The purpose-built training centres have long provided a venue for offsite operator training on counterbalance and reach trucks and have recently begun offering safety management courses, but the latest additions cater to those operating access platforms and mobile scaffold towers. 

IPAF (International Powered Access Federation) is recognised as the dedicated accrediting body for the access industry, promoting the safe use of powered access equipment across a wide variety of industry sectors worldwide. Scaffold specialist PASMA (Prefabricated Access Suppliers’ and Manufacturers’ Association) provides the most extensively recognised form of mobile scaffold tower training in the UK, with around 60,000 delegates attending courses in 2012 alone.