Mobile Elevating Work Platforms Chamber

The MEWP Chamber of the IWH Professional Body represents the practitioners involved with Mobile Elevating Work Platforms in South Africa.

MEWPs make up a specific group of specialized machines that enable people to work at height and include machines such as Boom Lifts (articulating and/or telescopic), Scissor Lifts (both rough terrain as well as slab-machines), Mast Booms, push-around Personnel Lifts, trailer-mounted Boom Lifts and also Truck-Mounted Boom Lifts, (or T-MEWPs). These machines are often also called cherry pickers, man-lifts, magic carpets, etc.

The IWH Professional Body recognises the following high-risk skills programmes within the MEWP industry, and therefore designate the competent and experienced persons accordingly:

There are 3 levels of registration for MEWP Operators:

CERTIFIED WORK AT HEIGHT TECHNICIAN specializing as a:

1.1

MEWP
OPERATOR

A registered MEWP Operator is a professional knowledgeable to operate at least ONE type of Mobile Elevating Work Platform (or MEWP) in a variety of applications to do various activities at height. These activities can vary from construction, welding, painting, electrical work, film or photography, Arboriculture, cleaning, etc. In fact, any activities that needs to be performed at height.

The MEWP Operator must be able to safely operate and use a MEWP in all these various situations as working at height is intrinsically dangerous whilst as it is a moving piece of machinery, there are further risks involved.

Criteria for Obtaining Recognition

To be recognised with the IWH Prof Body as a MEWP OPERATOR the professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

Academic Component

Professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

OR

(If the person has not completed this training programme but have proof of experience, the person can also complete the IWH PB’s RPL assessment, and if found competent, the person will be licensed accordingly).

(Training and assessment must be conducted by a SETA ETQA/QCTO accredited and IWH Professional Body recognised training provider)

Other criteria

Criteria for re-licensing

CERTIFIED WORK AT HEIGHT PRACTITIONER specializing as a:

1.2

MEWP
PRACTITIONER

A registered MEWP Practitioner is a professional knowledgeable to operate a min of FOUR types of Mobile Elevating Work Platform (or MEWP) in a variety of applications to do various activities at height. These activities can vary from construction, welding, painting, electrical work, film or photography, Arboriculture, cleaning, etc. In fact, any activities that needs to be performed at height.

The MEWP Practitioner must be able to safely operate and use a MEWP in all these various situations as working at height is intrinsically dangerous whilst as it is a moving piece of machinery, there are further risks involved.

Criteria for Obtaining Recognition

To be recognised with the IWH Prof Body as a MEWP PRACTITIONER the professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

Academic Component

Professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

OR

(If the person has not completed this training programme but have proof of experience, the person can also complete the IWH PB’s RPL assessment, and if found competent, the person will be licensed accordingly).

(Training and assessment must be conducted by a SETA ETQA/QCTO accredited and IWH Professional Body recognised training provider)

Other criteria

Criteria for re-licensing

CERTIFIED WORK AT HEIGHT PROFESSIONAL specializing as a:

1.3

MEWP
PROFESSIONAL

A registered MEWP PROESSIONAL is a professional knowledgeable to operate ALL TYPES of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (or MEWP) in a variety of applications to do various activities at height. These activities can vary from construction, welding, painting, electrical work, film or photography, Arboriculture, cleaning, etc. In fact, any activities that needs to be performed at height.

The MEWP PROFESSIONAL must be able to safely operate and use a MEWP in all these various situations as working at height is intrinsically dangerous whilst as it is a moving piece of machinery, there are further risks involved.

Criteria for Obtaining Recognition

To be recognised with the IWH Prof Body as a MEWP PROFESSIONAL the professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

Academic Component

Professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

OR

(If the person has not completed this training programme but have proof of experience, the person can also complete the IWH PB’s RPL assessment, and if found competent, the person will be licensed accordingly).

(Training and assessment must be conducted by a SETA ETQA/QCTO accredited and IWH Professional Body recognised training provider)

Types of Machines Includes

Other criteria

Criteria for re-licensing

CERTIFIED WORK AT HEIGHT PROFESSIONAL specializing as a:

2.

MEWP
DEMONSTRATOR

A registered MEWP Demonstrator is a professional responsible for demonstrating the safe and effective use of a specific type of MEWP to a future user/operator where such user will be using such machines to work at height on an occasional or regular basis. This equipment will typically be machines such as a Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP) which can include machines such as Telescopic and Articulating Boom Lifts, Slab and Rough Terrain Scissor Lifts, Stock-pickers, Aerial Work Platforms, Trailer- or Truck-mounted Boom Lifts, Truck-Mounted Aerial Platforms, Mini Access Lifts and Run-abouts

Criteria for Obtaining Recognition

To be recognised with the IWH Prof Body as a MEWP DEMONSTRATOR the professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

Academic Component

Professional must be competent in the following unit standards:

OR

(If the person has not completed this training programme but have proof of experience, the person can also complete the IWH PB’s RPL assessment, and if found competent, the person will be licensed accordingly).

(Training and assessment must be conducted by a SETA ETQA/QCTO accredited and IWH Professional Body recognised training provider)

Other criteria

Criteria for re-licensing