100,000th Yellow Card registered
THE Elevating Work Platform Association of Australia (EWPA) recently registered its 100,000th Trained Operator under its nationally recognised industry, training program, the EWPA Yellow Card training scheme. Ian McLeod, warehouse production manager at Victorian based exhibition display company, John Gibson Displays, was the 100,000th Trained Operator under the program. One of the key objectives of the EWPA has been to raise awareness of, not only the need for safe access, but also operator safety when using EWPs. The EWPA Yellow Card is a nationally accredited (No: VQA 21629) scheme run in cooperation with Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) and recognised by all major manufacturers, suppliers and users of EWPs.
The Operator Card is a registered ticket issued to operators who have been successfully trained by EWPA Nationally Accredited Workplace Trainers in the safe use and operation of various types of EWPs. There are up to five different categories of EWPs, with those applicable listed on the card before issue. The categories are: Trailer mounted Boomlift (TL); Self Propelled Boomlift (BL); Vertical Lift (VL); Scissor Lift (SL); Truck Mounted Boom (TM).
Source: Construction Contractor
29-Jan-2008