IPAF??

[NozSpark]

I've got a customer who wants me to do a job that will necesitate a telescopic boom lift.. only about a days work (maybe 2 days if parts become a problem) though to be honest

So, as I've not got an IPAF ticket, I guess I'd need one, there is a training center quite locally to me, but I was just wondering roughly how much it'll cost and how long it lasts

I guess I'm also missing other things (harness, lanyard, etc) so if anyone has any pointers I'd appreciate it..

Also... do you think having an IPAF ticket could lead to more work?

 

[Sidewinder]

Can we plan this for when I am over your way as I have my IPAF, you "do for me" I "do for you"?

Course is a day, around 180 ish lasts 5 years I think my licence is in my wallet upstairs, and the main part is in the van.

It's easy to do.

You will need a fall RESTRAINT harness NOT a fall ARREST harness if you are using a boom lift.

Lift supplier can normally provide these, about

 

[NozSpark]

I've only been approached about this job today..

TBH it's a load of piddling faffy jobs..

Repair some back lit sineage - above a 3m x 3m porch with no roof access allowed

Re-position and tidy up about 6 x PL flood lights (sineage again)

De-fly about 16 low bays

I have a good bit more research to do about this...

There is a possibility I might do it at "cost of the course" because then I've got the ticket,, but then again will I ever need it again?????

 

[Andy™]

at least for the next job, you will already have th IPAF ticket

just make sure you do the right one. i.e mobile boom, static boom, mobile vertical etc

 

[rmc86uk]

Yes IPAF lasts for five years so it is good price. If you were to hire a lifter from the hire company would you have to show proof of PAL card? only use mine for firms that provide lifters as never had to hire one myself.

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[NozSpark]

Right... UPDATE

Been on the phone quite a bit today trying to find course suppliers and found a local(ish) guy who'll do me scissor and boom for

 

[Andy™]

there are 4 categories.

mobile boom

static boom

mobile vertical

static vertical

i have the first 3.

one category will not cover you for another ,i.e if you do static boom, you cannot use mobile boom

 

[Manator]

One of the main reasons why most people forget to incorperate all costs into a job, is the fact that courses like the one you need are often overlooked. I have had two electricians on a job at a daily cost of

 

[NozSpark]

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[Andy™]

there are also courses for telehandler basket & fork lift basket... but i dont think the forklift basket means anything when your standing on a pallet.... or just the forks

 

[Andy™]

but you would have though mobile boom would cover static... after all, mobile boom is the same, except you can move it when elevated.

 

[springcrocus]

For those of us who have no normal use for these items, and are a little confused as to what the various items are, are boom lifts the same as cherry pickers and vertical lifts sometimes called scissor lifts? Or am I being a complete prat here?

 

[Andy™]

thats about it

static boom - usually cherry picker on a van (can only move base when lowered)

mobile boom - usually cherry picker on mobile / wheeled base (can move whilst elevanted)

mobile vertical - scissor lift (can move whilst elevated)

static vertical - scissor lift (can only move when lowered)

static vertical isnt used as much. most the courses cover a mixture of the first 3, or all 3

 

[NozSpark]

For those of us who have no normal use for these items, and are a little confused as to what the various items are, are boom lifts the same as cherry pickers and vertical lifts sometimes called scissor lifts? Or am I being a complete prat here?

Thats how I see it, but I may be wrong

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OK,,

so what PPE should I get...

I guess I need ....

fall restraint harness

lanyard

and what else???

 

[Andy™]

for boom you need restraint harness & lanyard. i usually use my climbing harness and a bit rope.... although i do have a full body harness

 

[revjames]

Forgive me for putting my 2p worth in. You mention fall arrest/ fall restraint harnesses. I thought the harness was the same but a fall restraint was a short lanyard (basically a piece of rope) which restrained you from leaning/reaching too far out of the basket. As opposed to a fall arrest lanyard which features a section which slowly unravels to cushion the shock of the fall I have even seen some which are like an inertia reel which are a good idea.

 

[Sidewinder]

Basically Rev you are correct.

IF you are going to wear a fall restraint system then it must be compliant and attached to a suitable point.

The anchor points in booms (they are not required in scissor lifts) are not rated for arrest, only restraint.

The only other thing is a hard hat really.

 

[revjames]

When I was at the smelter, we had to wear harnesses with 2 lanyards. If you were in a MEWP and needed to get on top of a broken down gantry crane you had to have 1 lanyard connected to the MEWP and 1 to thew crane then take the other one off as you got out/in of the basket.

Hard hat will help a lot with a 40' fall.....

 

[Sidewinder]

Rev,

One lanyard of each type?

This is a difficult one as you could fall from the boom whilst traversing, however, a boom is not designed as a fall arrest device, and your fall could tip it over!

Hard hat is to stop you from bumping your head on the crane and knocking yourself out thus being stranded in the basket!

Who uses these regularly by the way?

 

[Andy™]

Hard hat is to stop you from bumping your head on the crane and knocking yourself out thus being stranded in the basket!

Who uses these regularly by the way?

all mobile boom/scissor lifts et have emergency controls which can be operated from gound level. so you wont be 'stranded'

i dont use them very often. get the odd job in carparks etc, but often the lights are short and can easily be done by ladder (and yes, i do have a post bracket for the ladder, and usually strap ladder to post)