Working at Heights Awareness
This intensive one-day course provides essential training for working at heights. Learn to identify hazards, apply relevant legislation, and master the use of fall arrest systems. Gain practical skills in equipment inspection, anchor point selection, and lifeline usage. Achieve certification and ensure compliance with safety standards.
- Introduction to working at heights safety.
- Legislation and legal requirements, including working at heights legislation.
- Height risk assessment and hazard identification in elevated environments.
- Fall protection measures and safe work practices at height.
- PPE inspection for height work and safe use of PPE.
- Emergency rescue from height and height safety emergency procedures.
This course is designed for employees who work at height, ensuring they understand working at heights regulations and the risks associated with elevated work platforms. It is also vital for those involved in supervising, planning, or managing work at height.
Working at heights is considered to occur any place where there exists the risk of a person falling a distance of 2m or more as well as any place where a person can gain access to an area within a 2m radium of an open unprotected edge, whereby he or she runs the risk of falling a distance of 2m or more. In this working at heights training course we will look at topics such as legislation relating to working at heights, occupational health and safety regulations and safety equipment, to name but a few of the items we will explore.
To equip learners with essential knowledge on height hazard awareness and risk mitigation, covering risk assessment for heights, fall protection, safe work practices, and emergency response procedures.
Benefits:
- Understanding legal requirements and employer responsibilities, ensuring legal compliance for working at heights.
- Recognising and mitigating fall hazards, and preventing falls from height.
- Correct usage of PPE for height safety and fall arrest systems training.
