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    All valid PAL Cards worldwide now officially ‘Smart’ cards

    All valid PAL Cards issued by IPAF to operators of MEWP or MCWPs worldwide are now Smart cards. PAL Cards must be renewed every five years; every PAL Card issued since 1 January 2015 has featured Smart technology to assist in preventing fraud and unauthorised machine use.

  • Featured News

    IPAF pilots online shop for safety and promotional materials

    A new online shop has been launched by IPAF, offering the chance to order safety and technical guidance leaflets, stickers or decals, training materials, as well as key magazine publications including IPAF Informa in Italian and IPAF-Journal in German.

  • Featured News

    IPAF adds new board members

    New members have been seconded to the IPAF Board, Ben Hirst and Julie Houston Smyth both stepping up, joining Riwal CEO Pedro Torres, who was seconded in June.

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  • Featured Exhibition

    CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020

    CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020

    Join IPAF at North America's largest construction trade show. Find us in outdoor F 9100.

    10 - 14 March 2019
    Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA

  • Featured Conference/Awards

    International Awards for Powered Access (IAPAs)

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    Save the date for the 2020 IPAF Summit in London. The IAPAs are the most prestigious and respected awards in the powered access industry and they take place in the evening after the IPAF Summit. The IAPAs celebrate best practice and excellence in the industry and each year an independent judging panel of access industry leaders vote to determine the winners.

    23 April 2020
    Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London, UK

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  • Toolbox Talk

    'Walking the MEWP' Toolbox Talk

    ‘Walking the MEWP’ is the term used when manoeuvring or travelling a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) using the platform controls from the ground by walking alongside or near the MEWP. This includes those that use an ‘umbilical cord’, radio/remote control or fixed point of control at the chassis.

    Added 8 Jan 2020
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    'Walking the MEWP' Toolbox Talk

  • Toolbox Talk

    Avoid Overhead Obstructions Toolbox Talk

    Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) can be used in confined areas, or near overhead structures. When travelling or when elevated there is a risk that the operator or the platform occupant may come in contact with an overhead obstruction.  This could result in crushing or entrapment of that person.

    Added 18 Dec 2019
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    Avoid Overhead Obstructions Toolbox Talk

  • Toolbox Talk

    Never Attach a Banner to a MEWP Toolbox Talk

    Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) are not advertising displays. MEWPs are designed to take persons, tools and equipment within the platform to enable the occupants to work safely at height. Attaching a sign or banner to a MEWP will potentially make the MEWP unstable. This can cause an overturn and result in serious injuries to people and damage to property.

    Added 11 Dec 2019
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    Never Attach a Banner to a MEWP Toolbox Talk