Safe Working at Height Awareness for Managers & Supervisors

The Course is specifically designed to provide delegates with an understanding of current working at heights legislation and how it applies on a day to day basis from a managerial stand point.
Safe Working at Height Awareness for Managers & Supervisors
Aims & Objectives The Course is specifically designed to provide delegates with an understanding of current working at heights legislation and how it applies on a day to day basis from a managerial stand point
Suitability Managers, Supervisors
Duration 1 Day
Dates Call 0800 783 0757 for details
Numbers Maximum of 10 delegates per course
Lunch A snack lunch and refreshments are provided
Requirements
  • Students should be physically fit
Syllabus
  • The implications of the Work at Height Regulations 2005
  • Health & Safety @ Work etc. Act 1974
  • Management of H & S at Work Regs 1999
  • Personal Protective Equipment Regs 1992
  • Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regs 1995
  • Provision & Use of Work Regs 1998
  • The Work at Height Regs 2005
  • Issues in relation to the selection and use of the most appropriate equipment
  • Selection of the most appropriate equipment for work at height
  • Ladder Safety including the safe use and inspection of ladders
  • An overview of the use of Mobile Elevated Working Platforms (MEWPS)
  • An overview of Steps & access equipment
  • An overview of the use of Cherry Pickers
  • The inspection and use of safety harnesses and fall arrest equipment
  • CITB Video “Alright at Height?”
  • Suspension Trauma and the need for the Employer to have a rescue plan
  • An insight into suspension trauma
  • Inspection and erection of Tower Scaffold
  • The PASMA Code of Practice
  • Approved methods of erection and dismantling
  • Stability
  • Safe Use
  • Inspection
  • Good practice
Notes Comprehensive notes will be given to all Students who attend the course.
Certification On satisfactory completion of the course a certificate of competence will be issued that will be valid for three years.

 

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