Boom Lift Training
The Boom Lift Training course delivers the precise skills needed to operate telescoping and articulating booms safely, preventing tip-overs, structural impacts, and falls while keeping your site fully compliant.
What You'll Learn
Hazard Identification
Recognizing power lines, obstacles, and unsafe ground terrain.
Stability Principles
Understanding boom limits, load charts, counterweights, and tip-over risks.
Safe Maneuvering
Smooth driving, steering, boom control, and basket positioning at height.
Theory
Hazards & Assessment
Overhead power lines, ground stability evaluation, and job site hazard assessments.
Systems & Components
Boom types, load capacities, and platform controls.
Inspection & Compliance
Step-by-step structural inspection protocols and OHS requirements.
Practical & Evaluation
Practical
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Equipment Inspection
Hands-on pre-operation inspection of the boom lift, basket gates, and fall arrest systems.
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Harness Fitting
Proper donning, adjusting, safety inspection of full-body harnesses, and correct tie-off inside the platform.
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Operational Maneuvers
Hands-on practice using a real on-site boom lift to simulate high-altitude positioning.
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Emergency Protocols
Hands-on practice of ground-level emergency descent and auxiliary controls.
Evaluation
Written test to assess competency.
