Astra Access Safety Training Ltd - PASMA Scaffold Training, PASMA Scaffold Training Courses

Astra Access Safety Training offer practical skills training in all types of access and related work equipment. With many courses available including PASMA Scaffold Training Courses, IPAF Training and PASMA Scaffold Training.

In fact we can offer you and / or your sub-contractors every working at height related training course that you should ever require, along with all the general Health & Safety based training courses that will ensure legal compliance in the work place.

Course Overview:
The PASMA Towers For Users Course is aimed at giving FULL competence in assembling, altering, inspecting, moving and dismantling mobile towers. We can instruct up to a maximum of 12 delegates, and is designed to provide training on mobile access towers manufactured in aluminium alloy or fibreglass, approved to BS EN 1004: 2004 and which carry a current British Standard or other equivalent mark of approval. This course consists of a training room lecture, DVD presentation, written assessment, practical training and assessment.

Suitable for:
Anyone in an organisation who assembles, alters, dismantles, moves, inspects and most importantly uses alloy or fibreglass mobile access towers in the workplace. This not only includes construction sites but all workplaces, such as schools, offices and factories both internally and externally.

Course Objective:
The aim and objective of the PASMA Towers For Users Course is for each person attending the course to be able to safely, correctly and competently identify, assemble, alter, use, move, inspect and dismantle prefabricated Aluminium and Fibre-Glass Mobile Access Towers in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, current regulations and accepted approved methods, to have an understanding of current relevant legislation and regulations on Mobile Access Towers.

Training in the use of work equipment is required by most health and safety legislation and work at height regulations. Employers are obliged to train employees. The IPAF training programme for platform operators was developed by leading industry professionals. It is certified by TÜV as conforming to the international standard ISO 18878:2004 Mobile elevating work platforms – Operator (driver) training.

More than 80,000 operators are trained each year through a worldwide network of training centres. Successful trainees receive a PAL Card (Powered Access Licence), a safety guide, a log book and a certificate.
IPAF itself does not provide training. IPAF Training is provided by approved training centres. As an approved training centre, we are regularly audited by IPAF. Class sizes are kept small, typically 4 to 6 delegates on Operator Courses. Courses generally last one day and are a mixture of theory and practice, with a written and a practical test.

IPAF Courses Available
Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) courses for:

         Operators
         Demonstrators
         Instructors

Categories of MEWP equipment:

         Static Vertical (1a)
         Static Boom (1b)
         Mobile Vertical (3a)
         Mobile Boom (3b)
         Push Around Vertical (PAV)

The IPAF PAL Card
The PAL Card (Powered Access Licence) is recognised worldwide across industries as proof of platform operator training to the highest standard. It is issued by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) to platform operators who successfully complete a training course at an IPAF-approved training centre.

Who needs a PAL Card?
If you need to work at height and use powered access equipment:

         IPAF believes that you should receive basic training.
         In addition to your main job, e.g. electrician, painter, decorator, cleaner, you will acquire a
            new skill.
         Platforms are designed to be easy to use and offer a safe way to work at height, but
            with basic training you will use the equipment more effectively and safely.

If you are an employer:

         You can be sure that legal requirements have been fulfilled if your platform operators
            have the PAL Card.
         Most legislation, covering health and safety obligations, accident prevention and work at
            height regulations, require you to provide employees with proper and adequate training in
            the use of work equipment.
         IPAF training to the highest standards means that your platform operators will also work
            more efficiently and productively.

The PAL Card is valid for five years. It shows the date on which the holder was assessed and the expiry date by which re-training would be needed. It shows the types of equipment that the holder has been trained to operate. It shows the level to which the holder has been trained, e.g. operator, demonstrator and instructor. It has security features including a holographic logo and the holder’s photograph and signature to prevent mis-use.

www.astratraining.co.uk