Safety Supervisor Skill Set

This course provides successful participants with the skills and knowledge required to perform height safety work unsupervised, as well as being able to lead or participate in first response rescue.

Safety supervisor training are two courses developed for those people running work teams operating at heights or in confined spaces. The training extends the skills and knowledge gained in the introductory working at heights and confined space training to include additional skills in performing rescue operations and generally promoting the following of best practice workplace safety procedures to those teams.

Height Safety Engineers offers two options for safety supervisor training. One for those undertaking work at heights and in other areas where there is a risk of a fall. The other is for those supervising teams entering and working and in and around confined spaces. All training courses can be undertaken at our state-of-the-art training facilities in Sydney or Dubbo. HSE’s trainers bring years of real industry experience to every class we offer.

Course Objectives And Content

• WHS Act & Regulations, Codes of Practice and Australian Standards.

• Risk management and Legal requirements.

• Categories of a Fall Protection System (Restraint technique, work positioning and fall arrest).

• Inspection requirements.

• Anchorage requirements and redirection anchor forces.

• Types, designs, and correct use of fall protection harnesses.

• Detailed understanding and discussions of lanyards and self-retracting lifelines.

• Tripods, davits, RPD’s, personal winches and retrieval winches discussions.

• First man up system uses.

• Setting up temporary vertical and horizontal safety lines.

• Importance of rescue plans.

• Practical skills in a range of rescue situations and techniques.

• Building and implementing a height safety and rescue plan.