Course Aims

How to safely Select, Inspect, Assemble, Use, Alter, Move, Dismantle and Maintain Mobile Access Towers and Low-Level Work Platforms without risk of personal injury or to others, using approved build methods

By the end of the course candidates will have an understanding of:

• Manufacturer’s Instructions (for the access equipment in use)
• Standards affecting the manufacture and use
• Good practice for the safe use of mobile access towers and low-level work platforms

Course Entry Requirements

No formal qualifications or experience are necessary, but it would be beneficial if candidates had a basic understanding of work at height issues

Course Content

• Introduction and housekeeping
• Aims and objectives
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Current Legislation, Regulations and Guidance affecting working from towers for users and low-level work platforms
• Information
• Equipment
• Assembly methods
• Work environment
• Personal hazards
• Assembling, altering and dismantling, incorporates current best practice for fall prevention, inspection of both mobile access towers and low-level access

Who will benefit

Personnel who will be responsible for the assembly, dismantling, alteration, moving and inspecting of mobile access towers