IPAF Raises The Standards

Kingfisher Access is pleased to announce that, as a Registered IPAF Training Centre, it's IPAF Operator Training is now certified by TÜV as conforming with ISO 18878 : 2004

IPAF has received formal confirmation that its training programme for operators of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) meets the new international standard ISO 18878. IPAF is the first organisation in the world to be certified as conforming to this standard.

ISO 18878:2004 Mobile elevating work platforms - Operator training (driver) was published in September 2004.

The standard was produced by the ISO Technical Committee TC 214, with strong involvement from IPAF. The committee was chaired by Dennis Eckstine, vice president of IPAF's North American subsidiary Aerial Work Platform Training Inc (AWPT).

IPAF's training programme and procedures were certified as meeting ISO 18878 by TÜV, the highly-regarded Germany certification agency, on 23 February 2005.

TÜV has independently confirmed that the IPAF training programme meets all the requirements of the standard. This means that wherever people see a PAL Card, they will know that the operator has received training that meets internationally recognised standards.

IPAF Operator Training from Kingfisher Access will therefore carry even greater international recognition...

Date: 3rd July 2005