March 2nd, 2009
Advice to employers on how to ensure their workforce has had suitable training to use abrasive wheel equipment.
Abrasive wheels are used in all manner of industries; to many job roles the abrasive wheel is an essential piece of equipment that is used on a daily basis. They can however be extremely dangerous without effective training. In fact, it is legally defined that all abrasive wheel operators must have had suitable training in order to operate the machinery. Without this training the abrasive wheel has the potential to seriously maim or even kill. Understandably, health and safety officials have determined a minimum set of standards for all that use this equipment.
Tags: Abrasive Wheel Training, SA-FE Wheel Training
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February 26th, 2009
A look at legal responsibilities of boom lift operators and their managers as well as IPAF, the regulating body for the industry.
IPAF is the International Powered Access Federation; it is dedicated in promoting safe usage of powered access machinery through effective training courses. Its worldwide stance has meant that IPAF has become an authority in all training issues surrounding powered access machinery, operating in many countries globally. Set up in 1983, this year sees IPAF celebrating its twenty fifth year as a non-profit organisation that strives to create safer working procedures for all powered access workers. By creating training guidelines, its work has been fundamental in strengthening the safety aspects of powered access operating.
Tags: IPAF, IPAF Training, Working at Height
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February 17th, 2009
An issue of competency
A look at the training that the competent person should possess when people are working on a scaffold structure.
Most workers in the building trade will happily claim themselves competent in all manner of fields. Years of experience working in the industry tends to make many individuals consider themselves experts when in fact their expertise are not recognised by any official body. In terms of scaffold training, the issue of competency become vitally important as in most countries it is now the case that when using a scaffold, a competent person must be on site to overview the work and working conditions. This competent person is defined by the training they have had in the erection, use and dismantling of scaffold structures.
Tags: PASMA, Tower Scaffold Training, Working at Height
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