Fall Protection for BC, AB, and ON Working at Heights (3-for-1)
Safety Essential in Elevated Work Environments
Instructor-led Theory + Practical
$199.95*
$199.95*
CREDENTIAL
Certification Card
3-Year Validity
LOCATION
340-1275 Venables St, Vancouver, BC
DURATION
Approx. 8 hours
Time: 08:30 - 16:30
CLASS SIZE
Max. 14 participants
PREREQUISITES
English CLB 5
Course Description
This CPO Approved Working at Heights training is a comprehensive study of fall protection and offers instruction on areas such as (but not limited to):
- Explaining the importance of fall protection.
- Identifying fall protection systems and components.
- Calculating Free Fall Distance and Minimum Clearance Required.
- Fall protection planning and procedures.
Course Outline
Rights and Responsibilities
- Learning objectives
- Legislation overview
- Employer responsibilities and duties
- Duties of the supervisor, constructor, supplier and worker
- Worker rights and responsibilities
- Joint health and safety committee
- Unsafe conditions
- Refusal to work
- Injuries on the job
- Enforcement and resources
Identification of Hazards & Hazard Control
- Learning objectives
- Hazards
- Severity and frequency of falls
- Typical fall incidents, injuries and consequences
- Employer fall injury consequences
- Conditions requiring fall protection – OH&S regulation
- Safe work plans and procedures
- Hazard control
- Hierarchy of control
- Precautions
- Fall protection planning
Warning Methods and Physical Barriers
- Learning objectives
- Bump lines and signs
- Fencing / physical barriers
- Guardrails
- Limitations of warning methods and physical barriers
Ladders and Similar Equipment
- Learning objectives
- Fixed ladders and safety cages
- Scaffolds and work platforms
- Elevated work platforms
- Suspended work platforms and boatswain’s chairs
Fall Protection Equipment and Systems
- Learning objectives
- Overview and definitions
- Travel restraint systems
- Fall restricting systems
- Fall arrest systems
- Personal fall protection system components
- Fixed support
- Full body harnesses
- Connecting components
- Energy absorbers, lanyards and self-retracting devices
- Lifelines, fall arresters and horizontal lifelines
Assessing and Controlling Fall Arrest Hazards
- Learning objectives
- Fall clearance
- Arresting force and free fall
- Swing falls
- Calculating clearance with self-retracting devices
Planning for Work at Heights
- Learning objectives
- Hierarchy of control applied to selecting access methos & equipment
- Rescue and escape plans
- Fall rescue plan provisions
Time:
- 08:30 - 16:30
Admission
- Recommended CLB 5 (Canadian Language Benchmark)—Equivalent to IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 61-67 or CELPIP 5
*Price quoted are in Canadian funds, per person, per registration, and does not include any applicable taxes. Subject to change without prior notice.
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