These useful platforms come in various sizes and configurations, including scissor lifts, boom lifts and articulating boom lifts. When a maintenance or construction worker must perform a task at an elevated working position, these powerful machines are often called on to do the job. This program discusses some of the common hazards that aerial work platform operators must consider when using this equipment as well as the safe work practices and operating techniques that must be followed to ensure everyone’s safety during the use of an aerial work platform.
- What to look for when conducting the pre-operational inspection.
- How to properly test the operating controls.
- What hazards to check for when inspecting the path of travel.
- How to drive & raise the lift safely.
- Which safe work practices to follow while working on the platform.
- How to properly lower and dismount from the platform.
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