Fall Protection / Heights Awareness

Our fall protection training courses are designed with the objective of creating safer work environments. Classes include technical knowledge along with hands-on practical exercises where students practice what they have learned. This ensures they leave with the skills they will need to do their job safely. Classes have a 12 to 1 student to instructor ratio. This allows for increased practical hands-on training time which results in a better trained, safer worker on the job. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate for fall protection awareness,

Course Outline Prerequisite: Must be physically Fit Course duration: 1 day (8 hours)

TOPICS COVERED

• Relevant legislation, regulations, CSA standards and industry best practices
• Fall protection procedures and plans
• Four key elements of fall protection
• Fall restraint versus fall arrest
• Fall protection system design and selection considerations
• Vertical, horizontal, combination • Clearance requirements • Impact and static forces
• Energy absorbing devices
• Personal, system
• Anchorage requirements
• Vertical, horizontal, swing falls
• Connecting means
• Lanyards, self-retracting devices, carabiners, personal energy absorbers
• Body holding devices
• Full body harness types, uses, etc. PRACTICAL EXERCISES
• Completion of a fall protection plan
• Full body harnesses – untangling, donning, adjusting, inspection
• Fall protection practical use
• Vertical systems, horizontal systems, combination systems
• Ladder climbing techniques
• Fall protection equipment inspections and logging of inspection requirements
• Fall protection equipment care and storage TRAINEE QUALIFICATION
• Evaluation and determination of the trainee’s knowledge retention by means of both a written test for the theory portion of the course and a proficiency checklist for the practical portion

Duration: 8 hours

Certification is good for 3 years.