MEWP guidance
May 1st 2009 The International Powered Access
Federation (IPAF) has produced
guidance for second party inspection
bodies that carry out periodic inservice
inspections (also known as
thorough examinations) of mobile
elevating work platforms (MEWPs).
It can be downloaded from the
Publications/Technical Guidance
section of www.ipaf.org.
In the UK, access equipment used
to lift people must be thoroughly
examined by a competent person
every six months. IPAF's CAP Card
(Competent Assessed Person)
programme certifies that the holder
has been independently assessed as
being knowledgeable and able to
carry out thorough examinations of
platforms. The assessments focus on
machine safety and are for
experienced engineers. Find out
about the CAP programme at:
www.ipaf.org/cap More articles from International Powered Access Federation: | 
