In this article, we will be outlining Working At Heights Training cost.

ACUTE’s Working At Heights (WAH) training provides theoretical as well as practical training and evaluation. It is also facilitated by highly skilled and competent instructors. Our main goal is to get you home safely from work every day. Contact us to learn more.

Now let’s dig in and take a look at what you get from the WAH course and what to expect.

 

Working At Heights Training Cost

Working At Heights

Cost: $225.00 (CAD)*

* price does not include taxes

 

Working At Heights Refresher

Cost: $139.00 (CAD)*

* price does not include taxes

 

 

Training Location:

730 Bridge Street, Unit 3
Waterloo, Ontario N2V 2J4

Toll free: 1-866-448-5075

Tel.: (519) 747-5075

Fax: (519) 747-4608

Email: info@acuteservices.com

Note: When assessing cost, keep in mind what could happen if you don’t invest in this training – injuries, fines, and legal issues could all be the result of employing workers who aren’t properly trained.

 

Working At Heights – What You Will Learn

Ontario workplaces are divided into sectors under the Occupational Health and Safety act: Industrial establishments, mines and mining plants, health care and residential facilities, and construction projects. Each is governed by specific regulations that outline training requirements. 

According to Ontario Regulation 213/91 – Construction Projects, Working at Heights is mandatory if you are a construction project worker and if you will use any of the following:

  • Travel restraint system
  • Fall restricting system
  • Fall arrest system
  • Safety net
  • Work belt OR safety belt

When assessing Working At Heights Training cost, it’s important to know you’ll be getting the best possible instruction.

The purpose of the Working At Heights Training program is fourfold:

  • Strengthen workplace safety culture – By elevating the profile and importance of preventing falls from heights.
  • Knowledge and Safety Practices – By providing workers who may be exposed to the hazard of falling with adequate knowledge about fall hazards and general safety practices to work safely at heights.
  • Purpose and Use of Equipment – By providing workers who use personal fall protection equipment with sufficient knowledge about its purpose and use; and,
  • Incident Reduction – By reducing the number of fall-from-heights incidents, injuries, and fatalities.

 

ACUTE’s Working at Heights course provides theoretical and hands-on practical training

 

Here’s a look at how the 8-hour day would break down:

Working at Heights (Theory Module 3hr)

  • Working at Heights (WAH) and legislation
  • WAH hazards
  • Safe Work Plans & assessing and controlling WAH hazards
  • The hierarchy of controls – application to WAH
  • Fall prevention strategies and systems
  • Fall protection systems
  • Ladder safety
  • Written evaluation

Working at Heights (Practical Module – 3.5hr)

  • Fall prevention/protection system requirements and limitations
  • A-B-C component selection, inspection, use
  • Harness inspection and fitting exercise & evaluation
  • Lanyard inspection exercise and evaluation
  • Travel restraint, fall arrest set-up exercise & evaluation
  • 100% tie-off exercise and evaluation
  • Ladders, scaffolds, and elevating work platforms
  • Rescue plan – components and purpose
  • Safe work strategies and safe anchor exercise
  • Written evaluation

Check out this video for a quick preview of the course:

 

Acute Safety – Working At Heights from Acute Safety on Vimeo

 

Working At Heights Training Cost – Why Take a Refresher?

The Working At Heights Refresher course must be taken 3 years following the initial Working at Heights training program. This is required in order to remain compliant with regulations given by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.

A refresher is subsequently required every three years as long as the participant wants to remain certified. You might want to plan ahead for that as part of your budget for total working at heights training cost.

As outlined by the Government of Ontario, “Working at heights refresher training reinforces key learning outcomes and will also keep learners up to date on any legislative, regulatory or equipment (technological) changes which may impact working at heights in construction.”

Any training provider that has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) to provide a working at heights training program can deliver working at heights refresher training.

Upon completion of the half-day course, your certification will be valid for another three years.

Here are the current acceptable forms of proof of previous training that you can bring for the refresher:

 

Upon completion of the refresher, your certification will be valid for another three years

 

Here’s what you will learn during the Working at Heights refresher:

The Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training Regulation says employers are to ensure workers on construction projects successfully complete a working at heights training program if they are going to be using specified methods of fall protection while on the job.

As mentioned above, the working at heights refresher training is a module of the initial, 8-hour working at heights training program. Therefore, the minimum duration of the refresher training is three-and-a-half (3.5) hours of training delivery.

The practical component covers the following topics:

  • Barriers and safety nets
  • Personal fall protection equipment
  • Anchor points
  • Work positioning systems, work access and platforms
  • Rescue planning

Additionally, the refresher includes a hands-on demonstration of equipment and procedures and a written test. Participants need to wear comfortable clothing and closed-toe footwear.

 

Get home safe. Sign up for Working At Heights Training today!

 

Trust ACUTE For Working At Heights Training!

ACUTE is dedicated to workplace safety.

Our Working at Heights training and refresher programs have been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development’s Working At Heights Training Program Standard and the Working At Heights Training Provider Standard.

Other courses such as Joint Health and Safety Committees, WHMIS 2015 (GHS), and Worker Health & Safety Awareness help workers learn important legislation and health and safety techniques to keep themselves and others safe.

“I have taken my first safety training with ACUTE 20 years ago and my latest one just a few months ago. Over the years, ACUTE has provided me and my colleagues with the necessary and required health and safety training to keep us safe. Their safety courses include plenty of hands-on/active personal participation. Highly recommend.”

– Thomas Kolodziej

Read more testimonials here.

 

ACUTE is located in Waterloo, Ontario, and services customers from cities such as Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Milton, Kitchener, London, Guelph, and others across Ontario.