Fall Protection Level III (Work / RESCUE at Height)

This program is a two day classroom / hands-on training program, that is designed to give active users a thorough understanding of fall protection including fall arrest and work positioning systems that are available in industries today.

This course will ensure that students are well versed in dealing with fall hazards and provide hands-on experience/applications with different types of fall protection and rescue equipment.

The program then introduces participants to industrial rescue methods and emphasizes a planned approach to rescue where the acceptable rescue methods are determined in advance. The majority of this course is allocated to exercises where each student participates and practices different rescue methods. Safety of the rescue team is considered before the rescue begins and strongly emphasized throughout the program.

Along with the hands-on techniques, the instructor demonstrates three (3) actual drop tests with a CSA 225 lb. test weight. One of the drop tests demonstrated is to deploy a shock absorber for class discussion.

This program focuses on conducting dynamic rescues in a work setting where co-workers or team members will be responding to a worker at height or suspended in a fall arrest system.

Upon the completion of this program, students will be capable of selecting and constructing various rescue systems for raising and lowering casualties from height all the while using fall protection and belaying methods to protect rescuers during rescue operations.

Students will be capable of identifying the requirements for applying different systems that they might use in a rescue. They will also be capable of rescuing an incapacitated worker from a fall arrest systems and lower them from height.

Topics Include:

• Legislation

• End User Roles & Responsibilities

• Identification of General Hazards

• Fall Protection Control Levels

• Evaluation of Hazards in Various Scenarios

• Potential Fall Consequences

• Safe Ladder Use

• Generic Fall Protection Systems

• Elimination & Control Measures

• Selecting & Working with Assorted Systems

• Rescue Knots, Bends, Hitches & Applications

• Casualty Packaging Options

• Engineered Rescue Systems (Manufactured Systems)

• Improvised Systems (Ropes, Hardware & Decent Devices)

• Inspection of all Equipment

• Anchoring for Rescue systems

• Decent Control Devices (Type 2)

• Secondary Systems

• Safety Belay Systems

• Z-Haul Construction

• Rescue Procedures & Equipment