03.02.2009

New guidance for thorough examinations

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has produced guidance notes for second party (in house) inspection bodies that carry out periodic in-service inspections, also known as thorough examinations, of mobile elevating work platforms.

The guidance defines the essential characteristics of a second party inspection/thorough examination system. It can be downloaded from the Publications/Technical Guidance section of www.ipaf.orglink[http://www.ipaf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/en/T10209.pdf](click here to go direct to the guidance)

“This guidance should help companies demonstrate the independence, impartiality and integrity of the second parties that they employ,” said IPAF technical officer Gil Male. “These are important attributes which help second party inspection bodies to demonstrate independence from competing pressures that could influence the results of the inspections/thorough examinations that they carry out.”