Alpha Platforms is an official IPAF training and certification center. One to two days of theory and hands-on practice, for every category of aerial work platform.
The PAL card shows your photo, signature and the categories you trained in. Anyone can verify it with IPAF.
Pre-use checks, setting up, moving the platform and working at height the right way.
Overturning, entrapment, falls and overhead hazards, and how to avoid them.
How to bring the platform and the people in it down when something goes wrong.
What to check before every shift, and what the machine's inspection records mean.
What the law and the job site expect from the person at the controls.
Tell us how many people and which categories. We'll find a time that works for your crew.
Vertical personnel platforms that stay in place while working.
Booms on outriggers, trailer and push-around booms, and vehicle-mounted platforms like ours.
Our truck-mounted liftsScissor lifts and vertical platforms that drive while raised.
Self-propelled booms that drive while raised.
Each category also has a + version on the card. Ask us which ones your crew needs.
New card or renewal, one person or a whole crew. The form opens an email to our training team with your details.
The International Powered Access Federation promotes the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide. It is a not-for-profit owned by its members: manufacturers, rental companies, distributors, contractors and users. It gives technical advice, works on standards and runs safety and training programs.
Usually one to two days, a mix of theory and hands-on practice. Renewal training is shorter, because it refreshes what the operator already knows.
Five years. Renew it before it expires to stay qualified to operate powered access equipment.
Category 1b, static boom, which includes vehicle-mounted platforms like ours.
Yes. For long-term bare rentals, we train and certify your operators at our IPAF center before the lift goes to your site.
Yes. Every Alpha operator holds IPAF certification plus manufacturer training for each lift type.
