Hello One and All, I have a quick question regarding the delivery of MEWPs.

What is the legal requirement of the person delivering them to site with regards to familiarisation of the said equipment?

Thank you 

Rob

The driver will have to offload the MEWP safely and park it in an area specified.

I would think your operators who would be trained and posess relevant cards will be familiar with the operation.

You do not want an unqualified person being told how to operate it.

I'm not sure why you are asking about a legal requirement.  The law doesn't go into such minute detail as prescribing what training is needed in specific logistics or machinery operations (other than qualifications for driving on public roads).  As you will know, training is part of the list of things that employers have to consider and provide where required to ensure health and safety, but you won't find anything more specific in the law than that.

People will often say that such and such is 'a legal requirement'.  Nine times out of ten they are making that up (or have heard it as a result of someone making it up).

I’m not sure I understand what you mean exactly regarding contract. If you deliver something, then there will be an expectation (part of the hire contract if you like) to leave it behind once you get to the destination. Otherwise, you’re not delivering, just taking it for a ride.

If you have a washing machine delivered, they take it off the vehicle, or 1,000 bricks they would use a HIAB to get them off etc and not expect the customer to do it. I have never known a hire company say to its customer it will be up to you to offload your cherry picker once we get there. Perhaps I have led a sheltered life.

Also, as above I attended an accident where a MEWP fell off the back of the transport vehicle while being off loaded. The HSE were there and main contractor (also a very angry horse), Luckily the operative was not killed but I think that was just luck, though he was not in good shape for a few months.

The HSE were very interested in his training, and he did have an IPAF qualification to operate it. I was not involved that much as although he was just about on the access road to our compound on the main contractors site it was still a mile and a half away on the main contractors’ site (he was also working directly for main contractor doing something else). Turned out as well as slipping off the side of the ramp they had not put the locking pin in to prevent rotation, so it acted like a catapult. Luckily, he was not using a harness or restraint, so he was thrown clear.

My view to the OP question is yes they need training.

Originally Posted by: Roundtuit

Originally Posted by: chris42

I’m not sure I understand what you mean exactly regarding contract. If you deliver something, then there will be an expectation (part of the hire contract if you like) to leave it behind once you get to the destination. Otherwise, you’re not delivering, just taking it for a ride.

On the same page so far. Then back to what I am reading as the OP is there then a legal requirement for the delivery driver to provide familiarisation training to the site personnel? As Kate pointed out legally there is no requirement and it then comes down to the contract. We will supply to site OR we will supply to site and provide are two different and exclusive actions

Ah now I see where you are coming from. You are taking the OP’s question was about them giving familiarisation training to others (the customer). However, I am reading their question of the driver needing familiarisation training themselves. 

Perhaps the OP would like to clarify, which they meant.