Masonry Magazine January 2007 Page. 37
MAST CLIMBING WORK
PLATFORM TRAINING
Don't Learn Safety By Accident!
Mast Climbing Work Platform popularity is exploding again, and demand for the product is overtaking the industries' ability to produce competent, trained installers, users and customers.
Aerial Work Platform Training (AWPT), the American subsidiary of IPAF (International Powered Access Federation, a non-profit organization, active in over 20 countries, and responsible for international training and standards development) is leading the way, in conjunction with the SIA, in providing comprehensive, verifiable training and the instantly recognized PAL card (Powered Access License), proof positive that the holder has been trained, and assessed to the highest standards in the industry.
Mast Climbing Work Platform training is a vital business and a growing business.
AWPT is looking to appoint Training Centers now.
Join IPAF/AWPT now and be at the forefront of safety and training in our industry.
Get The PAL Card And Prove Your Expertise
Mastclimbers LLC (IPAF/AWPT Liaison Office)
1911 Grayson Highway, Suite 8-303
Grayson, GA 30017
Tel: 678 318 1919 Fax: 678 318 1979
Email: Kevin@mastclimbers.com
The main advantage of adjustable scaffolding, such as this EZ Scaffold system, is that users can winch the working platform up the towers of the scaffold to keep the bricklayers working continuously at a comfortable, waist high level. Photo courtesy of EZ Scaffold
The elder Breithaupt's original design soon turned into a viable business and the company as we know it today was born. Its reputation and its products have remained solid ever since. In fact, Breithaupt said Non-Stop's original unit, sold in 1976, is still in use in Milwaukee today.
EZ Scaffold shares a similar history with its competitor, having begun as a contractor's efforts to improve his own job site needs. That contractor's son, Clint Bridges, vice president of EZ Scaffold, said adjustable scaffolding is more durable and easier to inspect than other types of scaffolding, making the units an obvious choice for many masonry projects.
"Elevating platforms are much easier to set up correctly and to use properly," he said. "Everybody thinks of adjustable scaffold as just good for high, straight walls, but with our scaffold, the more cut up you are, the better off
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