Course code:
Duration: 1 day
Trainees per class: 5
Certificate validity: 3 years
1. Course Overview
This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to work safely at height, identify hazards that may lead to falls, and apply appropriate control measures. It focuses on the selection, inspection and use of personal protective equipment, fall protection systems and safe work procedures.
2. Target Participants
Workers performing tasks at height.
Maintenance, repair, installation and construction personnel.
Work supervisors and safety personnel.
Personnel working at plants, offshore installations and industrial facilities where fall-from-height hazards may exist.
3. Course Outline
Hazard identification and risk assessment for work at height.
Common causes of falls and preventive measures.
Safe work procedures and Permit to Work requirements, where applicable.
Selection, inspection and use of personal protective equipment.
Components, functions and use of safety harnesses, lanyards, energy absorbers and fall-arrest equipment.
Inspection of anchor points, fall protection systems and work conditions.
Protection measures for work on scaffolds, ladders, work platforms and elevated locations.
Maintaining communication, controlling work areas and preventing dropped objects.
Emergency recognition and basic rescue principles for a person suspended in a fall-arrest system.
Practical inspection and use of work-at-height safety equipment.
4. Course Objectives
Upon completion, participants should be able to identify work-at-height hazards, assess working conditions, select and correctly use personal protective equipment, comply with safe work procedures and apply fall-prevention measures during work activities.
5. Training Method
The course combines classroom instruction and practical exercises, focusing on hazard identification, equipment inspection, use of fall protection systems and practical work-at-height scenarios.
6. Duration and Certification
Course duration, assessment and certification are subject to the applicable training program and the requirements of the training provider.
7. Course Registration
Please contact TTAT&BVMT – SEPD for information on the training program, schedule and course arrangements.
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