Steve Couling, managing director of TIME-Versalift, was elected IPAF president in succession to Wayne Lawson of JLG.
“The vehicle-mounted platform sector has further to go than most,” Mr Couling said. “There is still a far too relaxed approach to specialist training needs in some regions. This is an area that I will be personally trying to address during my term as president.”
He also wants to expand the use of online training programmes that have pioneered in the US and Canada. “There are clear opportunities for IPAF to use this medium to reach even the most reluctant of regions to accept and adopt safer working practices and professional training programmes,” he said.
Steve Couling began his career selling Simon Snorkel platforms to fire brigades across Europe. He joined UpRight in 1998, becoming vice-president of sales & marketing in 2002. He moved to TIME-Versalift as managing director in 2005.
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