Safe Working at Heights
Aims:
The safe working at heights online training course encourages the adoption of safe practices whilst working at height and provides instruction in the correct use of access and safety equipment.
Who will benefit from this course:
Employers, managers and all employees whose work exposes them to work at height.
Course Modules:
- Introduction – (10 mins) The requirements of the Work at Height Regulations 2005.
- Ladders, Step Ladders and Trestles – (15 mins) Illustrates the correct way to use ladders, stepladders & trestle platforms, and highlights the dangers of their misuse.
- General Access Scaffolds – (5 mins) Essentials for safe work on scaffolds explained.
- Tower Scaffolds – (10 mins) How to use a tower scaffold safely.
- Mobile and Suspended Access Equipment – (20 mins) Safe use of MEWPs, temporary cradles, mast platforms, boatswains chairs and rope access equipment.
- Roof Work – (10 mins) The dangers of working on fragile roof surfaces. Roof ladders, guard railed platforms and safety harnesses.
- Falling Objects – (5 mins) How to prevent objects and materials falling from working platforms.
- Inspection – (5 mins) Explains the requirements for daily checks of places of work and weekly inspections of work equipment.
- Self Test – (10 mins) 25 questions randomly selected from a bank of 45 questions. Results are stored for later retrieval by training supervisors.
The average course completion time is:
1½ hours.
Online Training Course List
Select from our range of courses below:
- Asbestos in the Workplace
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER)
- Chemical Safety
- Management of Health and Safety at Work
- Confined Space Awareness
- Noise at Work
- Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR)
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 98 (PUWER)
- Working with Display Screen Equipment
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)
- Electrical Safety
- Risk Assessment
- Electricity at Work Regulations
- Safe Manual Handling
- Environmental Management
- Safe Working at Heights
- Fire Safety
- Safety Matters
- Heat Stress at Work
- Safety Signs Awareness
- Introduction to Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Safety Signs and Signals Regulations
- Introduction to PPE
- Welding Safety
- Legionnaires Disease
- Working Safely with Flammable Liquids and Powders