Working at Height - Basic Safety Harness

Course Information

Date of Next Course: Upon Request

 

Venue: Fire Service Headquarters, Hessle - Nr Hull

 

Duration: 1/2 Day (Up to 10 delegates)

 

Duration: Three Years

 

Awarding Body: Trained to National Occupational Standards

 

This course is designed to provide the delegate with the knowledge and understanding to work safely at height. They will gain the skills to enable the safe use of a full-body harness, energy-absorbing lanyards and work positioning lanyards.

With over *40 fatal injuries resulting from work at height during 2018-2019, is it time we take risks associated with working at height extremely seriously*.

The delegate will understand the uses and limitations of work at height equipment and have an appreciation of the implications of an emergency situation.

The 1/2 Day basic safety harness training course will cover the following elements:

Legislation	Types of protection against falls from height
Types of access using personal fall protection equipment	Selection and types of personal fall protection equipment for fall arrest
Care, maintenance, inspection and disposal of personal fall protection equipment	Pre-use checks
Fitting and adjustment of personal fall protection equipment before climbing	Climbing and moving around structures
Rescue and considerations for incidents involving harness suspension

 

HFR Solutions CIC 1/2 Day Basic Safety Harness training course covers all the key elements to ensure your employees possess the knowledge and best practice know-how of how a safety harness should be checked, used and correctly fitted, helping you to ensure your employees are safer at work.

The Basic Safety Harness training course is now a standard part of our available Working at Height courses available to you and your colleagues.

*P2, HSE, Workplace fatal injuries in Great Britain 2018, http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/pdf/fatalinjuries.pdf

Course Benefits

Course benefits include:

• Qualified and experienced trainers - HFR Solutions CIC instructors are specialists in working at height
• Real-incident experiences - our instructors have handled rescue, at height, fire, medical and incident response scenarios in real-life 
• Peace of mind for you– we have successfully delivered numerous working at height courses to the construction, infrastructure, manufacturing and renewables sectors
• Increased confidence - your delegates will be trained in best practice processes for using a safety harness
• Safe employees - increased knowledge and competencies
• Increased capabilities – qualified employees and contractors
• Safe systems of work - we help to implement HFRS processes for your business, staff and business partners
• ISO accredited business - ISO9001, ISO14001 & ISO 18001
• Mobile training units - our working at height training can be delivered at your site (In-situ)
• Dedicated safety harness training area - for undertaking safety harness exercises and training
• Purpose-built working at infrastructure - both internal and external unrivalled working at height training infrastructure in the region

Learning Outcomes

Delegates undertaking this course will obtain the following learner outcomes;  

• Correctly check, fit and use a safety harness
• Best practice for using a safety harness when undertaking work at height or in a confined space
• Undertake buddy checks
• Equipment familiarisation and best practice use
• How a safety harness can help in the event of a fall

Relevant Legislation

If some or all of your employees work at height or use safety harnesses as part of your daily tasks, whether you are a business owner or responsible for the health and safety side of your organisation, it is essential that you have a complete understanding of relevant working at height legislation and how it may affect your organisation;

• Work at Height Regulations 2005
• Puwer – Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998)
• Loler (Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998)
• General Health & Safety Legalisation

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