IPAF · 3a
IPAF 3a Mobile Vertical
IPAF 3a training in Grimsby or on your site: scissor lifts and other mobile vertical platforms, with a PAL Card valid for five years.
IPAF 3a Mobile Vertical training dates · Grimsby training centre
No dates are published for this course at the moment. We run it on request and on your own site — ask us for the next one.
About the course
IPAF 3a Mobile Vertical training: what you will learn
IPAF 3a training covers mobile vertical platforms: scissor lifts and vertical mast lifts that can be driven while raised. It is a one-day course at our Grimsby centre or on your site, ending with a PAL Card valid for five years.
If your team also uses cherry pickers, book the 3a and 3b dual course instead and cover both machines in the same day.
IPAF category 3a covers mobile vertical platforms — scissor lifts and vertical mast lifts — that can be driven while elevated. Theory and practical with our IPAF-approved instructors, at our centre or on your site, leading to the IPAF PAL card. Usually taken together with 3b in one day.
Accredited by IPAF. Certificate issued on successful completion.
Before you decide
IPAF 3a Mobile Vertical training: questions we get asked
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Mobile vertical platforms, which means scissor lifts and similar machines that lift straight up and can be driven while raised. It does not cover cherry pickers, which are 3b.
Yes. The 3a and 3b dual course covers scissor lifts and cherry pickers in one day.
Retake the course, or the refresher level, before the card expires. The new card is valid for five years.
Related courses
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Mobile elevating work platforms: scissor lifts (3a) and boom lifts (3b).
IPAF · 1a
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Static vertical platforms: driven into position, then lifted.
IPAF · 1b
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Static booms: trailer-, van- and lorry-mounted platforms and spider lifts.
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