Working at Height

Course aims

This one-day course has been specifically designed to provide delegates with a good understanding of the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and the impact of the Work at Height (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

All delegates will learn when the regulations apply, the importance of the hierarchy of fall protection and how to establish arrangements to comply with the requirements of the regulations.

Who should attend?

The course is ideal for people in all land-based industries who are involved in working at height including:

• Customers who own assets at height or hire others to work at height for them
• Managers who conduct risk assessments or write method statements
• Supervisors of work at height activities
• Designers with duties under the CDM Regulations
• Maintenance and facilities management companies
• Contractors and subcontractors
• Health and safety professionals

Course Programme

• Background to the Work at Height Regulations
• Duties of the regulations
• Applying the hierarchy of fall protection
• Avoiding work at height
• Collective fall prevention ? Existing places of work
• Collective fall prevention ? Work equipment
• Individual fall prevention
• Collective fall limitation
• Individual fall limitation
• The inspection of harnesses and lanyards
• Safe use of ladders

Where to study

• BSC training is organised at quality venues across the UK.
• Alternatively, where you have a number of employees to train, we can organise a cost-effective in-company training option to meet your specific needs.