MEWPs and technological advancements in the powered access industry can help to enhance safety and efficiency and aid people in their work, rather than replace people altogether, according to speakers at the Europlatform 2019 conference in Nice, France.
9 Oct 2019
IPAF Committee Meeting
IPAF Italian Training Working Group (TWG) Meeting
Members only.
10 January 2020
Gianfranco Savani Srl, Lavariano UD, Italy
IPAF Conference
IPAF ANCH'IO 2022
It will be in the splendid setting of the Savoia Hotel Regency in Bologna that IPAF ANCH'IO, the most important event 2022 dedicated to the world of aerial lifting in Italy, will be held on 26 May. With presentations of products and equipment, reflections on the most topical issues in the sector, new professional links and, why not, also entertainment and fun.
The first edition of Elevation Portugal, has successfully been hosted by the IPAF at the Centro de Formação Profissional da Indústria da Construção Civil e Obras Públicas do Sul (CENFIC), Lisbon , on 15 October 2019.
Nominations for the 2020 IAPAs are now open, and awards hosts IPAF and Access International are inviting all those interested to submit their applications without delay, and to book their place at the 2020 IPAF Summit & IAPAs, to be hosted at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in Kensington, London, on 23 April next year.
IPAF is pleased to be able to announce Peter Douglas as its new CEO & Managing Director, following a thorough recruitment process that attracted almost 50 applicants from around the world. The new CEO & MD will take up post on 1 December 2019 and will be based in the UK.
Senior representatives of IPAF have given more feedback to the UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of MPs looking into falls from height in the workplace at a recent meeting in Westminster, including a review of IPAF’s accident reporting project.
31 Oct 2019
Exhibition
The Health & Safety Event
IPAF will be represented on the AIF stand at The Health & Safety Event 2021.
Stand number is 4/K140
The first training candidates have successfully passed IPAF’s PAL+ advanced MEWP operator course in a virtual reality (VR) environment using MEWP simulators, with the first certifications taking place at AFI-Uplift’s IPAF Training Centre near Leeds, Yorks.
IPAF is advising members that there has been a revision to the effective date for the ANSI A92 suite of standards, which has now been extended to March 1 2020.
IPAF has hosted another successful and well-attended powered access symposium at the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore, in conjunction with Work Safe Asia 2019.
IPAF is pleased to announce that Cramo, one of the leading European equipment rental services companies has joined as a member as of August 2019, bolstering IPAF’s rapidly growing membership in northern and eastern Europe.
MEWP overturn incidents often result in serious injuries or fatalities. Instability leading to overturn is commonly among the top four causes of lost time incidents (LTIs) annually, according to global data.
