PASMA PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
The Work at Height Regulations 2005, require that the assembly, dismantling or alteration of Mobile Access Towers should only be undertaken by a competent person, or if being trained, under the supervision of a competent person.
A competent person is a person who can demonstrate that they have sufficient professional or technical training, knowledge, actual experience, and authority* to enable them to:-
a. carry out their assigned duties at the level of responsibility allocated to them;
b. understand any potential hazards related to the work (or equipment) under consideration;
c. detect any technical defects or omissions in that work (or equipment), recognise any
implications for health and safety caused by those defects or omissions, and be able to
specify a remedial action to mitigate those implications.
*Note: “authority” here means delegated authority to the individual by his employer to carry out a certain function or duty
Going onto or assembling a mobile access tower will involve working at height. The Advisory Committee on Work at Height Training (ACWAHT) indicate that for anyone who works at height, the above definition of a competent person implies:
· To know and understand the specific legal duties under the Work at Height Regulations which apply to them as an individual
· To understand who controls their activity and the lines of communication to use
· To understand the principles of fall protection that the Regulations require to be used
· To be able to recognise safe and unsafe situations / activities
· To understand how to deal with the hazards associated with the task allocated to them
· To have adequate training in the correct use and limitations of any work equipment allocated to them for the task
· To understand the need for and the ability to check the adequacy of the safety equipment allocated to them
· If that equipment has been issued to them on a personal basis, an understanding of the correct procedure for storage, maintenance and inspection
· To understand safe procedures of work and state the correct procedure for the task, the emergency (including rescue) procedures in place for the work and their role in it
· To know the procedure for reporting any defects, hazards or unsafe procedures they detect
I would say yes a part 2 can erect stupid f.ucking ally towers