Nanaimo Manlift Certification

Nanaimo Manlift Certification - The Elevated Platforms and Manlifts Certification program helps to provide the required training on the work practices, safe operating procedures, rules and regulations regarding the everyday activities for the operators of this equipment. The program has been designed for people who are actively involved in these activities or individuals who have a basic understanding of this machinery.

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

The manlift is similar to other industrial devices in that they are safe when utilized correctly. Since they lift staff above ground level or floor, accidents can occur easily and this may result in serious injuries or death for both the manlift operators and any passerby who might not be lucky enough to be standing below.

Manlifts come in a variety of models. Nearly all fit into 1 or 2 categories: the scissor lift, which is capable of moving up and down and the articulating boom lift, that could move both horizontally and vertically.

Protecting Workers

It is very important to offer right training for you operators. Many companies which rent these machinery would offer on site training. Each worker who will be working on the equipment or operating it has to receive training in safe operations. It is likewise vital that just those workers who have received training should be authorized to operate the controls. Operating procedures and communication rules should be clear. Hence, staff on the ground must not operate controls without the knowledge and approval of any workers in the basket.

The staff that occupy the basket would be required to wear the correct fall protection gear which consists of a harness and lanyard. The fall protection attaches to the manlift easily. The employee must ensure that he or she has made whatever adjustments required to reflect the change in fall distance if the height of the work area changes.

Manlifts should be inspected and tested each day to make sure they are in safe operating condition. Prior to the machine being used, whatever defects have to be re-inspected and repaired.

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