Port Coquitlam Manlift Certification

Port Coquitlam Manlift Certification - The Manlifts and Elevated Platforms program provides training on the rules, regulations and proper application of safe operating measures and work practices involved in daily activities for individuals who work with this machinery. The course has been designed for people who are actively involved in these activities or those who have a basic knowledge of this machine.

In the past couple of decades, aerial platforms and manlifts have become a common sight on construction job sites and in industrial maintenance applications. These machines provide an easy way to lift workers near what needs to be performed on a stable platform apparatus, allowing workers to do tasks with greater comfort and safety rather than being perched on top of scaffolding or ladders.

Similar to every other tool, manlifts are only safe when they are used properly. Because they elevate employees above floor or ground level, accidents can easily occur and this could lead to serious injuries or death for both the manlift operators and any passerby who may not be lucky enough to be standing underneath.

There are different kinds of manlifts. Most fall into 1 of 2 categories: the articulating boom lift, which has the capability of both vertical and horizontal movement and the scissors lift, that is capable of moving upward and downward.

Protecting Staff

Correct training is essential when it comes to safety matters. A lot of the businesses which rent manlifts will provide training at the jobsite. Each worker who would be working on the equipment or operating it must receive training in safe operations. It is likewise important that just those workers who have received training must be authorized to operate the controls. Communication rules and operating procedures must be clear. Hence, workers on the ground must not operate controls without the knowledge and approval of any staff inside the basket.

Those workers who will be occupying the basket are required to wear correct fall protection such as lanyard and a harness. That protection must be attached to the manlift itself and not to a nearby surface. The worker must make sure that she or he has made whichever adjustments required to reflect the change in fall distance if there are changes in the height of the work area.

Manlifts need to be inspected and tested every day to make certain they are in safe operating condition. Prior to utilizing the machine, whatever defects have to be re-checked and fixed.

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