The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has reached a significant global milestone, with three million Powered Access Licence (PAL) Cards being issued since the training programme inception in 1993. This
The Specialist Access & Engineering Maintenance Association (SAEMA) has been officially recognised as a national leader in professional development at the 2025 Association Excellence Awards in London. This distinction places
IPAF is pleased to share that BSI has published two new codes of practice for powered access platforms: BS 8460:2025 ‘Safe Use of Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) – Code of
FASET celebrated its 10th Annual General Meeting and Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 20th, at the Worsley Park and Golf Club in Manchester. The milestone event saw members gather for
On 20 November 2025, the Health and Safety Executive published their annual statistics on work-related ill health and injury for 2024/25: https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/kinds-of-accident.pdf The report showed only a small change in
The Ladder Association, the not-for-profit lead industry body dedicated to promoting the safe use of portable ladders, has released the headlines from their latest market surveillance study. They tested 18
The September issue of Scaffolding Insider is here, from AIF member, NASC. In this issue they’ve got a full write-up from Scaffex25, including the exhibition, the conference and – on
A vital new safety document has been published by IPAF, offering detailed guidance on Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) recovery and rescue procedures. The guidance, The Principles of MEWP Recovery
