ISO 16369:2007规定了爬桅杆工作平台(MCWP)的特定安全要求，这些工作平台是临时安装的、手动或电动操作的，并且设计为供一个或多个人员使用以进行工作。 ISO 16369:2007也适用于永久安装的MCWP。 ISO 16369:2007适用于由驱动系统提升并由支撑桅杆引导和沿其移动的工作平台，其中桅杆可能需要或可能不需要单独支撑结构的横向约束。 ISO 16369:2007适用于以下替代方案的任何组合:一个或多个桅杆；桅杆系紧或解开；固定或可变长度的桅杆；桅杆垂直或向垂直方向倾斜0°至30°；直立或悬挂的桅杆；可移动或静态底座（底盘或底座框架）；手动或电动升降；现场牵引或自供电地面出行，不包括道路交通法规要求；使用电动、气动、液压马达或内燃机驱动。 ISO 16369:2007确定了此类设备生命周期中各个阶段出现的危害，并描述了消除或减少这些危害以及使用安全工作实践的方法。 ISO 16369:2007没有规定处理不属于MCWP的任何材料或设备的操作、安装或拆卸、固定或移除所涉及的危险的要求，也没有处理特定危险材料的处理。 ISO 16369:2007没有规定将人员和材料运送到固定着陆层的要求。这种设备被称为升降机或升降机，并由其他国际标准处理。 ISO 16369:2007不适用于移动式升降工作平台（MEWP）、悬挂式通道设备或升降台。

ISO 16369:2007 specifies particular safety requirements for mast-climbing work platforms (MCWP) which are temporarily installed and are manually or power-operated, and which are designed to be used by one or more persons from which to carry out work. ISO 16369:2007 is also applicable to permanently installed MCWPs. ISO 16369:2007 is applicable to work platforms which are elevated by a drive system and guided by and moved along their supporting masts, where the masts may or may not require lateral restraint from separate supporting structures. ISO 16369:2007 is applicable to any combination of the following alternatives: one or more masts; mast tied or untied; mast of fixed or variable length; masts vertical or inclined between 0^o and 30^o to the vertical; masts which are standing or hanging; movable or static base (chassis or base frame); manual or power-operated elevation; towed or self-powered ground travel on site, excluding road traffic regulation requirements; driven using electric, pneumatic, hydraulic motors or internal combustion engines. ISO 16369:2007 identifies the hazards arising during the various phases in the life of such equipment and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards and for the use of safe working practices. ISO 16369:2007 does not specify the requirements for dealing with the hazards involved in the manoeuvring, erection or dismantling, fixing or removing of any materials or equipment which are not part of the MCWP, nor does it deal with the handling of specific hazardous materials. ISO 16369:2007 does not specify the requirements for delivering persons and materials to fixed landing levels. Such equipment is referred to as lifts or hoists and is dealt with by other International Standards. ISO 16369:2007 does not apply to mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), suspended access equipment or lifting tables.