Course Duration: 1 Day

Theory: 50%

Practical: 50%

Valid for: 3 years

Price per person: From £197 + VAT

This course is designed for:

Anyone, with no previous experience, who require the skills to safely work at height and/or supervise others to be safe while working at height.

Course aims:

To train and assess individuals to manage and maintain their own and their co-workers safety while working at height, or supervising others working at height, and to be able to act effectively in an emergency.

The course covers:

• What is work at height?
• Legislation - Work at Height Regulations 2005
• Risk assessments
• Getting to the work area
• Access methods and platforms
• Fall protection - collective and personal
• Helmets and other PPE
• Harness types fitting and use
• Work restraint, work positioning and fall arrest
• Fall factors
• Anchors and load requirements
• Slings and connectors
• Lanyards and inertia reels
• PPE and equipment inspections, testing and records
• Planning for rescue
• Orthostatic intolerance (suspension trauma)
• Fall/suspension immediate casualty care