ACCESS EQUIPMENT & SCAFFOLDING SYSTEMS IN DOHA QATAR

Access Equipment & Scaffolding Systems Description: Working safely at height often requires the use of specialised equipment called 'access equipment'. This umbrella term covers a wide range of equipment including platforms, lifts and access towers, geared towards keeping employees safe and secure at heights. Access equipment is used for gaining access to elevated or sunken positions. It is also used for raising or lowering plant or materials to a work area. Industry best practices require that work at height should be avoided wherever possible. Where it is not possible to carry this out by other means, a competent person must assess the access requirements and select a suitable method that provides the maximum protection for the workforce.Access equipment can take any number of forms, including ladders, personnel access — including scaffold towers, passenger hoists, suspension equipment and mobile elevated work platforms, material movement — including cranes, goods hoists, lift trucks, gin wheels and lorry loaders, and lifting equipment — any item of equipment used for lifting or lowering loads and any other operation concerned with lifting or lowering of a load falls within the category of lifting equipment, including any accessories, like chains.For low level access of less than 10m, experts usually use self -propelled, fast and agile low level platforms that are slim enough to fit through a standard doorway. Aside from that, electric scissor lifts and vertical masts which are slim and easy to manoeuvre are usually used for... Read More...

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