Primelift Safety Resources Ltd

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