IPAF Webinar: The Importance of Planning for Safe Operations

An exclusive webinar for IPAF Safety Professional members

Many people are familiar with the words of Benjamin Franklin, ‘If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!’ While it can seem obvious that planning is necessary to ensure safety and efficiency, many incidents still occur because of a lack of planning, not planning properly, not reviewing and modifying a plan where necessary, or not communicating it effectively to the right people at the right time. Unfortunately, hindsight doesn’t save lives or prevent injury, but foresight can. This webinar will focus on your planning responsibilities, how best to approach a new plan, who should be involved, what should be covered, how to identify hazards and reduce risks, how to communicate and record your plan and when to modify and redistribute it.

Employers look to their safety professionals to have all of this in place from legal, technical, ethical and safety standpoints. ‘To err is human’ are the words of Alexander Pope, but competent safety professionals get savvy, stay updated and are committed to ongoing learning in an ever-changing industry. 

	Brian Parker Head of Safety & Technical, IPAF	Brian Parker has worked in the powered access industry for over 25 years, formerly working for IPAF Member AFI-Uplift. Previous to that he served in the UK Force.
	Mike Ashton International Safety & Technical Advisor, IPAF	Mike has worked in the powered access industry for over 25 years and as such, has a strong safety and technical background in the MEWP sector bringing a thorough understanding of the specific standards relating to safe use and design of MEWPs. His experience includes roles as a Service Engineer and as an IPAF Senior Instructor, based in the UK.  Since moving to Australia in 2011, Mike has worked as the Resources Manager for the EWPA (Elevating Work Platform Association, Australia) and, in April 2022, joined IPAF in his current position.
	Paul Roddis  Training Manager, IPAF	Paul has been in the industry for over 20 years and in training for over 10 of those. He is responsible for the creation and delivery of all IPAF training courses worldwide. Prior to joining IPAF Paul was a Senior IPAF Instructor, Lead PASMA Instructor, Lead Ladder Association Instructor, Confined Space Instructor and Assessor, and a CITB Site Management Instructor. He is committed to keeping people safe by creating world class training for Powered Access.

This webinar will be broadcast via Zoom and will be in English. Access to this exclusive webinar is for IPAF’s safety professional members only. For more information, email members@ipaf.org. 

You can claim 2 IPAF CPD points by attending this webinar (please ensure you take a screenshot to evidence your participation).