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What is a low level access platform?

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What is a low level access platform?

Low level access platforms offer a safer alternative to using ladders, steps and interior scaffolding platforms. They can make jobs easier, quicker and more efficient. Low level access machines provide a safe and secure environment for operatives to work at height.

What is a access platform?

Access platforms give workers a temporary or permanent way to work at various heights. They come in a variety of configurations and are featured in jobs ranging from utility maintenance to grain processing.

What is a Peco lift?

The Pecolift and Ecolift are game-changing access platforms, created as an alternative to ladders, for making work up to 4.2m (low-level access), simple, secure and comfortable. You can adjust the platform to the desired height without the need to climb.

What must be taken into account before working platforms and access equipment are used?

Check equipment before use Whether you’re using a work platform or a combination ladder, it’s vital that you check the access product for faults and damage before using it. Just because a work platform sits close to the ground, it doesn’t mean you won’t suffer an injury should it collapse.

What is access equipment?

Any equipment that is specifically designed to allow the user to work safely at height (eg ladders, scaffolds, tower scaffolds ) is commonly called ‘access equipment’.

Do you need IPAF for a Peco lift?

Yes, you need training, and there is a half-day course for this. If you have an valid licence with Static Vertical (1a) or Mobile Vertical (3a), you will only require familiarisation on the machine, which should be recorded in your IPAF log book.

How high does a Peco lift go?

What is the maximum safe working height of a low level platform?

The risks of low-level work Low-level access equipment is used just as much as high-level access equipment – but it’s rarely associated with health and safety risks. Low-level access solutions are defined as access solutions with a maximum platform height of 2.5m.

What can I use instead of a ladder?

Examples of alternative equipment to use instead of ladders include the following:

  • Mobile scaffolds.
  • Access Platform & Push around vertical lifts (PAV’s)
  • Scissor lifts.

What equipment is best for short low level work?

Low Level Access Equipment

  • PLATFORM STEP LADDERS. If you need to stand on a step ladder for a long time when working, you may want to think about getting an extra large standing platform.
  • LOW LEVEL WORK PLATFORMS.
  • FIBREGLASS LADDERS.
  • MULTIPURPOSE OR COMBINATION LADDERS.
  • TELESCOPIC LADDERS.

What are the different types of access equipment?

Types of access equipment include:

  • ladders.
  • personnel access — including scaffold towers, passenger hoists, suspension equipment and mobile elevated work platforms.
  • material movement — including cranes, goods hoists, lift trucks, gin wheels and lorry loaders.

Do you need a licence for a scissor lift UK?

IPAF Training is a requirement to ensure compliance with health & safety regulations, so anyone who operates a Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWPs) – such as a cherry picker or scissor lift – requires a PAL Card and IPAF Licence that must be renewed every 5 years.