High Risk Work Licence - Boom-Type EWP (WP) key terms

A powered machine with a platform on the end of an articulating or telescoping arm, used to support workers at height. The arm moves the platform to the work position rather than the whole machine.

The measured distance along the boom arm or arms of an elevating work platform, from the pivot point to the platform attachment, used to classify the machine for licensing purposes.

The maximum height a worker can safely reach from the platform, usually taken as platform height plus about two metres of body reach. It is a planning figure, not a licensing measurement.

The height of the platform floor above the ground when the boom is fully elevated, measured under the manufacturer's rated conditions. It differs from working height and from boom length.

The specified boom length above which a boom-type elevating work platform licence is required. Machines at or below the threshold fall outside the licensing requirement but may still need other controls.

The category of high risk work licence that authorises a person to operate a defined group of plant. For elevating work platforms the class covers boom-type machines above the boom length threshold.

A formal licence issued by a work health and safety regulator that permits a person to perform specified high risk work, such as operating a boom-type elevating work platform above the boom length threshold.

A boom with one or more hinged joints that allow the arm to fold and reach up and over obstacles. The machine is often called a knuckle boom.

A boom made of nested sections that slide out to extend the reach in a straight line. It is often called a stick boom and generally gives greater horizontal reach than an articulating boom.

An elevating work platform that raises the platform vertically on crossed supports. It does not have a boom arm, so the boom-type licence class does not apply to it.

The government authority in each jurisdiction that issues, renews, replaces and cancels high risk work licences and maintains the public licence register.

The conditions a person must satisfy before a licence can be issued, including minimum age, completion of required training and assessment, and proof of identity.

The youngest age at which a person may be granted a high risk work licence. Applicants generally must be at least eighteen years old at the time the licence is issued.

A training provider approved to deliver and assess nationally recognised units of competency, including the unit for boom-type elevating work platform operation, under the national vocational training framework.

The nationally recognised statement of the skills and knowledge a person must demonstrate to operate a boom-type elevating work platform safely. Completion of the unit is a prerequisite for licensing.

The structured process, including written knowledge questions and practical operation tasks, used to judge whether a candidate meets the unit of competency before a licence application is lodged.

A person who holds the required vocational competence and assessor credentials to judge candidate performance against the unit of competency and to sign the resulting assessment record.

Documentation issued by the training provider confirming that a candidate has completed training and been assessed as competent, used to support the licence application.

The formal submission to the regulator, including identity documents, assessment evidence and the required fee, by which a person seeks a high risk work licence.

The documents required to confirm an applicant's identity and age when applying for or renewing a licence, usually a set of primary and secondary identity documents.

The charge set by the regulator that must be paid when lodging a licence application, renewal, replacement or variation. Amounts differ between jurisdictions and licence periods.

A temporary authority, sometimes issued while an application is processed, that allows the holder to work under defined conditions until the full licence is granted or refused.

Oversight by a licensed and competent person who directs and monitors the work of a trainee or unlicensed operator, remaining accountable for the safety of the task.

Supervision in which the supervising licence holder is physically present at the worksite, observes the operator, and can intervene immediately to prevent unsafe operation.

A person learning to operate a boom-type elevating work platform who has not yet obtained a licence and may operate only under the required supervision and conditions.

A person who has the training, qualification and experience needed to carry out a task safely, such as inspecting plant or supervising operations, and who can identify defects and hazards.

The physical document issued by the regulator showing the holder's name, photograph, licence number, class and expiry date, which must be produced on request at the workplace.

An electronic version of a high risk work licence held on a phone or device through an official government app or wallet, accepted as evidence in jurisdictions that issue it.

The legal duty of a licence holder to show their licence, in physical or accepted digital form, to an inspector or authorised person who asks to see it.

The unique identifier assigned to a licence holder by the regulator, used on applications, renewals, verification checks and correspondence about the licence.

The process of checking a licence's validity, class and status with the regulator, for example through an online register or phone enquiry, before allowing a person to operate plant.

The date on which a high risk work licence stops being valid. Working after that date without a renewed licence is an offence and leaves the operator unlicensed.

The process of applying to the regulator to extend a licence for a further term before it expires, usually requiring an application, fee and current photograph.

The length of time a renewed licence remains valid, commonly five years, though the term and any grace arrangements are set by the issuing jurisdiction.

The process of moving a licence record between jurisdictions or between holders in limited circumstances, subject to the recognition rules of the receiving regulator.

The arrangement under which a licence issued in one jurisdiction is recognised in another, allowing the holder to work there, often after notifying or registering with the local regulator.

A new licence document or record issued when the original is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, usually on application and payment of a replacement fee.

The requirement to notify the regulator when personal information on a licence, such as name or address, changes, so the licence record stays accurate and current.

The checks an operator performs on the elevating work platform before use, covering fluids, tyres, controls, emergency lowering, harness anchor points and warning devices.