. To understand the need for safe erection and dismantling procedures
5. To train the user to a level of competence to carry out inspections on mobile access towers
6. To create safe systems of work while working with mobile access towers
7. 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.

To find out more or book your work at height course contact one of the team 0844 357 7145