This course refreshes your knowledge and skills on driving a MEWP, the legal obligations, performing a pre-start inspection and skills needed to safely operate a Mobile Elevating Work Platform by completing a workplace task.
NZQA units standards refreshed
- 23966: Describe types of elevating work platforms (EWPs) and legislative requirements for their use
- 23960: Assess the worksite, prepare and operate a scissor lift
- 23962: Assess the worksite, prepare and operate a self propelled boom lift
Optional unit standards
- 23963: Assess the worksite, prepare and operate a trailer mounted (cherry-picker) EWP
- 23964: Assess the worksite, prepare and operate a vertical lift
ENTRY CRITERIA:
- Students that refresh the unit standards must hold the current unit standards.
- Numeracy and Literacy: All students must have the ability to write, speak and understand basic English to complete the assessments.
This course refreshes your knowledge and skills by combining confined spaces planning, observing and entry with the use of gas testing equipment. It is about the safety of people who enter confined spaces including risk assessment and emergency procedures. Student will need to perform a simulated confined space entry safely.
NZQA units standards refreshed
- 18426: Demonstrate knowledge of hazards associated with Confined Spaces
- 17599: Plan a Confined Space entry
- 25510: Operate at atmospheric testing device to determine a suitable atmosphere exists to work safely
- 3058: Perform gas testing in an energy and chemical environment
ENTRY CRITERIA:
- Students that refresh the unit standards must hold the current unit standards or at least one of the units.
- Numeracy and Literacy: All students must have the ability to write, speak and understand basic English to complete the assessments.
- Recommended: 23229 - Use safety harness system when working at height. (Available form SureSafety)
This course refreshes your knowledge and skills by combining harness use and the selection, installation, use and disestablishment of height safety equipment to set up fit for purpose height safety systems. We also cover ladder risks, scaffolding, man cage and EWP use while working at heights. The course is mostly scenario based to ensure the student refreshes on his knots, rope use and fall arrest devices.
NZQA units standards refreshed
- 23229: Use safety harness system when working at heights
- 15757: Use, install and disestablish temporary proprietary fall arrest systems when working at height
- 17600: Explain safe work practices for working at heights
- 25045: Employ height safety equipment in the Workplace
ENTRY CRITERIA:
- Students that refresh the unit standards must hold the current unit standards or at least one of the units.
- Numeracy and Literacy: All students must have the ability to write, speak and understand basic English to complete the assessments.