Safe Working at Heights

The Safelife Safe Working at Heights Course is ideal for any candidate who may be required to work at height during the course of their jobs, including managers, supervisors and operatives. The course incorporates working at height regulations to the use of safety harnesses and everything in between.

On successful completion of the course, delegates will be qualified to:

• Actively promote safety wherever employed to be working at height

• Reduce the risk of major injuries and accidents from working at heights

• Ensure compliance with all well-established safety procedures and all current relevant legislation

The course is taught in one day through a combination of classroom teaching, practical exercises, discussion and PowerPoint presentation. On completion, delegates receive the nationally recognised Safelife Health and Safety Training Certificate. Please take a look below for upcoming course dates and comprehensive details of everything covered on the Safelife.

Course Content

• Introduction to Work at Heights Regulations

• Access and Egress, Loading Places

• Ladders

• Landing Places

• Openings, Corners, Breaks, Edges and Joisting

• Roof Work (Flat roofs/Sloping roofs/Steep roofs etc.)

• Fragile Roofing Materials

• Work over Water

• Safety Nets, Belts and Harnesses

• Equipment for working at height: Scaffold, MEWPS, Towers

• SG4:10 Requirements for Scaffolders

The aims of the course are to enable delegates to:

• Actively promote safety wherever employed to be working at height 

• Reduce major injuries and accidents from working at heights

• Ensure compliance with all well-established safety procedures and all current relevant legislation

Training Method

This course is classroom-based with the use of PowerPoint presentations and delegate handouts.

Certification

Delegates who successfully complete this course will receive an in-house Safe Life certificate.