EWP: Scissor Lift Operation
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Experience Overview
- 30 minutes run time (including tutorial)
- Student completion records
- VR training certificates
- Training results
- Behavioral metrics
- Response times
- Training groups
- Scheduling
- Set refresher training frequency
- Modelled from Unit of Competency: RIIHAN301E
Train your team to think ahead, operate safely at height, and manage their environment with confidence, before real-world risks come into play.
This immersive VR training takes operators through a complete job cycle, from pre-start inspections to elevated task execution. Designed for high-risk industries like construction, maintenance, and warehousing, the experience builds practical, hands-on competency in a safe, controlled setting.
Scissor lifts are common on worksites, but without proper training, they can be a fast track to serious incidents.
Participants enter a simulated environment where they must:
- Complete documentation and conduct pre-use inspections to identify potential hazards.
- Establish and manage exclusion zones to protect bystanders.
- Apply a harness and learn how to operate a scissor lift safely.
- Complete a cleaning task at height, using correct safety protocols.
- Work through a task from start to finish under exam-style conditions.
This high-impact, scenario-based training builds the muscle memory and safety mindset needed to operate scissor lifts with skill and caution—on any tsk, at any height.
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Learning Outcomes


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Safely set up and operate a scissor lift, including:
- Pre-start checks and documentation sign-offs
- Ground condition assessments (checking for level, stable, dry ground)
- Identifying environmental risks like proximity to powerlines
Understand and apply Safe Working Load (SWL) requirements:
- Account for weight of workers, tools, and materials
- Secure all equipment on the platform to avoid dropped object hazards
Implement hazard control measures, including:
- Setting up exclusion zones using star pickets and mesh
- Identifying potential energy sources or environmental hazards
- Applying LOTO procedures if needed
Operate the scissor lift using platform controls:
- Use drive and lift modes appropriately
- Maintain situational awareness during movement
- Avoid moving the lift while elevated
Respond to emergency situations:
- Use E-Stop buttons on platform and ground controls
- Know how to quickly shut down the machine
Safely conclude operations:
- Return the lift to its designated parking zone
- Power down the machine and return the key
- Remove all exclusion zone barriers
- Sign off on all documents upon job completion
A. Tutorial Phase
- Learners are introduced to VR controls and practice operating the scissor lift.
B. Discovery Phase
- Knowledge checks on SWL, shutdown procedures, and movement rules.
C. Instruction Phase
- Learners are guided step-by-step
- Reviewing documentation and permits
- Assessing and selecting safe ground locations
- Setting up hazard controls and exclusion zones
- Starting and safely operating the lift
- Performing a cleaning task with the scissor lift (e.g. using a pressure washer)
- Proper shutdown, equipment return, and task sign-off
D. Exam Phase
- Learners independently complete the same task without guidance
- Must follow procedures precisely
- Mistakes like lifting on unstable ground or failing to implement hazard controls are flagged
- Performance is scored based on task completion and safety compliance
E. Results Phase
- Review of correct and incorrect actions
- Reinforces correct behavior and highlights unsafe decisions
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CONTACT USWhat is Custom VR Builds?
It’s a service where Next World creates a fully tailored VR-training solution for your company — a custom course built to meet your industry-specific requirements rather than using a generic off-the-shelf VR module.
How does the custom-build process work?
The process typically follows these phases: you provide training documentation, subject-matter experts get involved, learning outcomes are identified, storyboard is created, virtual assets are modeled, testing and quality assurance, and finally deployment in your environment.
What type of training scenarios can be built?
You can build VR scenarios for hazard awareness, safe-practice with tools and equipment, practicing safety procedures step-by-step, and even testing learner’s knowledge in simulated hazardous situations — as if in real life but safe.
Is custom VR suitable for refresher training as well?
Yes — custom VR builds can be used for refresher/training-update courses to efficiently refresh skills and knowledge without re-arranging real equipment or putting people at risk.
What learning methodology does custom VR follow?
Next World suggests a blended approach: combining face-to-face, practical and immersive training methods, which helps improve retention, practical competence, and reduces incidents.