Year after year, thousands of lives are shattered due to injuries sustained by falls from height. In order to ensure that everyone is doing all that they can to prevent falls from height, Safety Matters offers you with a comprehensive course providing delegates with an understanding of the working at heights regulations.
Who is the Working At Height Awareness Training Course for?
This course is aimed at all individuals involved with working at heights and provides delegates with a knowledge and understanding of possible hazards and control measures to be aware of when working at heights. It provides operatives with the awareness of the control measures that are essential to ensure they work safely.
What you Can Expect from the Course
Areas covered as part of Safety Matters Working At Height Awareness Training Programme:-
- Definition Of Working At Height
- Hazards Of Working At Height
- Working At Height Regulations
- Employer’s Responsibilities
- Employee’s Responsibilities
- Risk Assessments
- Safety Systems Of Work
- Passive Safety Systems
- Restraint Safety Systems
- Fall Arrest Systems
- Safe Use Of Associated Systems
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Harness, Lanyards And Anchor Points
- Practical Harness Fitting
- Objectives
- Legal requirements and liabilities
- Hazards and control measures
- Scaffolding and other working platforms
- Ladders and stepladders
- Implementation of risk assessments
Upon completion of the course, delegates will be competent in the following:-
Properly plan and organise work at height and ensure those working at height are competent.Understand the need carry out risk assessments and select the appropriate work equipment. Inspect and maintain equipment for working at height and control the risks from fragile surfaces.
Duration: 1 day course
Learn more about our Working At Height Awareness Training Courses in Chelmsford, Essex by dropping us an email or calling 07813 141 648.