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Scissor Lift Online Training

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Online Scissor Lift Training, designed by trainers with 15+ years of onsite training experience. The estimated time for this training is 120 – 150 min. Covers these groups and types of MEWPs: (A3).

  • OSHA-Aligned: OSHA-aligned courses that are reviewed yearly & updated to meet the latest standards.
  • Instant Access: After purchasing, you'll have immediate access to the online course.
  • Printable Certificates: Upon completion, you will receive a printable certificate and OSHA wallet card.
  • For Businesses: We offer company accounts and bulk discounts.


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What’s in the Scissor Lift 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.

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 120 – 150 min.

Intended Audience:

  • Employees
  • Supervisors

This course covers the following OSHA standards:

  • OSH ACT 1970
  • 1910 Subpart F – Powered Platforms, Man lifts, Vehicle Mounted Work Platforms
  • 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
  • 1926.21 – Safety Training and Education
  • 1926.451 – General Requirements
  • 1926.452 – Additional Requirements to Specific Types of Scaffolds
  • 1926.453 – Scissor Lifts
  • 1926.454 – Training Requirements
  • 1926.501, 502 – Duty to have Fall Protection
  • 1926.556 – Scissor Lifts

Why Take Our Scissor Lift Training Online, Covers these groups and types of MEWPs: (A3)

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 Scissor Lift Safety Training Online Course?

  • 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.

Scissor Lift Certification

What Is a Mobile Elevated Work Platform?

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently updated their aerial lift terminology, which has affected how they interpret aerial lifts. ANSI has replaced the term aerial lift with Mobile Elevated Work Platform, or MEWP. According to ANSI, a MEWP is any motorized work platform that is designed to assist an employee in safely accomplishing an at-height task.

What Is an Aerial Lift?

Aerial lifts are defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as working platforms mounted on vehicles that have the ability to move vertically or horizontally. Aerial lifts can also entirely rotate around a vertical axis in some cases. People are often confused about scissor lifts due to the stricter qualifications surrounding the term aerial lifts.

Where Does the Scissor Lift Fit?

It is essential to be aware that OSHA does not consider a scissor lift an aerial lift. In fact, OSHA defines a scissor lift as a portable scaffold with a vertically raised work platform. This means that scissor lifts are covered by OSHA’s scaffolding guidelines and requirements.

On the other hand, scissor lifts are classified as a Mobile Elevated Work Platform under ANSI. This means that ANSI’s standards and regulations for MEWPs will include scissor lifts.

Your employer will make the ultimate decision in deciding which standards your workplace will adhere to. If you are unsure of which regulations you are supposed to follow, reach out to your designated supervisor or manager for more information.

What Is a Scissor Lift?

Now that you have a basic understanding of where the scissor lift fits in regards to safety regulations, we will discuss what a scissor lift really is.

Scissor lifts are popular for manufacturing and industrial operations because they have broad platforms that can accommodate both employees and materials. They provide a safe and dependable environment for workers to carry out any at-height tasks.

What makes the scissor lift an essential tool is its ability to extend up and then collapse and become compact enough to be stored away, making it a true competitor to the traditional ladder.

What Are Scissor Lifts Used For?

Scissor lifts are preferable to boom lifts and other types of aerial platforms when it comes to certain tasks. They are suitable for inside tasks since they are lightweight and easy to operate, especially if the project simply requires up-and-down mobility.

Scissor lifts can work outside on uneven or sloped terrain. A rough terrain scissor lift is designed to work on rough or uneven surfaces in order to safely raise workers and materials in ways that a ladder could not. Here are some other common jobs that scissor lifts are used for:

  • Indoor maintenance where ceilings are higher
  • Warehouse organization, management, and general maintenance where accessing tall shelves needs to be done safely
  • Sign maintenance where a larger platform is needed for safe work
  • Working on sloped surfaces or uneven terrain
  • Working in tight, outdoor spaces where an up-down lifting motion is needed

OSHA Requirements for Scissor Lifts

Employers must analyze the worksite to identify any potential hazards before selecting the proper equipment for the task. Employers who use scissor lifts must examine and implement effective fall safety, stability, and position controls. Employers are also responsible for developing and implementing an accident prevention program.

Safe scissor lift operations include maintaining the equipment properly, following the manufacturer’s instructions, adhering to the rules and procedures that are provided through the required safety training, and always using the proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

Before operating a scissor lift, OSHA requires that you receive sufficient safety training. Here at Hard Hat Construction Safety Training, our scissor lift course includes all you need to know about operating a scissor lift safely. All of the necessary standards are thoroughly covered as well. Among the required safety topics are:

  • How to perform daily checks of the scissor lift to ensure it is in good working order and free of wear and damage.
  • How to use and wear PPE, which may include a hard hat and a safety harness.
  • How to connect fall protection to an appropriate anchor point on the work platform.
  • Employees are not permitted to use a ladder to climb higher on the work platform, nor are they permitted to use the guardrails as a ladder to step up to a higher position on the scissor lift.
  • Employees are not permitted to lean over the guardrails, as this may jeopardize the scissor lift’s stability.
  • Employees are not permitted to utilize the ground controls unless authorized by the employee in the bucket or in the event of an emergency.

Accident Prevention Program

An accident prevention program (APP) is a document that is updated as needed to address newly identified hazards and safety concerns. The program’s aspects are extensive, in-depth, and cover a wide range of occupational health and safety issues. It is intended to decrease workplace accidents and injuries.

For an APP regarding scissor lift operations, there should be four different parts. These four parts are as follows:

Part 1: Implement & Maintain an APP

Employees are required by OSHA to establish and maintain an accident prevention program that supports alignment with regulations. They do not directly state that the program must be written, but it is far more difficult to demonstrate the existence of an acceptable program if it is not documented.

Part 2: Frequent & Consistent Inspections

A competent person plays a crucial role in ensuring construction site safety. OSHA requires a process for frequent and regular inspections to be completed by a competent person to ensure the job site, materials, and equipment are safe and functional. The process that is implemented is also required to be included in the APP.

Part 3: aligned Machinery, Tools, & Equipment

Everything that is utilized on a jobsite must meet safety standards. If it is not aligned, it may not be used. Regulations require your employer to remove them from service using any of the following methods:

  • Tagging them out
  • Physical locking to render them inoperable
  • Removing them from the workplace

Part 4: Training & Experience

OSHA requires that only employees who have had proper training or experience operate machinery or equipment. This training requirement is one of the most commonly disregarded laws in the construction industry. Every employee’s training and/or experience should be documented.

How To Become a Scissor Lift Operator?

Learning how to use a scissor lift is simpler than you would think. Despite this, there are still several requirements you must meet before you will be able to operate one. As stated previously, scissor lift operators are required by OSHA to successfully complete a scissor lift safety training course that will demonstrate that they are capable of operating the lift in a safe and reliable way.

Once the training course is completed, employees must demonstrate to their employer, or a designated supervisor, what they have learned and that they are able to operate the scissor lift safely and efficiently.

Scissor Lift Certification

Every employer with scissor lift operators is required by law to give OSHA Aligned training, instruction, and hands-on evaluation to guarantee every employee is up to date on the newest OSHA safety regulations and can operate scissor lifts efficiently.

Once an employee receives their certification, the certification is valid for three years after the issue date. Once the three years is up, the employee will need to take a refresher course or retake a scissor lift safety training course.

Why Do I Need a Safety Training Course?

Every year, many workers are injured or killed while using scissor lifts. Falls from the elevated platform, objects falling from the lifts, tipovers, ejections from the lift platform, structural failures and collapses, electric shock, entanglement dangers, contact with objects, and contact with ceilings and other overhead objects are all potential hazards.

Our courses demonstrate the functionality and safety of scissor lifts. The goal of this course is to increase safety for operators and everyone else on the job site. Begin this essential training right away!

What’s in Our Scissor Lift Safety Training?

Our Scissor Lift Safety Training course is regulation aligned, and our online version fulfills classroom training requirements. Each class contains sections on anatomy, stability, operations, hazards, and more. This presentation includes intermittent practice quiz questions that will help you to prepare for the final written exam that is included with the course when you complete it. In addition to the written exam, this course also includes a checklist for employers to use when administering a practical exam.

Why Take Our Scissor Lift Course?

Our scissor lift 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 scissor lift 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 scissor lift 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.

For more information check out our related articles What are the most common uses and hazards of a scissor lift? and Do you need to wear a harness on a scissor lift?

Other Training Options:

We offer two other types of training for this course. The other training types are DIY training kits and a train the trainer certification course. An identical final exam and OSHA-aligned safety training certificate applies, no matter which of the three format options you choose below.


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Our online trainings are great for those who want to learn at their own pace and on their own time. Online trainings can be completed from any location, eliminating the need for expensive seminars.

Employers can assign employees specific trainings and keep track of their progress and exam scores. We also offer group trainings, company accounts, and even bulk discounts for businesses.

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Training Kit

Our kits are the perfect resource for those who want the freedom of training employees themselves. Unlike traditional trainings that are taken once, the kit offers a complete initial training as well as activities and materials to train employees long after they’ve been certified.

These materials include practical evaluations, exams, toolbox trainings, accident profiles, ect.

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Train the Trainer

Train-the-trainer courses allow employers to take full control of the training process. Employees who take these courses are fully certified to use the training kit and train others.

This means that employers can hold training seminars and courses without the need for third-party trainers. We will also include a training presentation and materials to train others.

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Online Safety Training FAQs

What does each online class cover?

Generally speaking, each course covers an overview of the topic, detailed explanation of relevant equipment, safe operating practices, common hazards to avoid, and hazard control measures.

How long is the course?

Trainees go at their own pace, but in general each class (including the exam) takes anywhere from 2 to 2.5 hours. We recommend planning for two or more so you don’t end up rushing through the exam.

Are these courses OSHA-aligned?

All Hard Hat Training online courses were designed to adhere to OSHA and ANSI training requirements. But it is important to understand that by OSHA-aligned, we mean it follows best practices and safety principles put forth by OSHA. In an online format, it is not possible to cover every code for every situation or hazard across every industry. For this reason, our safety training solutions are tools to further knowledge and help employers train and/or certify their crew.

However, just because a course or program is OSHA-aligned does not necessarily mean a company will be aligned or avoid citations if OSHA were to audit them. There is much more that goes into collective company alignment with OSHA. For example, workers need to be observed applying what they learned in the classroom in the field. This observation/practical exam should be done by trainers, supervisors, or other designated competent persons. Whether you use our training kits or online courses, we provide guides to help employers do this.

Other steps for ultimate alignment may include but are not limited to addressing with your crew any gaps in the training or additional hazards specific to your work situation; creating, training on, and enforcing written safety programs (also known as plans or procedures); and performing regular inspections and risk assessments.

Are the e-learning classes up-to-date with OSHA standards?

Yes, Hard Hat Training online courses incorporate the latest OSHA standards. As standards change, we make changes to the courses.

Does this course certify or qualify me?

There is a lot of confusion among operators and even companies about what it means to be certified or qualified. Simply put, no, a course does not certify anyone. It is the employer’s responsibility to make sure an employee is properly trained, and it is also his or her responsibility to say when the employee is “qualified” or “competent.” Our online courses and training kits are just a tool to help them in doing so.

According to OSHA, proper training must include a classroom portion, including a written exam, as well as a practical hands-on portion/exam wherein the operator is observed operating the machine. Our courses provide the classroom portion of the training. The safety administrator of the company will have access to a checklist which can be used to observe the trainee on the machine. When done successfully, the administrator signs the bottom of the form. At this point, unless further training is required by your employer, you have done everything required by OSHA to be considered by your employer as “qualified” or “competent.”

If I pass this class and exam, can I take my certification and get a job anywhere?

See “Does this course certify or qualify me?” This will depend on your employer. Remember, it is their responsibility to see that you are trained and if there is ever an accident, it is they who will have to prove to OSHA that they trained you sufficiently. Because of this, while some smaller businesses may simply accept your certificate and a copy of your test, they will often require you to go through their own training program. This is their right to do so. It is their further responsibility to train you in accordance with the job, site, equipment, etc.

How long is the training good for?

The timeframe for how long training remains valid depends on the specific topic and OSHA training guidelines. Heavy machinery operators, for instance, need to recertify every three years, while other training courses may have different renewal periods. The expiration date for each training course will be printed on your certificate of completion for reference so you know when to take the training again.

Will I get a certificate?

Yes, 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 your specific course. Although the practical evaluation is not required for you to earn online course completion credit, we strongly recommend completing it under the supervision of your employer to ensure your mastery of the safety training topics.

How many people can use this course? Can I play it for several employees at the same time?

Only one employee can take the course. There are many reasons for this, but most importantly, the course is designed to train one employee per OSHA regulations. Also, there is an online final exam at the end that will be linked to the trainee assigned. OSHA requires proof of training, and if multiple people were to sit in on that one course, they would not get credit for taking it.

Are SCORM/Tin Can options available for use on our own company LMS?

All our online courses are SCORM-compatible and can be easily uploaded to your company’s current SCORM-compliant LMS using our SCORM Cloud dispatch service. We do not offer direct SCORM file access to our courses. If you would like more information about how SCORM dispatch works and whether it would be a good fit for your business needs, please contact our sales team at (888) 360-8764.

Can I become a Hard Hat Training reseller?

We do have reseller options available. Visit Become a Hard Hat Safety Affiliate Partner to learn more.

How do I look up my certificate of completion?

So, you have already purchased a course from us, taken the online training, and passed the certification exam with flying colors. Now what?

Simply print a copy of your course completion certificate for your employer and keep a copy for your records. You can log in to your LMS account anytime to print your certificate after you have completed the training.

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4 reviews for Scissor Lift Online Training

  1. John R. –

    it has all the needed information for safe operations

    • Hard Hat Training –

      Thanks, John. We do spend a lot of time on our research, so we are happy that you found it covered everything you needed for maintaining your operations.

  2. Trevor P. –

    Easy to understand.

    • Hard Hat Training –

      Thank you, Trevor, for your great review! We’re glad that you found the course so understandable and easy to follow.

  3. Andy G. –

    very informative

    • Hard Hat Training (verified owner) –

      What an incredible review, Andy! Thank you so much! We try to keep our trainings informative as well as interactive. We are glad to know that you have found this to be the case. Thank you again!

  4. Jose Antonio Loyo –

    Me gusto mucho el curso. Quiero aprender más. Espero poder tomar más cursos con ustedes. Gracias

    • Hard Hat Training (verified owner) –

      Hola Jose, estamos muy felices que ha tenido una buna experiencia con el curso. Gracias por escoger Hard Hat Training!

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How Does Online Training Work?

Each employee or individual takes the online course at their own pace. Quiz questions are included along the way to prepare for the final exam (Employers or managers may assign employees to specific safety courses). Quiz questions are included along the way to prepare for the final exam.

Instant access to your safety certification and wallet card is granted when the online course is completed and the subsequent online exam is passed. Once the online exam is passed, administer the practical exam. We suggest correcting any mistakes and having the trainee initial the edit on the practical exam sheet. Congratulations! You have finished your online safety training course.

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