Objectives

You will be competent to:

• Accurately record details of ladders
• Identify component parts using industry standard naming conventions
• Thoroughly inspect ladders and stepladders, and identify safety crticial faults
• Record your findings in accordance with statutory requirements (as outlined in PUWER ACOPS 163)
• Recommend action to be taken if faults found

  

You will have an understanding of:

• the relevant legislation and guidance and approved code of practice (ACOPS) governing the inspection of ladders and stepladders
• The difference between pre-use and formal inspections
• Common manufacturing processes used, and their implications for the cost-effectivenes of repairs
• The difference between maintenance  and repairs and who is allowed to do them
• the correct methods of disposal of equipment at the end of it's working life

Course Content

• legal requirements and guidance

• Initial inspection

• Asset register

• Inspection procedures

• Inspection Documentation

• Manufacturing techniques

• Maintenance/repairs

• Disposal

• Theory and Practical Tests