JLG 800A_AJ Operator Manual - Manual (Page 21)

SECTION 2 - USER RESPONSIBILITIES, MACHINE PREPARATION, AND INSPECTION
3121209 – JLG Lift – 2-1
SECTION 2. USER RESPONSIBILITIES, MACHINE PREPARATION, AND INSPECTION
2.1 PERSONNEL TRAINING
The aerial platform is a personnel handling device; so it is
necessary that it be operated and maintained only by trained
personnel.
Persons under the influence of drugs or alcohol or who are
subject to seizures, dizziness or loss of physical control must
not operate this machine.
Operator Training
Operator training must cover:
1. Use and limitations of the controls in the platform and at
the ground, emergency controls and safety systems.
2. Control labels, instructions, and warnings on the
machine.
3. Rules of the employer and government regulations.
4. Use of approved fall protection device.
5. Enough knowledge of the mechanical operation of the
machine to recognize a malfunction or potential mal-
function.
6. The safest means to operate the machine where over-
head obstructions, other moving equipment, and obsta-
cles, depressions, holes, drop-offs.
7. Means to avoid the hazards of unprotected electrical
conductors.
8. Specific job requirements or machine application.
Training Supervision
Training must be done under the supervision of a qualified
person in an open area free of obstructions until the trainee
has developed the ability to safely control and operate the
machine.
Operator Responsibility
The operator must be instructed that he/she has the respon-
sibility and authority to shut down the machine in case of a
malfunction or other unsafe condition of either the machine
or the job site.