About Lift Training
According to Regulation 2023:11, only a person with proven theoretical and practical knowledge of safe use is permitted to operate a lifting device. The employer must maintain documentation of the employee’s knowledge, and the employee must also have the employer’s written authorization to operate a lift. According to the comments on Section 29 of the regulation, the Swedish standard provides guidance on the content of training for operators of mobile work platforms, in accordance with standard SS-ISO 18878:2013 Mobile Work Platforms – Training for Operators.
Law & requirements
Lift training according to the Lift Learning Plan (LLP) is based on the Swedish standard SS ISO 18878:2013 Mobile work platforms - Training for operators (drivers). Refresher training and re-examination are important elements of this standard. The standard was published in a new version in 2013, where the requirement for refresher training and re-examination every five years is even more explicit than in previous versions of the standard.
Source: Lift Education Council
Who is lift training aimed at? (mobile working platform)
The training with both theory and practice is designed for those who regularly work with lifts. Lift training is aimed at anyone who needs to use a lifting device, such as a boom lift, scissor lift or skylift. Whether you are a driver, site manager or supervisor of a driver, you must have knowledge of lifts and the requirements set by the Swedish Work Environment Authority. This is to meet the requirements for safe use.
After lift training
Our training gives permission to use both scissor and boom lifts and includes certification. By passing the tests included in the training, the participant receives a certificate. Authorised lift instructors issue a training certificate valid for five years. If a person chooses to take a refresher training course and passes the re-examination, they will receive a new training certificate with the same five-year validity.
Course contents
- Introduction
- Laws and regulations
- Risks, elevator types & categories
- Safety culture
- Machinery
- Requirements for use
- Work system
- Inspection
- Signs & Marking
- Safe operation
- Hinder
- Practical session in a specific location





