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Posted By John Holland1
Has anyone used this type of access platform, and if so what training was provided prior to its use? as this type of platform does not require certification to IPAF or PASMA.
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John
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Not used them but the part scissor lift claim is a bit OTT for me. They are a scissor type tower and are thus treated as any alloy tower. I rather think that you will need to do some training in any case especially as these are not in common use just yet.
My concern would be if operatives try to elevate these with a person aboard - I cannot see any means of prevention installed. This would make them lifting devices for persons if it is feasible or permissible. Given the correct circumstances etc though they could be useful. No guarantees though until I have had more opportunity to see them in use.
Bob
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Posted By Dave Merchant
I presume we're talking about the T400 (the scissor-lift design) rather than the others with hinged poles...
The T400 isn't "powered" in the normal sense of the word, so I can understand IPAF not being the first choice for training, but it's certainly a mobile access platform. PASMA courses tend to be very prescriptive (this is just too strange to fit their normal set of modules) but I'd expect the companies who deliver PASMA to cover it independently given some research by the trainer. It's compliant to EN1004 (mobile prefabricated access towers) and BS1139-6 (special-design prefab scaffold towers) so the manufacturer clearly thinks of it as 'scaffolding' rather than 'scissor lift'.
My understanding is that you can't raise or lower the T400 if there's weight on the platform, as the "power" assistance is designed only to compensate for the weight of the platform itself. It wouldn't therefore come under LOLER's definition for LELP and the user manual specifically forbids such uses. The idea of an elastic-assisted human-powered mechanism isn't addressed by LOLER (is it "powered" or not...) but the instructions show several potential ways to separate a user's head from their neck so I'd expect some form of user 'competence' training is going to be needed.
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