27.04.2015

Peter Elmer 1956 - 2015

We have received the sad news that Peter Elmer a pioneer of the Swiss aerial lift industry has died aged 58.

Elmer spent most of his career in the aerial lift business, his company, Elmer Shulung und Handel of Leibstadt, traded in aerial lift equipment as a dealer.
In 2004 he became the first IPAF approved instructor in Switzerland and has been conducting IPAF training courses ever since. He passed away on April 20th, a private funeral for family and close friends will be held in early May.
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Peter Elmer

A statement from IPAF said: “Peter was a pioneer of the industry in Switzerland. With his solid and well-grounded technical knowledge, he made a significant contribution to the development of work platform safety. Since 2004, as the first IPAF-certified instructor in Switzerland, Peter had trained well over a thousand people in the safe use of work platforms and, with his technical competence and extraordinary personality, had given the participants in his courses a good foundation for safe working at height. In his critical yet objective manner, Peter motivated us and led us to constantly improve the training programme. He contributed directly to the success of the programme in Switzerland and leaves behind a large gap.”

Roger Schaffner, IPAF representative for Switzerland added: “It was an honour to have known Peter. In the past 30 years, where we worked together in different companies, I benefited from his extraordinary technical knowledge and learned a lot from him. He will be missed.”