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do you get grandfather rights if you've been using the bloody things since way before ipaf and plasma? dunno about plasma, i got 20 years of crt ( cathode ray tube ).
 
do you get grandfather rights if you've been using the bloody things since way before ipaf and plasma? dunno about plasma, i got 20 years of crt ( cathode ray tube ).

Sadly you don't which is a Joke ,When I did my scissor Lift back in 07 we were told that if you filled in the log book over the 5yrs you would get a free re-newel which has since been scrapped so you're paying no matter what but like I said earlier I worked of loads of Scissors without the IPAF even whizzed in a load of Deliveries with Telehandlers when needed on Sites with no issues ,

What makes me laugh though is that they have Tickets for "pop ups!!" I mean WTF it has 2 Idiot proof buttons and you have to Manually move the things where you need to use them but yet you're supposed to have a ticket for them too.
 
it's a bloody joke. all these expensive courses aimed at training monkeys. anyone with a modicum of common sense can use this equipment safely. how many FLT drivers have passed courses allowing then to work, yet still have no idea.
 
I have Both Mobile & Static Cherry Pickers Tickets and have Barely used them since I done my IPAF 3 years ago my Scissor ticket ran out a few years ago haven't renewed it since tbh most Sites want your Tickets but I operated loads of Scissors & Telehandlers on Site without issue before ,The whole Ticket scheme is just a Money making Scam anyways ,Why do you have to renew your Tickets every 5 yrs when you don't have to re-new your Driving Licence which far more Dangerous once you have passed your test.

If you have an incident while driving a telehandler with no licence you will get the book through at you and quite rightly so,
 
What makes me laugh though is that they have Tickets for "pop ups!!" I mean WTF it has 2 Idiot proof buttons and you have to Manually move the things where you need to use them but yet you're supposed to have a ticket for them too.

Don't knock the pop-ups, the belief that you need to do an IPAF course to use them is the reason my employer put me on the course :lol: Got there and the training bloke said you didn't need to do a course to use them, ow well
 
If all you ever use are the ‘Pop-Ups’ then you do have to take a training course. The Push Around Vertical (PAV), came into effect in January 2010, and is a half-day course. If you already hold either the Static Vertical (1a) of Mobile Vertical (3a), then you don’t need to do the additional course.
 

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