WORKING AT HEIGHT AND RESCUE TRAINING

Course Description – The working at height and rescue training is designed to enable delegates understand the risks and hazards in working at height and procedures for carrying out rescue at height.

Course Duration– 2 days

Course Objectives– On successful completion of the working at height and rescue training, delegates should have an understanding of:

Working at height regulation.
Hazards of working at height.
Categories and hierarchy of working at height.
Selection and inspection of working at height equipment.
Rescue at height procedures.

Course Content

Definition of working at height
Overview of working at height regulation 2005
Fall factors
Categories of working at height – work restrain, work positioning and fall arrest systems
Hazards and risks of working at height
Risk assessment procedures for working at height
Hierarchy of controls for working at height
Inspection of working at height equipment
Donning of fall arrest harness
Rescue at height procedures
Suspension trauma in working at height