In a working environment there are always regulatory requirements to follow and rules to abide by. This applies to most environments whether that is working in an office or on an industrial plant. Most of the rules involved will be based upon health and safety requirements, which will differ greatly depending on which industry sector you work within.
PASMA training (Prefabricated Access Suppliers and Manufacturers Association) is the standard training course which must be undertaken by any persons working on mobile access towers or scaffold towers to gain the right level of competence and training to safely work at height. To this end PASMA training has become a recognised certification within the industry, which complies with the Work at Height safety standards as amended in 2005.
PASMA training dictates that any person who requires the use of a mobile access tower, whether employer or employee should be competent in the erection, dismantling and alteration of, and therefore should have gained the recognised safety standard in order to do so.
In order to achieve certification candidates will have to participate in both theory and practical assignments, these assignments will be covered in an intensive one day course whereby on completion recognised certification and card are awarded. Skills which are covered during PASMA training are assembly criteria, stability, hazards, safe use, maintenance and inspection, candidates will also be asked to erect and dismantle a mobile access tower discuss the alterations which can and can't be made, carry out an inspection and sit a test paper.
Similar training courses are required for persons working on or operating MEWPs (mobile elevated working platforms) for example cherry pickers, scissor lifts and boom lifts, this is usually a recognised IPAF training course, however it still necessary in compliance with working at height, these days it is even essential to gain the relevant competency when working on ladders.
These training courses such as PASMA training are essential for safety and wellbeing with statistics showing that falls from height accounted for nearly 50 fatalities and over 3,000 serious injuries during the course of 2005/06, making it one of the biggest causes of death and serious injury in the workplace.
Once a person has gained the necessary certification there are also optional supervisors or advanced training modules to enhance aspects of their qualification.
In conjunction with working at height regulations, it should be mandatory that any persons whom work at height should have reasonable training and knowledge of PPE equipment, (Personal Protection Equipment), with the examples such as working on mobile access towers or mobile elevated working platforms is should also be essential to know how to use the required safety equipment and harnesses which are there for personal safety.
At present there are no governing bodies which provide a standard recognised training course for safety harness training; however there are organizations which can provide the relevant training although certification may not be industry recognised.
If you work at height in any industry, your employer has a legal obligation to ensure that you have gained the right level of competency for working on powered access or mobile access towers or equipment, combined with this they should also provide additional training for the use of all safety equipment associated with your job specification. PASMA training is probably best associated with the construction industry, however there are many applications for the use of access towers; this includes many travel networks as well as telecommunications.
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