previously known as
(Height Safety Equipment Appreciation & Inspection)
TRAINING AIMS
- To provide a foundation for those involved in work at height using Personal Fall Protection Equipment.
- To provide supervisors an insight to the requirements and safe use of PFPE for work at height.
- To provide a good understanding of the principles for using PFPE and awareness of BS8437: 2005
- Code of practice for selection, use and maintenance of personal fall protection systems and equipment for use in the workplace.
- This module is a theory based course intended as a prerequisite to practical training.
EQUIPMENT COVERED DURING TRAINING
Samples of:
- Full Body Harnesses
- Lanyards (Restraint / Work Positioning / Fall Arrest)
- Retractable Fall Arresters / Inertia Reels
- Guided Fall Arresters
- Connectors
- Anchorages
- Damaged / Post Fall Equipment
COURSE SYLLABUS
Theory
- Understand the legislation surrounding work at height and how this relates to them.
- Understand the categories for safe work at height and the potential loads imposed on the equipment used.
Work Restraint
Work Position
Fall Arrest
- Understand equipment standards and how they relate to user demands and their expectations.
- Be able to carry out and understand the importance of pre use inspections and checks.
- Understand the importance of mandatory inspection and record keeping by an impartial competent person.
- Understand the implications of being suspended in a harness and the importance of rescue provision when working at height.
- Have an awareness of the planning and selection of methods of work at height.
- Have an understanding of the guidance given in the HSE notice regarding using of harnesses in MEWP’s. (MISC614)
- Be able to plan and select the correct equipment for a given task.
- Have an awareness of hazards related to work at height
Practical
- Each candidate will be expected to fit and adjust a full body harness.
- Candidates will identify different styles of work at height PPE.
- Candidates will be expected to identify damage on samples of equipment.
Certification
On successful completion candidates will receive a certificate valid for three years.
Additional Information
Further information on our training facilities, first aid provision, insurance etc are available upon request.