A recent article on Vertikal.net showed a man using a small tube steel scaffold tower on the back of a pickup truck. Basic PASMA tower training would go against this. Make sure you don’t get caught out like this and get PASMA trained with Lifterz.
Another article on Vertikal.net showed dangerous use of a scissor lift on the streets of Gloucestershire. No mats, no cones or barriers were used, and the machines was placed on double yellow lines. This could’ve easily resulted in a fine. He needs IPAF 3a training from Lifterz.
Lifterz hire desk is split between 3 locations, with Ossett Head office accounting for over 50% of the team. Ossett have 3 Hire controllers in Emma, Kelly and Shannon, A junior Hire controller In Olivia and 3 members of our Lifterz anywhere In Jonathan, Dan and Martin the latter being our Spider rental controller. Sue makes up the team and manages Scotland and our damages process.
Haydock has a senior hire controller in Andrea, a hire controller in Heather and again, a junior hire controller in Sophie.
Daventry has Keylee as senior hire controller and Brodie as hire controller.
All depots are linked by a hire board so at all times anyone can take an order, check availability or off hire equipment in other areas of the country.
Our process has reduced hundreds of daily phone calls checking what depots have what availability and a live board really does speed up our answers to our customers.
This really does make for a great team spirit and togetherness, even when colleagues are sat 100 miles apart.
We are delighted to announce we are now running IOSH training at Lifterz. These courses are designed for individuals and organisations to create safer and healthier working environments.
We have dates available for ‘IOSH Managing Safely (4 days)’ at our dedicated training centres. These are popular courses, so please book now to avoid disappointment!
Are you looking for IPAF, PASMA or Confined Space training? Check out our available dates below at our Ossett, Haydock and Daventry depots. Alternative dates and onsite training is available upon request. Contact us on 03300 580807 for more information.
We saw this article on Vertikal.net recently of a street lighting team using a van mounted platform on a busy street in London. The only problem was, they made no effort to deal with oncoming traffic. The lack of a protection zone and visual warning signs to warn drivers and prevent cars from getting too close is worrying. Should the bus trying to squeeze by on the photo, was to clip the boom, this could cause an issue for the man in the platform and pedestrians walking by. When you hire with Lifterz, we highlight the needs of traffic management and make sure you and your team are safe at all times.
UK access industry veteran Chris Caney retires after more than three decades in the access industry.
In the late 1970s he worked as an engineer with the fork truck manufacturer Lancer Boss but in 1981 he was recruited by the aluminium scaffold tower manufacturer and rental company Access Equipment as a development engineer for its budding powered access division Zipper which was in the process of developing a trailer-mounted lift. He started on the same day as Malcolm North, who was to join him on the project – North went on to become engineering manager at Niftylift.
In 1987 Access Equipment went into administration after it, and its owner Moss, ran into difficulties. Access Equipment had been an UpRight scaffold licensee for many years, building the Zip-Up branded alloy towers. So, when it went into administration UpRight stepped in and acquired it, later merging it with its John Rusling business to create Instant Zip Up. However, it did not take the Zipper powered access business this was acquired by Access Equipment’s managing director Melvyn Else, and as an engineer with that part of the company Chris Caney joined with Else who had formed Zipper Power Platforms, which manufactured a range of access platforms, and specials and also became the Marklift boom and scissor lift dealer for the UK. Caney focused more on the aviation market building truck mounted scissor lifts and other specials and in 1995 moved to Instant Zip-Up – later UpRight UK – joining its Leighton Buzzard depot as a new equipment salesman, with a particular focus on the aviation market.
In 2002 he and his junior salesman at the Leighton Buzzard depot Duncan Howard were persuaded to leave to set up a sales business alongside Richard Miller and Brian Fleckney’s new rental company Panther Platform Rentals – Panther Platform Sales Ltd. Eventually the two decided that they would be better off doing their own thing and named it Platform Sales and Hire instead.
The venture was essentially a sales company and as in the past Caney built up a strong aviation business building truck mounted scissor lifts for which it used the Flying Carpet branding after the well known UpRight scissor lifts of the 1970s and 80s.
After building up a small – 10 unit – rental fleet the two owners made a bold decision in 2010 when it acquired Milton Keynes based access rental company BAR and its 75 unit rental fleet. The two built the rental business at a steady pace so that when they sold out to Speedy last year, they had a fleet of 850 aerial lifts and 65 staff working from three locations with revenues of nearly £10 million.
Since selling the business Caney has continued to run the specialist sales division within Speedy, as part of the deal, one year on and having reached the ripe old age of 65 he officially leaving the company but will remain on as a consultant for the aviation business.
Welcome Paul Whitham It’s a brand new year and it’s a brand new face at Lifterz! Paul Whitham joins our growing team as our new Sales Manager who will be covering the South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire areas. We wish you all the best Paul!
We are delighted to announce we have another new starter at Lifterz! It’s a warm welcome to Aidan Green, who joins the Lifterz training team as our new Safety & Training Consultant. Aidan is on hand for all your training needs.
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