Aerial Lift Training (MEWP) Online Training

Description

What’s in the Aerial Lift (MEWP) Online Operator Training Course?

This training course is OSHA-aligned and covers OSHA’s classroom training requirements. Each class contains sections on equipment and anatomy, maintenance and inspections, safe operations and stability, common hazards, and more. This presentation includes intermittent practice quiz questions to prepare for the final written exam included with the course. Upon successful completion of the course and exam, you will have immediate online access to your certificate of completion. You have the option to download the practical evaluations for the specific course. Although the practical evaluation is not a required part of the online course, we strongly recommend completing it under the supervision of your employer to ensure your mastery of the safety training topics.

During this training, we will be taking a look at the functionality and components of aerial lifts in relation to both scissor lifts and boom lifts. As part of this training, we’ll show you why it’s important to conduct a thorough pre-shift inspection each day before using the equipment. You will also learn about machine stability and the importance of knowing the aerial lift’s capacity. We will also emphasize the importance of planning each job and setting up the machine and site properly to avoid hazards and obstacles around the worksite. Finally, you will learn about some of the common hazards associated with aerial lifts so you know how to recognize, avoid, or minimize them.

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Training Scope:

• Anatomy & Pre-Shift Inspections
• Safe Operations & Stability
  • Know your Machine
    • Overloading Hazards
    • Machine Failure Hazards
  • Know your Worksite
    • Power Line Hazards
    • Slope Hazards
    • Overhead Hazards
  • Investigated Case Studies

Estimated Training Length: Because everyone learns and progresses at different speeds, the amount of time you spend taking this training will vary. However, the estimated time for this training is 2- 2.5 hours.

Intended Audience:

• Employees
• Supervisors

Course Goals:

• Understand the importance of a pre-shift inspection and how to perform one
• Recognize the common hazards associated with MEWP’s and how to avoid or mitigate them
• Learn how to operate safely in a variety of on-site situations

This course covers the following OSHA standards:

• ANSI A92.2 – Vehicle Mounted Elevating and Rotating Aerial Devices
• ANSI A92.3 – Manually Propelled Elevating Aerial Platforms
• A92.5 – Boom Supported Elevating Work Platforms
• A92.6 – Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms
• A92.8 – Vehicle Mounted Bridge Inspection and Maintenance Devices
• A92.20 – Design, Calculations, Safety Requirements, Test Methods for MEWPs
• A92.22 – Safe Use of MEWPs
• A92.24 – Training Requirements for MEWP Operators
• 1910 Subpart F – Powered Platforms, Man lifts, Vehicle Mounted Work Platforms
• 1910.23 – Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes
• 1910.28 – Safety Requirements for Scaffolding
• 1910.29 – Manually Propelled Mobile Ladder Stands and Scaffolds (Towers)
• 1910.67 – Vehicle Mounted elevating and rotating work platforms
• 1910.333 – Selection and Use of Work Practices Shipyards
• 1915.71 – Scaffolds or Staging Construction
• 1926, Subpart L – Scaffolds
• 1926.21 – Safety Training and Education
• 1926.451 – General Requirements
• 1926.452 – Additional Requirements to Specific Types of Scaffolds
• 1926.453 – Aerial Lifts
• 1926.454 – Training Requirements
• 1926.501, 502 – Duty to have Fall Protection
• 1926.556 – Aerial Lifts

Why Take Our Online Aerial Lift (MEWP) Course | Why get Your Scissor Lift Certification Card?

Our online training course provides a substantial, thorough, and effective way to learn how to work safely. We’ve been providing industry-specific safety training solutions for individuals, safety managers, and business owners for over 15 years.

The online course meets the classroom requirement for occupational safety training. It also includes a proficiency checklist that employers can use to perform a practical evaluation, in accordance with standards and regulations.

We have fine-tuned this training to provide you with the best experience possible. Our robust training approach gives an interactive experience that helps learners retain information and apply it on the job site, preventing costly accidents and fines. Safety training is an investment. That is why hundreds of companies and individuals all over the world trust the Hard Hat Training Series for their online training needs.

Why Buy Our Online Training

• Complete Training: First and foremost our goal is to keep you safe and save you money. Don't risk getting expensive OSHA fines because you settled for a sub-par training program that didn't cover safety topics in depth. Train using a program that helps you retain what is learned so that it is put into practice on job sites.
• Cost-Effective: Hiring a trainer to come on-site can be expensive. In contrast, our online curriculum lowers costs while still providing a professional training experience.
• Records Tracking System: We offer an easy-to-use management system so that if you have multiple students who are receiving the training you can have access to all records, all-terrain certificates, observation guides and more! (contact us if you would like us to quickly create a company account for you)
• Train Your Way: You can use this online training program for new hire training, refresher training or train remotely. Access it from anywhere and work on your schedule.
• Interactive Learning: Special reminders and quiz questions throughout the course prep students for the final exam so that it is passed the first time.
• Corporate License: Do you want to host this course on your own server? Contact us about obtaining broadcasting rights for this and any of our other online courses.

Aerial Lift & Scissor Lift Online Training Certification Courses – Covers: (A3, B3)

Mobile Elevated Work Platform

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently changed their aerial lift terminology, which in turn changed the way they defined what aerial lifts were. Instead of aerial lift, ANSI now uses the term Mobile Elevated Work Platform or MEWP. According to ANSI, any powered work platform that is designed to help an employee safely carry out an at-height task is considered a MEWP. 

However, OSHA normally uses the term “aerial lifts,” which is defined differently than the term “Mobile Elevated Work Platform.”

What is Considered an Aerial Lift?

OSHA defines an aerial lift as any vehicle-mounted work platform that can move vertically and/or horizontally. Some aerial lifts can even rotate around a vertical axis. Due to the stricter requirements around the term aerial lifts, people often get confused when it comes to the topic of scissor lifts. We will get into this discussion later.

Types of Aerial Lifts

Mobile elevating work platforms or MEWPs are broken into groups and types. Machines without a boom are usually vertical lifts or scissor lifts. Machines with a boom can be mast lifts, articulating boom lifts, telescopic booms, and truck-mounted lifts. Learn more about these MEWP types. But for the sake of this article, we will cover just three of the most common types of aerial lifts found at a work site.

Boom Lifts

A boom lift, also known as a man lift or cherry picker, uses a hydraulic arm connected to a platform or bucket. Boom lifts are known for the way they surpass any other aerial lift with their ability to move in almost every direction. There are three types of boom lifts:

• Telescopic booms: These types of boom lifts are retractable, single-boom work platforms that can reach heights of up to 100 feet. However, its ability to move horizontally is severely limited.
• Articulating booms: These booms allow the operator more flexibility because they can be maneuvered vertically, horizontally, and rotate 360 degrees.
• Towable boom lifts: These boom lifts are lightweight, portable lifts that can be towed behind a vehicle.

Bucket Truck

Bucket trucks, or bucket lifts, rotate at varying degrees and have hydraulic joint arms that knuckle or bend to allow employees to work around obstacles or to get a better reach. 

Bucket trucks come in all shapes and sizes with different customizations for specific tasks. You can find a bucket truck with a working height of 20 feet to a working height of 100+ feet. A common type of bucket truck, called a forestry truck, is typically equipped with a cover. This cover is called a cab guard and keeps limbs from falling on the cab.

Personal Lifts

Also commonly called a single man lift, a personnel lift is a compact lift only made for a single person. Due to its size, this lift can easily fit in most confined spaces and help get the job done safely. Single man lifts are ideal for ceiling work, especially when cleaning. There are three types of personal lifts:

1. Self-propelled – This personal lift is the smallest of all personal lifts. It can raise an employee and a set of tools 15 to 20 feet in the air.
2. Push-around – A push-type personal lift is slightly larger than self-propelled types. They can reach up to 50 feet and are often used to work in tight spots, like in between rafters.
3. Atrium – Atrium personal lifts are also commonly referred to as compact crawler lifts. The heavy-duty lift is best for outdoor construction sites. The retractable legs and tank-like drive tracks enable the atrium to securely sit on unstable surfaces like dirt, sand and mud.

Scissor Lift

It is important to note that OSHA does not consider a scissor lift to be an aerial lift. In fact, OSHA describes a scissor lift as a mobile scaffold with a platform that only moves vertically. This means that scissor lifts are included in OSHA’s scaffolding standards and requirements. 

However, under ANSI, scissor lifts are considered a Mobile Elevated Work Platform. This means that ANSI includes scissor lifts under their standards and requirements for MEWPs.

Scissor Lift Training

OSHA requires that employers must provide employees with proper training on whatever hazards they may encounter. This includes how to work safely with, on, or near a scissor lift. A scissor lift training course, at minimum, must include the manufacturers instructions for operating the scissor lift vertically and while in transit.

Does OSHA Require Scissor Lift Certification?

OSHA does require any employee that will be working with, on, or around a scissor lift to receive a safety training certification. Employees can get a certification after successfully completing a scissor lift safety training course. It is also important to note that scissor lift operators are required to get recertified every three years according to OSHA Requirements. You might also be interested in this article that discusses the question Are Scissor Lifts Considered Aerial Lifts?.

OSHA states “only trained persons shall operate an aerial lift,” but does not detail anything particular about safety training. Because of this it is the employers responsibility to create and/or provide safety training for their employees who work on, with, or around any type of aerial lift.

What is the Standard For Aerial Lifts?

ANSI states that “MEWP occupants do not need formal training or certification before working on a MEWP. However, they do need to receive a basic site orientation that includes information about hazards and hazardous locations on site. They should also learn about warning signs, rules and other controls they will need to understand and observe” (ANSI).

Hard Hat Training

After reading about all the training standards and certificates, you must be wondering how to get started. You are in luck because you can start here at Hard Hat Construction Safety Training, our teams work hard everyday to provide you with the best and most affordable training courses!

Our Description of Safety

Here at Hard Hat Training, our goal is to make safety training easy and affordable. Our vision is to help companies minimize accidents and fatalities through consistent in-depth training. Our training materials are frequently updated, enabling us to offer the most thorough, up-to-date, and easy to use OSHA Aligned training options on the market today!

OSHA Aligned Courses

All of our courses comply with OSHA Requirements and contain all the necessary safety information. Our Content Development and Quality Assurance teams spend hours researching so that we can provide companies with the best and most necessary information! We have both a MEWP training course as well as a Scissor Lift safety training available.

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We offer our courses in different types of learning formats. We offer in-person courses, online courses, training kits, as well as our unique train-the-trainer courses! Our course catalog presents companies with over 200 training topics with each course being fully narrated and organized to keep the mind engaged. Our narration reads exactly what is written down to help any employees who have visual or hearing impairments. We also offer our aerial lift training in Spanish as well as all of our other courses in Spanish!

Why Do You Need Aerial Lift Training?

In line with regulations, anyone who operates heavy equipment must receive training prior to operating the machine on their own. Requirements for refresher training related to forklifts or other processes are very specific. Most other equipment doesn’t have such specific requirements, but it’s wise to follow the same guidelines. When it comes to refresher training, the standards in some instances (like forklifts) are very specific: operators must be re-evaluated every three years to see if they are still competent to operate the equipment. Best practices say to apply this same rule to all types of equipment. A so-called “free-pass” cannot be awarded based on
experience, age, or time on the job. The extent of the evaluation is to be determined by the employer but should include a written and practical examination that proves continued competency.

You might also be interested in our informational aerial lift article explaining the answer to the question Does OSHA Require Certification for Operating Scissor Lifts?

Did You Know?

• 1,380 workers were injured operating an aerial or scissor lift from 2011-2014.
• From 2011-2014, 87 workers died while operating a scissor lift. (Source: CDC)

Aerial Lift Accidents In the News

• Teens Severely Injured After 40-ft. Fall at Farm in New York News Article
• Man Dies After 45-Foot Fall

Aerial Lift Safety Videos

• Bemidji Man Killed in Boom Lift Accident – Lakeland News at Ten – May 17, 2012
• OSHA: Deadly Taunton Lift Accident Could Have Been Prevented

Aerial Lift Blog Posts

• Hazard Spotting: Boom Lift, Fall Protection
• 2 Machine Accidents in the News

Aerial Lift Training Frequently Asked Questions:

What do I get when I finish this aerial lift training?

Upon completing the online aerial lift training course you will then take the included aerial lift test and upon passing it with a score of 80% or higher (you get two chances) you will immediately have access to your printable aerial lift certification and wallet card. If you choose the training kit the certificate template comes with the kit materials.

Do you offer group training online enabling everyone to take the training at one time on a single computer?

Yes, this is a custom option. To sign up please fill out our group training sign up form. We will notify you via email when everything set up for your aerial lift group training. Because this is a custom option in order to get your certificates from a group training you must email us the names of the trainees who passed the exam so we can reply with each individual’s certificate.

Q: What is a MEWP?

A: MEWP is an acronym that stands for Mobile Elevating Work Platform. Basically, they are machines that elevate workers without the use of scaffolding.

Q: When do the new ANSI MEWP regulations go into effect?

A: Aerial equipment owners and operators must be in alignment by December 10, 2019

Q: What are the most common types of aerial lifts?

A: There are several different machines that are considered MEWPs or Aerial Lifts. Some of the most common are as follows (in no particular order):

• • Scissor lifts
  • Bucket trucks
  • Knuckle booms
  • Boom lifts
  • Boom trucks

Q: What do I get when I finish this aerial lift training course?

A: Upon completing the online course and passing the exam with a score of 80% or higher (you are allowed two attempts at the exam) you will have immediate access to your printable aerial lift certification and wallet card.

Don’t want online training? Check out our Aerial Lift Training Kit that allows you to train small and large groups of employees all at one time.