This course has been developed to comply with the Australian Work Health and Safety Regulations. This course is designed to provide training in relation to the risks involved in the workplace and provides safe work procedures when working at heights.
Do I Need Working At Heights Training?
Falls are a major cause of death and serious injury in Australian workplaces. Fall hazards are found when carrying out common tasks in the installation and maintenance of a telecommunication service.
In the telecommunication industry falls can also occur at ground level into open holes, for example trenches, manholes or service pits. Falls can also occur at height, causing serious injury or death.
This course has been developed to comply with the Australian Work Health and Safety Regulations. This course is designed to provide training in relation to the risks involved in the workplace and provides safe work procedures when working at heights.
This nationally recognised course follows the code’s of practice in ‘Managing the risk of fall at workplaces’ and, ‘Preventing falls in housing construction’ & construction work, and covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of working at height.
It is focused on fall prevention rather than fall arrest. This course is designed to deliver the ‘best practices’, to assist the telecommunication industry workforces when working at the customers premise for residential and commercial installation & maintenance tasks.
This training is designed to equip workers with the knowledge and skills needed to work safely and to Australian standards in any height situation.
This training covers risk assessment, selection and correct use of equipment, rigging and anchor systems, fall restraint, work positioning and fall arrest systems.
The Working At Heights and Roofs (WSHR) course will require you to participate in physical practical exercises.
For students safety there is a maximum of 12 learners per course.
What You Need To Bring To Your working At Heights And Roofs Course
Please bring along or wear the following Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
Proof of identity to show your instructor – this can be either a current driver’s licence, passport or company photo ID
ARC Rated clothing of 100% cotton, long sleeve shirts and drill pants
Hi-Vis Vest
Steel Toe (capped) Boots with a defined heel
Safety helmet (hard hat)
Riggers Gloves
Safety Glasses
Sun Screen Protection
Laptop or Tablet
Pre Requisities
There are no prerequisites for the Working at Heights (WAH) course, however JB Hunter suggests that students undertaking this course must have the physical capability to perform such activities as working at heights on a pole and roof.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this training program, you will awarded the following unit(s) of competency:
RIIWHS204E– Work safely at heights
This replaces the superseded unit RIIWHS204D – Work safely at heights
Course Information
Hazard Management
Fall Protection Measures
Fall Prevention Devices
Work Positioning Systems and Fall Arrest Systems
Use of Fixed & Portable Ladders and Administrative Controls
Working at Height on Poles
Working at Height on Roofs
Emergency Procedures for Fal
Since 1991, we have built an impressive track record delivering training in all Australian states and territories to over fifty thousand (50,000) loyal clients earning the title of ‘leaders in telecommunications training.’
Our scope of registration includes the delivery of Nationally Recognised Training from Certificate II, III and IV level. We take a flexible approach to developing learning pathways for our students which can include eLearning, work-based, face-to-face training and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), to cater for all learning styles and experience levels.
We understand the telecommunications scene in Australia is changing rapidly, particularly with the roll out of the National Broadband Network (nbn™ ).
We continually invest in ensuring our team and resources are in step with the latest technology and industry practice.
We keep track of the shifting demands placed on the telecommunications industry and will tailor training to suit this.
We aim to provide small business, independent contractors and large organisations with cost effective training that minimises down time and maximises productivity.
Whether you would like to register for a training course, train a worker or upskill your workforce, we will go above and beyond to provide you with a flexible training solution tailored to suit your needs.
Who We Work With
We recognise the complex nature of the corporate world. Telstra, nbn™ , Tandem, Visionstream, 3M, Comscope, Fluke Networks, BISCI, Downer, Service Stream, BSA and the Department of Defence are just some of the organisations that recognise and value our training solutions.
Our Family Of Training Organisations
We don’t stop at just delivering the best telecommunications training in Australia over the past few years we have expanded our training offerings and delivery methods.
We have delivered VR training to our telecommunication partners under our new branch JBHXR which allows us to innovate and explore safer and more immersive ways of delivering training across a range of industries.
We are continuing to expand the courses on offer through XR platforms so if you are curious about how XR training can work for your company check out the site and drop us a line.
We also saw a need for online delivery of business and leadership skills so we created JB Hunter Academy as a sister to provide training, leadership credentials, and micro-credentials both online and instructor-led.
This part of our company can help you onboard your new staff, train apprentices in business or just quickly get skills sets your workforce may need.
Vision
Our vision is to strive to:
Core Values
At JB Hunter we:
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