Start Date
02/07/2024
Course Aims
- To provide an outline of the requirements for planning, organising and supervising work at heights.
- To provide options on how to comply within the work at height hierarchy of measures.
- A background in the types of equipment and systems that can be utilised to achieve this.
- The details behind the equipment standards to ensure usage within the intended purpose.
- An awareness of the criteria for issue, ID marking, inspection, record keeping, maintenance, storage and withdrawal from service of fall protection equipment.
- An overview of work at height rescue planning.
Who Attends
A theory based course designed for managers and supervisors of workers who use basic fall protection equipment.
Course Content
- Legislation overview - The Work at Height Regulations 2005 and Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations.
- Work at height hazard analysis and risk assessments.
- Inspection and record keeping procedures.
- Planning work at height using the hierarchy of measures.
- Overview of collective measures - scaffold systems, MEWPS's & soft landing systems
- Overview and requirements of personal measures - work restraint, work position, rope access and fall arrest
- Personal fall protection equipment use and limitations - lanyards, fall arrest blocks, fixed fall arrest systems.
- Overview of safe use of ladders.
- Prevention of dropped objects.
- Planning for work at height evacuation and rescue.
- Identification of hazards related to work at height tasks.
- The correct selection of prevention/ protection within the Hierachy
- Identification of appropriate evacuation and rescue techniques and equipment.
Qualifications Obtained
On successful completion candidates will receive a certificate valid for three years.
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