Working At Heights Training

The aim for this training is to create the easiest and safest solution when working at heights. This training allows you to recognize and avoid hazards associated with working at heights.

Course Topics- Theory

• Rights and Responsibilities

• Identification of the Hazards of Working at Heights

• Eliminating or Controlling the Hazards of Working at Heights

• Heights Warning Methods and Physical Barriers

• Ladders and Similar Equipment

• Personal Fall Protection Equipment

Course Topics- Practical

• Barriers and Other Fixed Equipment

• Personal Fall Protection Equipment

• Anchor Points

• Work Access Equipment and Platforms

• Rescue Planning

You must achieve an 80% or higher on the written evaluation and successfully complete the practical evaluation in order to successfully complete the course.

Legislation

The Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training Regulation (Ontario Regulation 297/13) under the OHS Act clearly sets out WAH as a mandatory requirement.

In addition to these requirements, employers continue to have a duty under subsection 26.2 (1) of O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) to ensure that workers who may use a fall protection system are adequately trained on the use of the system, and are given adequate oral and written instructions by a competent person.

Employers with workers who are required by O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) to use any of the fall protection methods listed above must do the following:

• Ensure the worker completes a working at heights training program that has been approved by the CPO as having met the Working at Heights Training Program Standard applicable at the time of the training;

• Ensure the training provider delivering the training program was approved by the CPO as having met the Working at Heights Training Provider Standard applicable at the time of training;

• Ensure the worker’s training is valid and has not expired;

• Maintain a training record for the worker that includes the worker’s name, the approved training provider’s name, the date the training was completed and the name of the approved training program;

• And make the training record available to a Ministry of Labour inspector on request.

Who Requires Working at Heights Training

• Any worker who is required under Ontario Regulation 231/91 (Construction Projects) to use any of the following methods of fall protection:

  • A travel restraint system

  • A fall restricting system

  • A fall arrest system

  • A safety net?

  • A work belt

  • A safety belt under O.Reg 253/14, s. 1.

Working at Heights Course Benefits

Successful participants of the Working at Heights training will receive their certification for a 3-year period.