Upon completion of your training and high-risk assessment, the assessor will issue you with either an Assessment Summary (AS) or a Notice of Satisfactory Assessment (NSA) via email.
If you receive an AS, you will need to complete further study and/or operator training before resitting the section in which you were found not yet competent. This needs to be completed within 60 days of the date of issue of the AS.
If you receive an NSA via email, there will be a link included that will prompt you to apply for your High-Risk Licence online through the MyServiceNSW Portal. You may be required to attend a Service Centre for a new Photo. Your High-Risk Forklift Licence will be mailed to you by SafeWork within 28 days of receiving your application.
Your application must be submitted within 60 days of completing the assessment, or you will be required to complete the full training and assessment again.
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to safely operate a boom-type elevating work platform where the length of the boom is 11 metres or more.
Boom-type elevating work platform means a telescoping device, hinged device, or articulated device, or any combination of these, used to support a platform on which personnel, equipment and materials may be elevated.
A person performing this work is required to hold a boom-type elevating work platform high-risk work (HRW) licence.
This unit requires a person operating a boom-type elevating work platform to plan the work, conduct routine checks, set up the elevating work platform, operate the elevating work platform, and shut down and secure the elevating work platform.
Licence/Regulatory information
This unit is based on the licensing requirements of Part 4.5 of the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations, HRW and meets Commonwealth, state and territory HRW licensing requirements. Any alteration to this unit would result in a unit that would not be acceptable to work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) regulators for licensing.
1 Plan work
1.1 Potential workplace hazards are identified
1.2 Hazard control measures are identified consistent with appropriate standards to ensure the safety of personnel and equipment
1.3 An elevating work platform is appropriate for the task
1.4 Appropriate communications methods are identified
2 Conduct routine checks
2.1 The service logbook for the elevating work platform is checked for compliance
2.2 The elevating work platform is visually checked for damage or defects in accordance with procedures
2.3 Routine pre-operational checks are carried out in accordance with procedures
2.4 Safety equipment is inspected in accordance with procedures
2.5 The elevating work platform is accessed in a safe manner
2.6 Safety equipment is fitted and secured to the elevating work platform in accordance with procedures
2.7 All controls are located and identified
2.8 The elevating work platform is started in accordance with procedures
2.9 All safety devices are identified and tested in accordance with procedures
2.10 Post-start operational checks are carried out in accordance with procedures
2.11 Communications equipment is checked for serviceability
2.12 All damage and defects are reported and recorded in accordance with procedures, and appropriate action is taken
3 Set up an elevating work platform
3.1 Ground suitability is inspected and checked
3.2 The elevating work platform is driven to or located at the work area in accordance with procedures
3.3 The elevating work platform is positioned for work application and stability in accordance with procedures
3.4 Appropriate hazard prevention/control measures are applied to the work area in accordance with procedures
3.5 Work gear and tools are stowed and secured
4 Operate an elevating work platform
4.1 The elevating work platform is operated using all relevant plant movements in accordance with procedures and appropriate standards
4.2 The elevating work platform is mobilised using the best mobile practice and appropriate procedures
4.3 Elevated working platform operations are monitored constantly to ensure the safety of personnel and stability
4.4 Unplanned and/or unsafe situations are responded to in accordance with procedures
5 Shut down and secure the elevating work platform
5.1 The elevating work platform is lowered and stowed in accordance with procedures
5.2 Relevant motion locks and brakes are applied as required
5.3 Safety equipment is disconnected from the platform
5.4 Egress from the elevated work platform is conducted in accordance with procedures
5.5 Outriggers/stabilisers are stowed and secured in accordance with procedures as required
5.6 Plates or packing are stowed and secured as required
5.7 The elevating work platform is shut down in accordance with procedures
5.8 Routine post-operational checks are carried out in accordance with procedures
5.9 Damage and defects are reported and recorded in accordance with procedures, and appropriate action is taken