Basic Harness and Height Awareness Course Including Leading Edge Equipment

Course Details

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Course Aims and Overview

Basic Harness and Height Awareness Course

This course is designed to provide operatives with the knowledge and tools to work safely at height and safely use horizontal life lines.

Duration: 1 day.
Assessment: Oral questions throughout the course theoretical / practical assessments.
Certification: Valid for 3 years.
Maximum number of delegates per course: 10

Venue Requirements

Room required with lighting and power connections, for projector, and seating for up to 10 delegates.
A practical area to set up Horizontal lifelines and conduct practical training / assessments.

Introduction/ Course overview
Overview of Legislation
Accident Statistics
Rescue Equipment (selection to be site and job specific)
Remote Rescue
Practical - over the edge Rescue

Prolonged Harness suspension
Suspension Syncope
Casualty Recovery
Evacuation / Descent
Practical Examination

Course Content

Introduction/Course overview
Overview of Legislation
Accident Statistics
Hierarchy of controls Process Change (Passive Safety, Fall Arrest, Restraint)
Equipment selection
Harness Donning/Fitting

Pre-use harness inspection
Horizontal Life line types (Textile/Cable)
General Deflection
Horizontal Life line pre-use checks
Using Horizontal lifelines