Work at Height & Scaffolding
Work at Height Equipment: Lifts, Scaffolds and Platforms
Choose work at height equipment from the job: how long it lasts, how many people work, how much material they need and where equipment can stand.
Guides
Work at Height & Scaffolding: guides and checklists
Work at height starts with three questions: how high, on what surface, and doing what. These guides compare scissor lifts and boom lifts, explain scaffolding types and the checks made before use, and introduce suspended platforms and formwork systems. They separate working height from platform height and indoor from outdoor use, and they cover fall protection and inspection tags. Read the scissor lift versus boom lift guide to choose the machine, and the scaffolding inspection guide before anyone climbs.
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Work at Height & Scaffolding
Scissor Lift vs Man Lift: Which Do You Need?
Ask whether your work point is directly above a place the machine can stand. If yes, a scissor lift. If you must reach over something, a boom lift. If access is tight, a spider lift.
Work at Height & Scaffolding
How to Choose a Scissor Lift: Height, Load, Floor, Power
Choose by five things and write them in your request: work height, platform load and size, floor or ground, electric or engine power, and the route to the work area.
Work at Height & Scaffolding
Types of Scaffolding: Cuplock, Frame and Tube Compared
Choose frame scaffold for straight, repeated facades, tube and coupler for complex shapes, and cuplock when you need rigid, modular scaffold in between.
Work at Height & Scaffolding
Scaffold Inspection Checklist: Checks Before You Climb
Look at a scaffold from the ground up before you climb: base, frame, platform, edges, access and load. Any doubt means stop and call the scaffolder.
Work at Height & Scaffolding
Formwork Systems Comparison: Timber, Steel, Aluminium
Choose formwork by how often the same shape repeats, whether a crane is on site and how fast the cycle must be. Then have the props designed for the real load.
Work at Height & Scaffolding
Scissor Lift Pre-Use Inspection: Checklist and Limits
Do a walk-around and a function test before the platform leaves the ground, then work inside the limits in the manual and site rules. A defect means tag out.
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