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Training on Access Platforms(mewps), PASMA (Pre-Fabricated Aluminium Scaffold) & Ladders
Adept Access offers a comprehensive range of Safety Training courses held at IPAF Approved Training Centres or on–site. IPAF have changed the categories for machine types as of 1 January 2008, please see new list of courses or www.ipaf.org for details.
We offer:
- Operator Training
- Demonstrator Training
- Safety Harness Training
- IPAF Approved Courses
- PASMA Training
The majority of accidents involving working at height can be avoided with safety training. Over the last 2 years there have been:
- 148 fatalities in the UK construction industry
- 71 (48%) of which involve falls from height
Don’t become another statistic.
Safety training gives you a safer working future
It is a legal requirement for employers to provide adequate health and safety training for their employees. Failure of an employer to provide adequate training can make them liable to prosecution, including heavy fines and even imprisonment.
On–site Training
Should you require a Training Course to be held on site, we need the following information and facilities to be available at your chosen venue:
- On–site contact name and telephone number
- Location map and parking arrangements
- The Training Room should provide sufficient power for an overhead projector (OHP) and have adequate seating and desk arrangements
- A designated training area for the practical assessments
Working at Height Regulations 2005
In 2003/04 falls from heights accounted for 67 fatal accidents at work and nearly 400 major injuries. They remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injuries. The regulations have the force of law and are designed to prevent injuries and deaths, by establishing minimum requirements for work at height.
Falls from heights are generally caused by poor working practices rather than defects and faults in equipment. These working practices include using incorrect equipment, inadequate instruction, training or supervision, equipment being used wrongly, poor recognition of an access problem and lack of provision of safe equipment.
What is Work at Height?
Work at Height is defined as any work at a workplace from which a person could be injured falling from any height, even at or below ground level. It does not apply to permanent stairways or travel to or from work. For instance, a sales assistant on a stepladder would be working at height.
The regulations apply to all employers, the self–employed and any person who controls the work of others such as a building’s owners who contracts others to work at height.
Risk Assessment
Before any work at height is carried out, a careful examination of the risks that could harm people must be undertaken. This could include whether enough precautions to prevent falls have been taken and whether the safest method of both reaching the work and working have been selected. An assessment of the hazards involved could include ground conditions, weather and wind forces as well as close proximity to electrical cables etc, together with the type of tools and materials needed for the work.
The Health and Safety Executive have published various guides over the years and can these can be downloaded from the list of informative pdf files shown below:
PASMA
The Association publishes an Operator's Code of Practice which is regularly reviewed and updated, an indispensable guide which covers all aspects of Mobile Access Towers use, including erection and dismantling, stability, safe operation, hazards, inspection, care and maintenance.
However, PASMA is still best known for its training programme which has helped more than 24,000 users in the year 2005 alone to improve their safety and operational performance. Only available from PASMA Registered Training Centres, the authorised programme is not available from any other source.
BLMA
The BLMA was formed in 1947 by the major ladder manufacturers of the day. Today, the Ladder Association welcomes members from every part of the access industry, advances best practice and plays an integral role in promoting the highest standards of ladder design and manufacture.
No longer the exclusive domain of manufacturers, the Association is a vibrant, forward-looking organisation determined to look after the best interests of its increasingly diverse membership base and, of course, the industry at large.
The need for a clear and concise interpretation of the 2005 Work at Height Regulations (WAHR) has resulted in the introduction of a range of Ladder Association initiatives designed to aid compliance and foster safe working practice.