Online Work at Height Safety Training Course

Online Work at Height Safety Training Course

£15.00

RoSPA Assured and CPD Certified Online Work at Height Safety Training Course – Work at height is an inevitable part of working in the construction and building industries and Work at height training should therefore be provided to all staff, particularly as work at height which can lead to falls from height, is the single largest cause of workplace fatalities.  Our online work at height training course provides a simple and cost effective means of ensuring your staff and sub-contractors have completed work at height training.  Our online work at height training course can be completed anywhere that has a good internet connection at a time and place of your choosing.  As an online safety training course, there is no longer any excuse for not completing such basic and essential training, the Work at Height course can be completed on-site, or at home and can take as little as 30 minutes to complete.

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Online Work at Height Safety Training Course

Online Safety TrainingWork at height is an inevitable part of working in the construction and building industries.  Work at height training should therefore be provided to all staff, particularly as work at height can lead to falls from height and falls from height are the single largest cause of workplace fatalities.  Our RoSPA Assured and CPD Certified Work at Height Online Safety Training Course therefore provides a simple and effective way of deploying health and safety training to your staff, whilst also not smashing the training budget all at once.

Our online work at height training course therefore provides a simple and cost effective means to provide work at height training to your staff and sub-contractors working on your sites.  Our online work at height training course can be completed anywhere that has a good internet connection at a time and place of your choosing using a desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile device.

online Work at Height Training courseWorking at height accounts for a significant number of serious injuries and fatal accidents in the UK every year. Our online work at height health and safety training course has been developed specifically to help provide employees general work at height safety awareness training, to help keep them safe when working at height.

The work at height safety training course provides clear and concise information to help both employers and employees to comply with the requirements of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. This health and safety training course will help you plan and assess the risks for work at height activities, ensure competent persons are carrying out the tasks and take steps to reduce and avoid risks all together.

Our Online Work at Height training course will also address the selection of the most appropriate equipment for working safely at height together with other measures such as the selection of the right PPE.

Online Work at Height Safety Training – Course Content

Our Work at Height Safety training course will help to ensure you understand the key risks and hazards associated with Working at Height together with the legal requirements and the selection of suitable access equipment to help facilitate safe Work at Height.  The full content of the online Work at Height Safety training course can be summarised as follows:

  • Introduction
  • What is work at height?
  • What activities can be classified as work at height?
  • Why should working at height be controlled?
  • Legislation
  • Employers’ responsibilities
  • Your responsibilities
  • Hazards exercise
  • Application
  • When things go wrong
  • Good practice
  • Control strategies for work at height
  • Ladder safety
  • Ladder use
  • Step-ladders
  • Ladder summary
  • Working platforms
  • Guard-rails
  • Safe working platforms
  • General access scaffolds
  • Tower scaffolds
  • Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWP)
  • Safety harnesses
  • Summary
  • Multiple choice test

Learning outcomes

Upon the completion of the Work at Height Training course you will have an understanding of the following:

  • What work at height is
  • Knowledge of the Work at Height Regulations 2005
  • The responsibilities of the employee and employer
  • Hazards and good practice when working at height
  • Control strategies for minimising the risks associated with working at height
  • Being able to assess which equipment is suitable
  • The use of safety equipment for Work at Height

The duration of this online safety course is approximately 30 minutes and no prior knowledge is required.

Upon the successful completion of the Online Work at Height Safety training course, a Training Certificate will be automatically issued and can be downloaded from your training account.