WORK AT HEIGHT SAFETY COURSE

This  Work at Height Safety training course is specially designed for people working at height and  equips participants with the necessary information needed to be able to successfully mitigate working at height risks and implement control measures.

It emphasizes on an understanding of carrying out working at height risk assessment, safe use access equipment and monitoring to ensure that employees can reduce their risk of falls from height, adopting preventive and protective measures, rescue procedures in cases of emergency.

Learning Outcomes 

By the end of this course, learners will be able to;

Understand the common working at height tasks and the associated risks.
Understand and Identify the factors that contribute to persons and objects falling from height.
Describe the control measures to reduce the risk of falls from height.
Understand the proper use of access equipment and safe methods of access to reduce or eliminate the risk of falls.

COURSE OUTLINE

 What is the cause of such falls?
 Types of falls
 Preparing to prevent falls
 Identifying and evaluating fall hazards
 How to evaluate fall hazards
 Supported and suspended access
 How falls from ladders occur
 Required ladder safety training
 Safe ladder practices
 Supported scaffolds
 How falls from scaffolds occur
 Training for those who work from scaffolds
 Safe practices while working on scaffolds
 Aerial lifts
 Types of aerial lifts
 How aerial lift falls occur
 Appropriate fall protection
 Safe practices while working on aerial lifts
 How suspended scaffold falls occur
 How injuries occur
 Fall protection systems
 Types of fall-protection systems
 Identify and evaluate fall hazards
 Personal fall-arrest systems (pfas)
 Inspection of full body harness