The nine organisations comprising the Access Industry Forum (AIF) have issued a new publication encouraging the safe and proper use of work-at-height equipment.
The AIF says the message of the 12-page brochure is clear: work safely and competently at height using appropriate equipment with personnel professionally trained to industry-recognised standards’.
With a foreword by Geoffrey Podger, chief executive of the HSE, and Brian Law, chief executive of the Association for Project Safety, the brochure contains a profile of all nine organisations* in the AIF, which are described as “standards-driven trade associations and federations committed to advancing safety, best practice and competency when working at height – irrespective of equipment type or safety solution employed”.
Said Chris Ball, chairman of the Ladder Association: “Our aim is to ensure that people not only use the correct type of access equipment but use it properly.”
To this end, the Forum is also sponsoring the AIF Knowledge Base at this year’s Safety & Health Expo (11-13 May at the NEC, Birmingham). This new and interactive feature will inform and educate visitors about a range of key issues connected with working at height.
The new brochure is free to download from the Forum’s website.
* The AIF members are:
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