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  • IPAF has announced a ground-breaking agreement with member firm United Rentals, Inc, owner of the largest powered access rental fleet in the world. Following extensive evaluation, United Rentals is now able to deliver IPAF Certified mobile elevated work platform (MEWP), also known as AWP, operator training delivered through its United Academy blended learning platform.

  • IPAF has agreed an official memorandum of understanding, committing to close co-operation with one of India’s leading occupational health & safety bodies, which was signed at the OSH India safety event in Mumbai at the end of November 2018.

  • Spreader pad leaflet, including spider-type (1b) machines, and spreader pad poster.

    Added 21 Dec 2018
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    Spider-type and Spreader Pad Leaflet
  • Representatives of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) have attended an important cross-border forum on health & safety hosted at the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, France, concerned with sharing best practice and comparing regulatory regimes in Germany and France.

  • Members only

    16 January 2019, 17:00
    Hotel Silken Puerta Madrid, Calle Juan Rizi, 5, 28027 Madrid
  • Exhibition

    Work Safe Asia 2019

    IPAF is the Supporting Association for the sixth International Workplace Safety Technology & Equipment Exhibition.

    1 - 3 October 2019
    Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
  • The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has paid tribute to Alastair Robertson – owner of Universal Equipment in Glenn Ellyn, Chicago, US, an active and long-serving member of the organisation and a “force for good practice and safety” in the worldwide powered access industry.

  • North America IPAF members only.

    6 February 2019, 11:00 - 12:30
    Online Meeting
  • The aim of IPAF’s Innovate event 2018 was to address key industry issues with the goal to develop potential solutions to improve the safe and effective use of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs), formerly known as AWPs. To enable this, at the event, key industry players worked together in small groups to deliver achievable solutions which could positively impact the issue at hand. This paper provides a summary of each topic.

    Added 5 Feb 2019
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    IPAF INNOVATE 2018 Workshop Results
  • IPAF has been shortlisted for two European Association Awards, being nominated in the Best Provision of Industry Information and Intelligence, and Best Association Conference (under 225 delegates) categories. Winners are announced in March.

  • IPAF Member Event

    IPAF Networking Event

    The IPAF Networking event is an informal drinks reception held the evening before the IPAF Summit and IAPAs. The event is now full, join the waitlist at the time of booking to be notified if space becomes available.

    5 March 2018, 18:00 - 20:00
    Sol Sky Bar, Zabeel House Hotel, Al Seef, Dubai Creek, Dubai, UAE
  • The IPAF MEWP Safety & Standards Conference is taking place on 16 May 2019 at the Changsha International Construction Machinery Exhibition (15-18 May). Hear from a range of speakers on international manufacturing and safety standards. Leading industry experts from Europe and America share the latest activity on the standards that shape MEWPs. With simultaneous translation into English and Chinese / 配备如下几种语言的同声翻译:中文 / 英文.

    16 May 2019
    Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center, Changsha, China
  • Exhibition

    GIS Giornate Italiane del Sollevamento

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    IPAF will be at GIS, the only Italian event dedicated to users of cranes, MEWPs, telehandlers, forklifts, machines and equipment for industrial and port handling, logistics and heavy transport.

    3-5 October 2019
    Piacenza, Italy
  • Exhibition

    The Health & Safety Event

    IPAF will be represented on all three days of the show and will attend as a member of the Access Industry Forum (AIF). You can talk to an IPAF representative on AIF’s stand number N40.

    9 - 11 April 2019
    The NEC, Birmingham, UK
  • IPAF Professional Development Seminar (PDS)

    The Seminar is aimed at IPAF-certified instructors to ensure they remain up-to-date with legislation and training, but open to all IPAF members.

    23 January 2020, 09:00 - 16:00
    Tropical Islands, Krausnicka, Germany
  • Conference/Awards

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    15 - 16 May 2019
    Meliá Castilla Hotel, Madrid, Spain
  • Join Tony Groat, IPAF's Development Manager for North America, for this free webinar on developing a MEWP specific safe use program. Registration required.

    24 April 2019, 10:00 (central US time) / 11:00 (eastern)
    Online webinar
  • IPAF is launching a major update of its globally recognised MEWPs for Managers course for those planning, supervising and managing work at height using powered access, and for the first time the course is also available as standalone eLearning.

  • IPAF Council Meeting

    IPAF Italian Country Council Meeting (INIC)

    IPAF members only.

    4 July 2019, 11:00 - 16:00
    c/o Haulotte Italia Via Lombardia, 15 San Giuliano Milanese (MI), Italy
  • IPAF Committee Meeting

    ISTC Meeting (Swiss Training Group)

    8 May 2019, 09:30 - 14:00
    IPAF-Basel, Dufourstrasse 11, CH-4052, Basel, Switzerland
  • IPAF Committee Meeting

    IPAF Manufacturers' Technical Committee (MTC) Meeting

    IPAF manufacturer members only.

    10 April 2019, 09:30
    Taking place during the Bauma show, Room Konferenzraum C42, (North side of Hall C4)
  • 7907: My IPAF ID account is not working

    Check you have activated your account, an email or SMS will have been sent. If not, please raise a support ticket at www.ipaf.org/support or email support@ipaf-pal.org

  • 7908: I made a mistake with my email or mobile number when creating my IPAF ID account

    Please raise a support ticket through ePAL under the ‘More’ section, at www.ipaf.org/support or email support@ipaf-pal.org.

  • 7909: I forgot my password for my IPAF ID account

    Open ePAL and click ‘Login’, then select ‘forgot my password’ and follow the steps provided. For further help, please raise a support ticket at www.ipaf.org/support or email support@ipaf-pal.org.

  • 7910: How does an existing PAL Card holder get their digital PAL Card? Does a training centre have to issue it?

    All existing PAL Card holders can use the new ePAL app, they simply have to create an IPAF ID account and claim their licence either by scanning their PAL Card on their phone using NFC (like a contactless payment tap) or manually typing in their licence number. As long as their profile details match their licence details, it will be linked and visible within ePAL.

  • 7911: I’m getting a ‘Could not validate user against the licence provided’ error when adding my licence to ePAL

    The licence security check has failed for one or more reasons. Please raise a support ticket through ePAL under the ‘More’ section, at www.ipaf.org/support or email support@ipaf-pal.org.

  • 7912: I’m getting a ‘Licence has already been claimed’ error when adding my licence to ePAL

    The licence is already linked to an IPAF ID, please double-check you haven’t provided a different IPAF ID to your training centre or signed up again using a new email address or mobile number.

    If you are still experiencing issues, please raise a support ticket through ePAL under the ‘More’ section, at www.ipaf.org/support or email support@ipaf-pal.org.

  • 7913: I’m getting a ‘Licence could not be found’ error when adding my licence to ePAL

    The licence number you entered is not valid, double-check you entered it correctly or if using NFC  (like a contactless payment tap) on a PAL Card, try entering it manually.

    If you are still experiencing issues, please raise a support ticket through ePAL under the ‘More’ section, at www.ipaf.org/support or email support@ipaf-pal.org.