Heli Safety Academy - With experience

Target audience

Employees who on company premises, in plants, workshops, warehouses, … drive and carry out works at heights using a self-propelled aerial work platform (articulated or telescopic).
For employees working in the petrochemical industry, this exam must be taken in a recognised centre.

Conditions of admission

Being at least 18 years old.
Being in possession of a certificate of medical fitness (a/o for safety function)
No fear of heights

Program

Training lasts 1 day
- The theory exam takes 20 minutes (maximum 30 minutes)
- The practical exam takes about 30 minutes

Results

Theory

The examinee can explain what an aerial work platform is.
The examinee can name the works for which an aerial work platform can be used.
The examinee can name different types of aerial work platforms and their respective limitations
The examinee can name the different lifting and boom systems
The examinee can name the different drive systems with their respective applications
The examinee can name the different steering types
The examinee can interpret correctly the basic regulations for using an aerial work platform
The examinee can interpret correctly the safety regulations
The examinee can name the environmental risks and take the necessary precautionary measures
The examinee can explain the impact and hazards of sideward loads
The examinee knows how a Last-Minute Risk Analysis (LMRA) must be performed
The examinee can describe the concepts with regard to the control units
The examinee can name the composing parts of the work platform
The examinee can explain the meaning of the pictograms on an aerial work platform
The examinee can explain the structural lifting components and the control sequence
The examinee can explain the stability concepts
The examinee can name the parts of the pre-start control

Practical

Execute the pre-start inspection procedure.
Lifting the aerial work platform to its maximum height and driving with it for a couple of meters.
Driving forward and in reverse through a small passage
Performing a slalom, forward and in reverse
Setting up the aerial work platform diagonally towards an object at a height (e.g. on or at a scaffold, at a wall) and approaching the object;
Approaching an obstacle at a height (e.g. on a roof, rack or scaffold) behind an erect obstacle.
Parking the aerial work platform correctly and charging the traction battery as well as filling up the aerial work platform and changing the LPG gas bottle
Perform LMRA

Practical

Max 8 people per 1-day course.

Bring along:

Identity papers
Workclothes
Safety shoes
Gloves
Harness with short line
Helmet

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