User Manual

Reversible vibratory plate Operation Manual
Page 4 issued 03/2016
1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1.1. General Safety Instruction for Operating Light Construction Equipment
1.1.1. Requirements for Operator’s Qualification
In general, no licence is required for operating light construction equipment. The person authorized to
operate the construction equipment should meet the conditions listed below.
1. Persons employed as operators of the machine should:
 be of age of 18 or older;
 be physically and mentally competent;
 be trained for the work and prove their abilities to the employer;
 can be expected to fulfil reliably the committed tasks;
 get employer´s authorization to operate the machine.
2. The operator should read and understand the Operation Manual before starting the work and then
adhere to the instructions included within.
3. The operator should be aware of safety instruction valid for operation of the machine and these
instructions must be observed when working with the machine. Knowledge of the safety instructions
should be provable, i.e. the employer should obtain the operator’s signature to confirm he read and
understood the instructions.
1.1.2. Obligations of the Contractor
The contractor is understood to be a physical or corporate entity that is providing construction works and
uses the construction machine for such purposes. The contractor guarantees safe operation of the
machine.
The contractor is obliged mainly:
 to designate an operator of the machine and to make sure he is trained for the work;
 to provide to the operator conditions for safe operation of the machine;
 to control maintaining of the safety instructions;
 to control that the operator is using the machine in accordance with the Operation Manual;
 to ensure regular inspections, maintenance and repairs of the machine;
 to make sure that the Operation Manual is placed in such a place, where it would be available to
the operator in a case of need;
 to provide suitable, safe and adequately secured storage place for the machine whenever not in use;
Further, the contractor is obliged to ensure maintaining of lawful requirements for operational safety as
well as regulations valid for the respective jobsite.
1.1.3. Obligations of the Operator
The operator is to be designated by the contractor, while the conditions of point 1.1.1. have to be met.
The operator is required mainly:
 to read and understand the Operation Manual including the safety instructions before commencing
the work;
 to observe all stipulations of the Operation Manual;
 to acquaint himself with the jobsite including safety instruction valid for the respective jobsite;
these must be adhered to while working;
 pay full attention to operation of the machine while working;
 to ensure that all regular inspections, maintenance and repairs of the machine are carried out in
accordance with the Operation Manual;
 to require from his employer to ensure conditions for maintaining the safety instructions, carrying
out of regular inspections, maintenance and repairs of the machine;