Elevating Work Platforms (EWP) Registration and Inspection Requirements
What are Elevating Work Platforms?
Elevating Work Platforms, also known as EWP, Aerial Work Platforms, Cherry Pickers or Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP’s) are defined as lifting devices to elevate people or equipment and to allow access to out of reach areas at height.
There are several types of elevated work platforms:
- Pedestrian – controlled
- Manually propelled
- Self – propelled
- Vehicle mounted and trailer mounted
Elevating Work Platforms (EWP) Registration Requirements
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EWPs do not require item (plant) registration, however boom-type elevating work platforms do require plant design registration. Exception: Elevating Work Platform that is a scissor lift or a vertically moving platform.
Registration of Plant Design
Under Schedule 5 of the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022, boom-type EWPs require plant design registration with WorkSafe.
To register plant design, you have to submit the Registration of or alteration to a plant design (WorkSafe) form, ensuring all necessary information and documents are included as required.
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Elevating Work Platforms (EWP) Inspection Requirements and Frequency
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All items of plant subject to AS1418 shall have the following statutory inspections in accordance with AS2550.10:
a) Annual 3rd party inspection
b) A major inspection of mechanical components for equipment that has reached the end of its design life or where the design life is not known. Following the major inspection, the equipment shall comply with the current version of AS1418:10.
c) Following the first Major inspection culminating after 10 years, all future major inspections are to be carried out by each subsequent 5 years.
Please note: For those who are using Normet MEWP’s, the OEM recommends a Major Inspection be completed every 5 years. Additional MEWP inspection recommendations as stated by Normet/OEM are as follows:
- Pre-operational inspections which should be completed at the commencement of every work shift.
- Routine inspections and maintenance are completed no more than every three months.
- Periodic inspections, to be completed by a competent person and/or third-party inspector, shall be no less than every 12 months.
- Enhanced periodic inspections are to be commenced after the first five years or service and every 5 years thereafter and should have all critical components inspected by the completion of the 10th year.
- Major inspections are completed when a regime of enhanced periodic inspection has not been undertaken, and the MEWP has been in use for a period of 10 years.
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