Participants will gain the following skills and knowledge:

• Planning and risk management
• Applicable legislation and standards
• Elevating work platform types, characteristics and uses
• Inspection, maintenance and testing
• Appropriate personal protective equipment
• Safe and efficient operation techniques
• Spotting
• Shut-down and stowage procedures and associated paperwork.

This course is suitable for those working with and around elevated work platforms where the length of the boom is 11 metres or more where personnel, equipment or materials are being elevated on a platform. A basic to moderate English language, literacy and numeracy skill level is required.

Participants must be over eighteen (18) years of age to undertake the mandated national assessment instrument.

Additional PPE may be required depending on the course requirements.

Competence in this unit does not in itself result in a licence. Participants are only eligible to apply for a High Risk Work Licence in the specific state or territory where they have:

• Completed their training, and
• Are eighteen (18) years of age, and
• Have completed the minimum logbook hours or training record, and
• Have passed the mandated national assessment instrument, and
• Have met any other state or territory work health and safety (WHS) criteria.

A licensing fee is payable to the relevant state or territory jurisdiction for those students wishing to apply for a High Risk Work Licence (class WP).