Article 73 of D.Lgs.81/08 requires employers to ensure that workers assigned to use work equipment requiring particular knowledge and responsibilities receive adequate and specific training, information and instruction, enabling them to use the equipment appropriately and safely, including in relation to risks that may be caused to other persons.
The State-Regions Agreement of 22/02/2012 identified the work equipment for which specific operator certification is required, as well as the procedures for recognising such certification, training providers, duration, guidelines and minimum validity requirements for training.
Training for workers assigned to use this work equipment, as provided in the State-Regions Agreement of 22/02/2012, must follow precise programmes, durations and methods, including theoretical and practical training, with learning assessments also conducted “in the field”.
The training course for operators of mobile elevating work platforms with and without stabilisers (i.e. any wheeled vehicle, excluding those running on rails, designed to transport, tow, push, lift, stack or place on shelving any type of load and operated by an on-board operator with seat), compliant with the contents of the aforementioned Agreement, allows, subject to passing the required assessments, to obtain the certification for their use.
To provide safety training elements to workers assigned to operate mobile elevating work platforms (PLE) with and without stabilisers, in compliance with the requirements of Article 73 of D.Lgs.81/08 and the State-Regions Agreement of 22/02/2012 concerning the identification of work equipment for which specific operator certification is required, as well as the procedures for recognising such certification, training providers, duration, guidelines and minimum validity requirements for training, implementing Article 73, paragraph 5, of Legislative Decree 9 April 2008, no. 81 and subsequent amendments and additions.
The course is aimed at workers assigned to operate mobile elevating work platforms (PLE) with and without stabilisers.
The course lasts 10 hours.
The instructors engaged in PLE training are experts in occupational health and safety with at least three years of practical professional experience in techniques for using self-propelled industrial forklift trucks; they also hold the qualifications required by the State-Regions Agreement of 21 December 2011, official records no. 221/CSR, and meet the criteria set out in the Inter-ministerial Decree of 6 March 2013.
Each participant will receive course materials on CD, containing useful documents and readings to complement the training received.
Following successful completion of the final assessment, each participant will be issued an attendance certificate.