Labor & Industries (L&I), Washington State

Elevating Work Platforms Chapter 296-869, WAC

Effective Date: 01/01/2007

 

WAC 296-869-500 Operator Training

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IMPORTANT:

This section applies to manually propelled, self-propelled, and boom-supported elevating work platforms.

Your Responsibility

To properly train elevating work platform operators

Operator authorization and training	WAC 296-869-50005
Specific model training	WAC 296-869-50010
Operator training records	WAC 296-869-50015

WAC 296-869-50005

Operator authorization and training

You must

• Permit only trained and authorized personnel to operate elevating work platforms.
• Train operators in all of the following:
  • -The manufacturer's operating and maintenance manuals
  • -Your work instructions
  • -The requirements of this chapter

WAC 296-869-50010

Specific model training

You must

• Make sure operators:
  • -Know the required manuals supplied by the manufacturer are stored in a weather resistant compartment and where the compartment is located;
    and
  • -Refer to the manuals when necessary
• Make sure operators do all of the following before operating an elevating work platform:
  • -Read and understand the manufacturer's operating instructions and your safety rules, or have them explained by a qualified person
  • -Understand, by reading or by having a qualified person explain, all decals, warnings, and instructions displayed on the elevating work platform
  • -Are instructed by a qualified person in the intended purpose and function of each control
• Have operator trainees demonstrate their knowledge and proficiency during actual operation of an elevating work platform under the following conditions:
  • -Under the direction of a qualified person
  • -In an area free of obstructions
  • -Using an elevating work platform that is:
    • The same model that they will be operating;
      or
    • One that has similar controls and operating characteristics

WAC 296-869-50015

Operator training records

You must

• Retain records of the operators trained on each model of elevating work platform for at least:
  • -Three years for manually propelled and boom-supported elevating work platforms;
    and
  • -Four years for self-propelled elevating work platforms