HEALTH AND SAFETY - WORKING AT HEIGHTS

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Course Objectives
To provide delegates with the knowledge to safely work at height

Designed For
Persons working at height

Course Content
• Introduction
What is working at height
• Why training required to prevent falls from heights (legal, moral, financial)
• Statistics
(Falls from heights vs. other accidents)
(Types of falls, Low falls V high falls)
• Injuries
• Intro to legislation
HASA 74, employees duties and employers duties
Working at heights regulations 2005
• Hierarchy of controls
Avoid need, prevent falls, minimise distance / consequence of fall
• Expansion to hierarchy and brief insights to :-
Work platforms including fixed mobile scaffolding
Mobile elevated work platforms
Collective fall devices
Ladders and stepladders
• Management controls
Planning, including:
environmental and lighting, trained and competent, inspected, fragile surfaces,falling objects, adequate equipment, permits to work and contractors,pre use inspection, periodic inspections, etc
• Practical specifics - Industry

Location:
NLT Training or employers premises if suitable

Duration:
1 Day