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Elevating Safety: First-Ever Issue of IPAF's North American Annual Magazine

2010/08/24

TÜV Confirms IPAF Compliance with ISO 18878

2010/08/10

IPAF’s world-famous operator training program has again been certified by TÜV as complying with ISO 18878:2004 Mobile elevating work platforms -- Operator (driver) training. The audit took place on July 29 at IPAF's new headquarters at Moss End in Cumbria, UK.  IPAF fulfilled all...

RSC Receives Sustainability Award

2010/07/28

RSC Equipment Rentals recently received their International Award for Powered Access (IAPA) trophy from AWPT executive vice-president Tony Groat.

RSC was the first ever winner of the Sustainability award, with the judges stating that its emissions tracking system “will set the standard for...

First All IPAF-Trained Site in the US

2010/07/28

The Robert A. Young building in St. Louis, MO is the first construction site in the US that has been designated 100 percent AWPT-trained. AWPT (American Work Platform Training) is the North American subsidiary of IPAF that manages the training program in the North American market. AWPT-trained...

Studio Mechanics Union Embraces AWPT Aerial Platform Training

2010/07/01

“Safety is an attitude” is more than just an expression to Dennis de la Mata, training and safety officer of Motion Picture Studio Mechanics Local 476 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees; “it’s a way of life.” And he comes by this feeling through experience. Said de la Mata:...