Which two sets of regulations each require a MEWP job to be planned?

The Work at Height Regulations and LOLER

The Work at Height Regulations and RIDDOR

LOLER and the Electricity at Work Regulations

PUWER and the RIDDOR reporting regulations

Your firm has a standard plan for relamping its own warehouse with the house scissor. Next week the same scissor is going to a client’s new building where nobody has seen the floor. What is right?

Plan this job on its own, as it is not routine work

Use the standard plan, as the machine is the same one

Use the standard plan, as the task is still relamping

No plan is needed if the job takes under a morning

When should the rescue arrangements for a MEWP job be worked out?

During the planning, before anyone goes up at all

Once the platform has stopped working at height

After the first day on site, if any problems have come up

Only when the job is due to last more than a week

Free mock exam

Planning the job — IPAF MEWP Operator Practice

Free topic-focused mock exam: all 30 questions on Planning the job, drawn from the wider IPAF MEWP Operator bank. 35-minute timer, 70% to pass, worked explanation on every question. Use this when you've taken the full mock once and want to drill the topics you got wrong.

Questions: 30
Time limit: 35 min
Pass mark: 70% · 21/30
Question bank: 30

Free, no sign-up. Retake as many times as you like — the questions are reshuffled, with the answer order changed.

Sample questions

01Which two sets of regulations each require a MEWP job to be planned?
- ALOLER and the Electricity at Work Regulations
- BPUWER and the RIDDOR reporting regulations
- CThe Work at Height Regulations and RIDDOR
- DThe Work at Height Regulations and LOLER
Why: A MEWP is a way of working at height and a machine that lifts people. WAHR reg 4 requires the work at height to be planned, supervised and done safely, and LOLER reg 8 requires a competent person to plan every lifting operation. RIDDOR is about reporting after an event, and the Electricity at Work Regulations cover electrical safety, not the planning of a lift.
02Your firm has a standard plan for relamping its own warehouse with the house scissor. Next week the same scissor is going to a client’s new building where nobody has seen the floor. What is right?
- AUse the standard plan, as the machine is the same one
- BNo plan is needed if the job takes under a morning
- CPlan this job on its own, as it is not routine work
- DUse the standard plan, as the task is still relamping
Why: HSE’s LOLER guidance allows a standard plan, reviewed periodically, for routine and similar lifting operations such as a MEWP used for general maintenance. A new site with an unknown floor is non-routine, so it is planned each time. The same machine or the same task does not make the site the same, and a short job still has to be planned.
03When should the rescue arrangements for a MEWP job be worked out?
- ADuring the planning, before anyone goes up at all
- BOnce the platform has stopped working at height
- COnly when the job is due to last more than a week
- DAfter the first day on site, if any problems have come up
Why: WAHR reg 4 makes planning for emergencies and rescue part of the duty to plan the work at height, so it is settled before the first lift. Working it out once the platform is stuck is too late, and the length of the job makes no difference: a one-hour lift needs a rescue plan too.

Common questions

Is the Planning the job mock exam free?

Yes, it is free with no sign-up needed. Questions are pulled at random from a substantial bank, with a worked explanation on every question after you submit.

Can I retake the mock exam?

Yes. Every attempt picks a different random selection and reshuffles the options, so each retake gives you genuinely new questions. No limit on retakes.

Does this count as a qualification?

No. This is independent practice material and does not award a qualification, card or certificate. Where a subject has a formal qualification or card, you gain it through an approved provider.