This is a classroom-based 1-day ESC-certified course in elevated work platforms available at SCS every week. SCS partners with Energy Safety Canada to make sure we can bring you this elevated work platform training, which is an industry-standard course required on ESC-partnership worksites in Alberta and recognized across other industries and sectors.

In our ESC-certified Elevated Work Platform course, you will learn the theory and skills for you to be able to drive, set up, operate, and work safely from elevated work platforms of all types.

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Course Content

If in your job you need to operate elevated work platforms—sometimes called aerial platforms, man lifts, scissor lifts, or boom lifts—you need technical training to use that heavy equipment safely. Mobile and powered lifts present a serious risk of injury or death in case of accidents or untrained use.

Course topics include the following:

Operator Responsibilities
Managing Hazards
Rescue Planning
MEWP Capabilities
MEWP Selection
Pre-Use Inspections
Operation and Stowing

This course provides basic operator training for working with 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
Upon Completion
Upon successful completion of this course, participants receive a certificate of completion that is valid for three years.

Prerequisites and PPE

Valid Energy Safety Canada Fall Protection Certificate
Valid OSSA Fall Protection Certificate

You also need to bring your standard personal protective equipment (PPE), which includes approved hard hat, CSA approved steel toed boots and safety glasses, and seasonal leather/cold weather gloves.

Note: All courses require you to have government-issued photo ID.

Elevated Work Platform (ESC)