EWP Inspection Timeline
An elevated work platform doesn't get inspected once — it moves through a lifecycle of checks that repeat at different intervals across its working life. This timeline lays that lifecycle out visually, from the pre-start checks a competent operator does every shift, through the routine and annual inspections, to the 10-year major inspection and the second decade that follows.
It's a planning picture, not a compliance schedule. The 10-year major is the milestone commonly triggered under the AS 2550.10 framework; the mid-life structural check we show around year five is good practice for hard-working machines, not a legislated requirement. Enter a year of manufacture if you want the milestones re-labelled with real calendar years — that runs entirely in your browser.
EWP Inspection Lifecycle
Planning picture only. The 10- and 20-year majors reflect the 10-year trigger commonly applied under the AS 2550.10 framework; the ~year-5 structural check is good practice, not a legislated requirement, and there is no mandated five-year inspection in Australia. Confirm actual intervals against the manufacturer's requirements and the machine's history.
How This Works & Assumptions
The timeline plots the inspection milestones an EWP moves through across a twenty-year working life, positioned by how many years from going into service each one falls. The marker positions and the text are fixed — nothing about today's date is used. If you enter a year of manufacture, the tool re-labels each milestone with a real calendar year by adding the offset; that maths runs only in your browser when you press Apply.
What's mandated and what isn't: the 10-year (and repeating 20-year) major inspection is the milestone commonly triggered under the AS 2550.10 framework. The mid-life structural check we show around year five is good practice for hard-working machines, not a legislated requirement — there is no mandated five-year inspection in Australia. Daily pre-start checks and routine/annual inspections are the established ongoing categories.
This is a planning picture, not a compliance schedule. The definitive intervals come from the manufacturer's requirements, the machine's duty cycle and its history. When you know the timing, we can coordinate the inspections and the major — call 0416 689 689.
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