Mainport Training

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Mobile Elevation Work Platform

Mobile Plant

Cherry Pickers and scissor lifts. Vehicle mounted or self-propelled. This course will provide you with the basic skills, knowledge and information to safely operate a MEWP. Participants will be able to Drive and operate the MEWP safely.

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This MEWP training course (Mobile Elevated Work Platform) is for anyone who is required to operate a MEWP (Scissor Lift, Cherry Picker, Work Platform etc) as part of their workplace duties. Our practical based course will teach trainees how to safely operate the machinery as well as give them a good grounding in their health and safety obligations as an operator.

  • Relevant Legislation
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • MEWP categories
  • Identify main components/ functions/operating controls
  • Location and operation of all controls
  • Basic principles of the drive motor and its systems
  • Rated capacity
  • Pre-start precautions and procedures
  • Hydraulics
  • Method of using outriggers or other stability devices
  • Planning and preparing for specific work activities
  • Basic control techniques
  • Daily Inspection
  • Manoeuvring: steering
  • Drive and manoeuvre the MEWP safely and correctly, inside or outside a building
  • Safe operating methods and hazards
  • Be aware of the needs regarding personal protection
  • Lanyard and Harness
  • Stability
  • Theory Test
  • Practical Test

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