Working at Height

This course equips learners with the knowledge and skill to follow fall arrest principles and perform work at height safely, under supervision of a qualified supervisor.

• Objectives & Definitions
• Legal Requirements when working at Heights
• Construction Regulations – Fall Protection
• Responsibilities
• General Working at Heights Principles
• Before Working at Heights
• Fall Arrest Systems 
• Full body harness and work positioning systems 
• Ranges of personal fall arrest equipment  
• Who Qualifies to Work at Heights
• Working at Height Structures
•  Use of certificated and identified fall arrest equipment and reasons
• Use of helmet with a chinstrap and reasons 
• Use and limitations of a limited range of fall arrest equipment and fall arrest plan
• Anchor points and purpose of an anchor points
• Inspecting, assembling and storing fall arrest equipment.
• Selecting suitable anchor points.
• Using fall arrest systems with a double lanyard.
• Using pre-installed vertical and horizontal life-lines.
• Risks of using a non-energy absorbing lanyard  and examples
• Group Activity & Practical Assessment
• Assessment
• Course Evaluation
• Practical

Pre-requisites

• Delegates must be able to communicate – NQF level 3.
• Delegates must be able to read and interpret drawings – NQF level 3.
• Delegates must be competent in basic mathematics – NQF Level 3.