Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs)
1-Day | Essentials & Compliance Foundations Course Number: MEWP-101
This one-day seminar builds baseline operator awareness and OSHA-aligned safe work practices for employees who operate or work around aerial lift equipment. Participants learn lift classifications, employer/operator responsibilities, hazard recognition, and the fundamentals of safe travel, positioning, and overhead hazard control. The course emphasizes pre-use inspection, stability basics, fall protection requirements, and emergency procedures. A written knowledge check is included, and a brief hands-on familiarization/practical evaluation may be conducted to verify basic competency.
Highlights
- OSHA requirements and safe-use responsibilities
- Pre-use inspection basics and defect reporting
- Stability principles, travel rules, and work positioning
- Fall protection overview and emergency lowering awareness
- Written knowledge evaluation (plus hands-on when available)
2-Day | Proficiency, Hazard Analysis & Equipment-Specific Skills Course Number: MEWP 102
The two-day format expands beyond fundamentals with deeper focus on operational proficiency and jobsite hazard control. In addition to 1-day content, participants complete more detailed inspections, fault recognition exercises, and supervised operating scenarios on multiple lift types (when available). Training includes ground condition assessment, weather impacts, traffic coordination, load capacity awareness, and rescue planning. Written and practical evaluations are included to support employer qualification needs.
Highlights
- Expanded hands-on operation and scenario work
- Ground conditions, slope, wind, and jobsite planning
- Control familiarity across multiple lift types
- Emergency procedures and rescue plan basics
- Comprehensive written + practical performance evaluation
3-Day | Comprehensive Operator + Competent-Person Level Course Number MEWP-103
This three-day program provides a complete operator development experience with added competent-person level elements. It includes more detailed standards review, lift selection criteria, incident case studies, and site-specific lift planning. Participants practice advanced positioning, complex scenarios, coordinated work planning, and rescue drills. Additional emphasis is placed on documentation, audit readiness, and building repeatable internal processes for qualification and refresher triggers.
Highlights
- Job hazard analysis (JHA) and lift planning workflow
- Advanced scenarios, positioning, and rescue drills
- Supervisor/competent person documentation practices
- Multiple scenario-based evaluations and formal testing
- Strong support for compliance and recordkeeping
Train-the-Trainer Programs Seminars
Instructor Development • Internal Qualification • Compliance-Ready Training Systems
All Train-the-Trainer seminars are offered in person or virtually and prepare experienced personnel to deliver, evaluate, and document internal safety and operator training programs with confidence and consistency.
Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs) — Train-the-Trainer (2-Day) Course Number: TMEWPs-106
Prepares trainers to deliver compliant MEWP operator training for scissor lifts, boom lifts, and vertical mast lifts. Covers OSHA/ANSI A92 requirements, hazard controls, inspection and operating instruction, classroom delivery methods, practical evaluation techniques, and training documentation systems. Includes teach-back exercises and hands-on evaluation coaching.
