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Aerial Appliance Operator Lesson Plan

Operation of booms

Elevating booms

Cover the following: NOTE

1. sequence of elevation
The movements are ramped,
2. limiting mechanisms on boom movements and the manual override therefore they continue
function
slightly after releasing the
handle or the RPM button.
3. dead man switch operation.

Housing boom to transport position

Cover the following:

1. train the turntable into the transport position

2. house the boom onto its transport support.

Boom function should not be energised without the acknowledgement
of the operator at the head. SAFETY NOTE

When personnel are on
TOPIC CONCLUSION any part of the ladder, it
is important that the aerial
operations are de-energised.
Help students recap main points. Students need to know the
location of the anchor points
• safety and wear a fall restraint
harness at all times while at
• siting theory the head of the aerial.

• operating limits

• levelling operation and aerial operation.

Give students an opportunity to ask questions.

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