OSHA Scissor Lift Certification
What you'll learn
- Learn to identify the differences between a scissor lift and other lifts used in construction
- Understand the critical hazards associated with operating a scissor lift and how to combat them
- Learn how to inspect the scissor lift before each use
- Learn the basics of how to inspect and wear a fall protection harness
- Learn basic safe work practices when operating a scissor lift
- Learn to survey the work area to identify potential hazards while working on a scissor lift
- Complete the classroom portion of training required to become a certified operator of a scissor lift
- Increase your workplace safety and health skill set
Requirements
- No experience necessary. Everyone welcome.
Description
Operating a scissor lift is a crucial skill in several industries, including construction, industrial, and public works. Many occupations in these fields require proficiently utilizing heavy equipment, including scissor lifts, as part of primary job tasks.
Certification in the operation of a scissor lift will improve your value to your employer or with prospective employers.
Health and safety are priorities when operating heavy equipment. Our training focuses on keeping operators and pedestrians safe during scissor lift operations.
This course satisfies the requirements under OSHA for classroom training in the operation of a scissor lift.
This course is intended to provide safety and health training in compliance with Federal OSHA and State OSHA training requirements such as CalOSHA. If you have questions, you may ask our instructors, and they will respond to you within a short period of time, as outlined by the OSHA standards.
The training will cover all of the required elements outlined in Federal and State OSHA standards to ensure that your training meets or exceed the minimum required training. If your training has a time requirement, the content of the training has been designed to meet that requirement.
The training is developed by our in-house, real trainers with twenty years of experience working in the field and with real crews and are trusted by public agencies throughout California.
There are no prerequisites required for this course. The course will walk you through all of the elements required to be successful and complete any questions or quizzes or testing that may be required.
Who this course is for:
- Any worker who may need to operate a scissor lift in the course of their job duties, including those working in construction, industrial, and public works occupations
Instructor
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 3,027 Reviews
- 7,328 Students
- 41 Courses
Steve started his career in St. Charles, Missouri working for his father’s swimming pool store at the young age of 9, stocking shelves with chemicals. Seeing the violent reaction when he mixed large quantities of pH+ and pH- together in a demonstration spa, he knew he needed to protect people from hazards like these.
While in the Criminology and Criminal Justice program at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, Steve became a statistics teaching assistant, and later, he ran the Drug Use Forcecasting (now ADAM) program inside local jails. Steve was the first undergraduate student to hold an internship with the Missouri Department of Public Defenders for Capital Litigation.
In 1998, Steve moved to Omaha, Nebraska and worked in the claims department at Mutual of Omaha and later as the Corporate Safety Director.
Gaining an understanding of the claims operations, Steve was asked to assist in a startup known as The Alliance Group, Inc. - a professional employer organization. It was here that Steve cemented his career in risk management and risk control.
Steve became responsible for worker’s compensation, human resources and safety for 150 high hazard companies, such as nuculear power plant cleaning companies, ammunition manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, recycling plants and many others.
From this experience, Steve obtained his Professional in Human Resources (PHR) designation in 2001.
In 2003, Steve moved to California, where he became the Corporate Safety Manager for Countrywide.
He designed data systems and oversaw all of the safety operations for the United States.
After living the corporate life, Steve dedicated his work to the public sector as the Principal Risk Services Consultant for the second largest Joint Powers Authority in the United States. He oversaw the Loss Control Department
for 140+ school districts, handling everything from safety audits, security audits, emergency prep audits, ergonomics, industrial hygiene to OSHA inspections.
Steve is now the CEO of Wilmes, LLC Risk Control Services, serving schools, cities and JPA”s across the State of California. Steve is the author of four books focusing on risk and wellness - “The Big Book of Answers for School Risk Managers”, “Less Than One”, “Risk Management Principles for Principals” and his hit book 300ND Fitness and a prodcuer of countless training videos.
Steve holds a B.S. in Criminology & Criminal Justice, is an Associate in Risk Management for Public Entities, a Registered Safety & Security Professional, Certified Playground Safety Inspector and a Professional in Human Resources.
Steve is a Master-level student of Krav Maga and Muay Thia, Thai training and sparing with Navy Seals, Army Rangers and other special forces operatives. He has hiked all over the world including: the jungles of Costa Rica and the Aples of Switzerland He has surfed the waters of Mexico, Hawaii and Costa Rica. And here’s a few other testaments to Steve’s isk taking abilities:
he has skydived from 14,000 feet, rappeled out of helicopters, survived four knife attacks, three point-blank range gun attacks, a 14-car and 5-car pile up, a broken neck while mountain biking and being run over by a car. He has administered first-aid to the injured more than a dozen times, rescued babies from crushed cars.