Intended for:

The primary goal of the working safety at heights course is to provide knowledge and tools for Workers in the Construction Industry that will enable them to work at height and to use harnesses, work positioning lanyards, and fall arrestors safely. The working methods that will be demonstrated will include restraint, work positioning and fall arrest.

Course facts:

• Course duration: 6 hours
• Instructor to student ratio as 1:10
• Course includes use of equipment although it is highly suggested that students get familiar with the equipment they will be using

Brief contents:

• Personal protective equipment: use, maintenance and norms (EU, CE etc),
• Risk analysis and assessment
• Understand principles of fall protection hierarchy
• Hardware: carabineers, connectors, slings, twin lanyards, rope grabs, fall arresters, working positioning lanyards and shock absorbers
• Use of body harness, fall arrest system and lanyards/shock absorbers
• Fall factors
• Climbing metal structures
• Selection of fall prevention equipment, anchorages and fall arrest systems
• Anchorages, use of the anchor beam, vertical and horizontal fall arrestors
• Equipment selection, cleaning and storing of fall prevention equipment.
• Legislation, and Codes of Practice
• Practical exercises

Certificate valid for 3 years

Assessment practical and written examination.

Course fee includes certification, notes and training materials

This course is suitable for newcomers to rope access work, no previous rope access

qualifications are required. Comfortable with exposure to height

Course facts:

• Course duration: 25 hours
• Instructor to student ratio as 1:10
• Course includes use of equipment, and training facilities

Brief contents:

• Personal protective equipment: use, maintenance and norms (EU, CE etc), risk analysis and assessment
• Use of body harness, fall arrest system and lanyards/shock absorbers and other hardware
• Fall factors and evacuation from unstable structures
• Rescue and lowering of injured person using rescue triangle and evacuation kits
• Set up of evacuation systems for scaffolding and other structures
• Selection of fall prevention equipment, anchorages and fall arrest systems
• Equipment selection, cleaning and storing off fall prevention equipment & rope access equipment
• Legislation, and Codes of Practice
• Practical exercises
• Medical emergencies: suspension trauma, fractures, head injuries etc
• Use of semi-static rope, and basic rope rescue.
• Basic rope access—working and climbing on artificial man made structures

Certificate valid for 3 years

Assessment practical and written examination.

Course fee includes certification, notes and training materials

The primary goal of the working safety at heights course is to provide knowledge and tools
for Workers in the Construction Industry that will enable them to work at height and to use
harnesses, work positioning lanyards, and fall arrestors safely. The working methods that
will be demonstrated will include restraint, work positioning and fall arrest. Methods to
retrieve fallen workers, and evacuation systems will be practised and used.

Course facts:

• Course duration: 12 hours ( 6 hours if trainee already qualified in safety at heights)
• Instructor to student ratio as 1:10
• Course includes use of equipment although it is highly suggested that students get familiar with the equipment they will be using

Brief contents:

All safe working at heights contents plus

• Personal protective equipment: use, maintenance and norms (EU, CE etc),
• Identification and use of the Retrieval system
• Site Risk Assessment, Emergency Procedures and Retrieval Options
• Safe Access to the Fallen Worker
• Identification of Safe Anchor Points
• Lowering of a Conscious/Unconscious Casualty
• Raising of a Conscious/Unconscious Casualty
• Post Rescue Casualty Handling – suspension trauma
• Practical exercises

Certificate valid for 3 years

Assessment practical and written examination.

Course fee includes certification, notes and training materials