ESC – Mobile Elevating Work Platforms
This training is for those who plan on working at an oil sands specific work site. Otherwise, Western Canada Fire & First Aid Inc. (WCFF) offers an Occupation Health & Safety (OH&S) compliant Mobile Elevating Work Platforms course.
This 8 hour course provides basic operator training for working with a boom lift or Type 3, Group B Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) as outlined in CSA B354.7:17. Participants discuss the fundamentals of assessing the job scope and understanding workplace requirements and hazards. Participants also engage in hands-on training activities, including a field level hazard assessment, pre-use equipment inspection and basic operation of a MEWP. While this basic course can be used as part of a worker’s competency assessment, the employer must designate a worker as a “competent person” based on specific tasks assigned.
Students are required to BRING and PRESENT GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO IDENTIFICATION and must be PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH. Students must BRING and PRESENT CURRENT ESC or OSSA FALL PROTECTION CERTIFICATION. (Fall Protection tickets from other providers will not be accepted for this course) We offer 8-hour ESC Elevated Work Platform courses designed by Energy Safety Canada, and they certify participants on both the scissor lift and the boom lift. Upon successful completion of Elevated work platforms, the participant will be able to demonstrate an awareness of the purpose, function and basic concepts of operation of work platforms.