Aerial Lift Operator Training in Dayton.
For the operators who run boom lifts on your jobs. This in-person class combines classroom work with time on the machine, so operators leave knowing how to inspect the lift, survey the work area, set up and operate safely, and get the platform down if something goes wrong.
From the Walkaround to the Platform
Some of the most important decisions an aerial lift operator makes happen before the platform leaves the ground: the inspection, the look at the ground and overhead, and where the machine will travel and set up. The class gives that part the time it deserves, then puts operators on the controls.
- Pre-use inspection and function checks
- Surveying the work area for ground conditions, drop-offs, obstructions, and energized lines
- Stability, load limits, and reading the manufacturer's decals and manual
- Fall protection on the platform
- Travel, positioning, and operating near structures and other equipment
- Emergency lowering, and hands-on operation
Aerial Lift Operator Training
Price
$275 per person.
Aerial and Scissor Lift Operator Training: $495 per person.
Class Length
Contact us for class length; we'll confirm it when we schedule your date.
Where
Taught in person in the Dayton, Ohio area, at your site or another predetermined location, and scheduled around your crew.
Aerial Lifts in EM 385-1-1
The 2024 manual groups aerial lifts with its mobile elevating work platforms, or MEWPs; its definition includes the articulating boom platform (paragraph 22-2.e). Every MEWP operator needs training that includes both general and equipment-specific familiarization before operating, and the training records have to be kept on site for at least three years (paragraph 22-3.d). Anyone riding on the platform needs instruction to lower it in an emergency if the operator can't (paragraph 22-3.e).
Before operating, the manual has the operator survey the work area for loose or soft ground, ditches, drop-offs or holes, obstructions, debris, overhead obstructions, and energy sources, set up on a firm, level surface, load the lift according to the manufacturer's instructions, use outriggers or stabilizers where the manufacturer requires them, and connect the appropriate fall protection system (paragraph 22-4.c). On boom lifts, the manual calls for a restraint system or personal fall arrest system on every platform, with workers anchored to the basket according to the manufacturer, and not to the boom unless the manufacturer allows it and the competent person approves (paragraph 21-8.o(1)).
Our class covers the general part of that training. Familiarization on the specific make and model your operators will run is part of the job too; we can do it with your machine when we train at your site.
Aerial, Scissor, or Both
If your operators run both boom lifts and scissor lifts, the combined Aerial and Scissor Lift Operator Training covers both in one class. See Scissor Lift Operator Training for the scissor side.
We teach in the Dayton, Ohio area, at your site with your equipment or another predetermined location. Send us your headcount, the lifts you use, and your timing, and we'll confirm a date and the class length.
Tell Us About Your Project
Send us your scope and schedule and we'll get back to you within one business day.