IPAF Courses

About Training
Training in the use of work equipment is required by most health and safety legislation and work at height regulations. Employers are obliged to train employees. The IPAF training programme for platform operators was developed by leading industry professionals. IPAF Training is certified by TÜV as conforming to the international standard ISO 18878:2004 Mobile elevating work platforms – Operator (driver) training. Successful IPAF Training delegates receive a PAL Card (Powered Access Licence), a safety guide, a log book and a certificate.

As IPAF Training providers we are regularly audited by IPAF to ensure that the IPAF Training we provide is of the high standard that IPAF demand. IPAF Training Class sizes are kept small. Courses generally last one to two days and are a mixture of theory and practice, with a written and a practical test.

Courses Available

Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) courses for:

• Operators
• Demonstrators

Categories of MEWP equipment:

• Static Vertical (1a)
• Static Boom (1b)
• Mobile Vertical (3a)
• Mobile Boom (3b)
• Insulated Aerical Device (IAD)
• Specialist machines (SPECIAL)

Other courses:

• IPAF Harness Use and Inspection (H)
• Loading/Unloading (LOAD)
• MEWPs for Managers (MM)

Placing Leaders Training can provide IPAF training either in our own premises which are in Bedfordshire. Our premises are ideally located for anyone travelling from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, London, Warwickshire or the Midlands. Alternatively we can offer on site training where appropriate facilities for IPAF Training are available – please contact us for further details.