Who is trained and assessed to run your scissor lift, and who can bring the platform down if the operator cannot? PHW assesses your operators on the lift they actually use, on your own site, and each one gets a certificate with a QR code that anyone can scan to check.
Scissor lifts (mobile elevating work platforms) up to 12m working height, from the small lift a maintenance or shopfitting crew runs to a bigger one in a warehouse. Running a bigger lift? Put its make and model in your quote request.
Theory and practical assessment on the scissor lift your operators actually use, on your own site. In plain terms: can the operator check the lift before use, set it up on safe ground, raise and position the platform, drive it about, work from it safely, bring it down in an emergency and shut it down properly.
The operator gets certificates to show on site. You get the records for your file. Anyone can scan the QR code on a certificate to check it live.
The duty to train sits with the employer, under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 section 2(2)(c) and PUWER 1998 regulation 9.
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 apply to any work done from the platform. Regulation 4 requires the work to be planned and supervised, including emergency rescue, and regulation 5 requires everyone involved to be competent, or supervised by someone who is while they train.
Because the machine lifts people, LOLER 1998 regulation 9 requires thorough examination at least every 6 months, or in line with an examination scheme. A hired-in lift must come with physical evidence of its last thorough examination: ask for it before anyone goes up.
In use, the points that matter are firm level ground, the platform load limit, a closed gate and what is above the platform.
The employer decides which operators are competent to use the platform and should record that decision in writing. The certificate, unit credit, theory and practical records and site evidence statement are the evidence the employer uses to make that decision.
Up to four of your people assessed for competence in one day, on your own site and machines, with minimum downtime. Plus a written safe-system pack for each topic. Tell us the lift, the site postcode and how many operators, and we will come back with a quote and dates.
PHW has certificated thousands of candidates nationwide, for multinationals and small firms alike.
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