Welcome to Chapter 4 of our Ultimate Guide to Working At Heights (WAH). In this article, we will discuss training alternatives for non-construction workers.
Fall arrest training might be right for you. Acute Safety and Safety services can conduct the training at your workplace or at our own training facility, whichever will suit your needs best. Keep reading to learn more about fall arrest training and how ACUTE can help.
Now let’s dig in and take a look at fall arrest training.
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Working At Heights Ultimate Guide Chapter 4
Alternatives for Non-Construction Workers: Fall Arrest
Fall arrest is the safe stopping of a person that is already falling. Fall arrest training (also known as fall protection) will, therefore, teach you what to in the event of a fall while working at heights.
It’s important to note, however, that this is not a replacement for Working At Heights Training; that course is required for all construction project workers under the Ontario Regulation 213/91.
Who Should Take Fall Arrest Training?
Employers, supervisors, and workers who may work at heights in any workplace other than construction projects will find this training beneficial. Those workplaces include industrial, agricultural and mining operations, health care and residential facilities and office settings.
For example, health care and retail workers may need to use ladders to access equipment or products on high shelves. Industrial workers may also be required to work at heights to use or fix certain pieces of machinery.
The purpose of a fall arrest training program is to:
- Strengthen workplace safety culture by elevating the profile and importance of preventing falls from heights.
- Provide 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.
- Provide workers who use personal fall protection equipment with sufficient knowledge about its purpose and use.
- Reduce the number of fall-from-heights incidents, injuries, and fatalities.
Remember: without proper fall arrest training, the likelihood of employee injury increases
What Will You Learn?
Fall arrest training can be modified to specifically address specific equipment used in your workplace.
Generally speaking, though, this is what you can expect to learn:
- Sector-specific legislation
- When is Working at Height training required?
- Fall from elevation hazards
- Controlling fall hazards
- Hierarchy of controls
- Fall prevention strategies and systems
- Fall protection systems
- Ladder safety
- Harness inspection and fitting exercise & evaluation
- Lanyard inspection exercise and evaluation
- Rescue plan – components and purpose
- Safe anchor exercise
You will learn through classroom interaction with experienced instructors, demonstration and hands-on training in the care and use of equipment, detailed handouts, videos and quizzes, and practical performance evaluations – all in 4 hours!
At ACUTE, we tailor fall arrest training course material to your company. We can do this by incorporating your corporate policies and procedures right into the training courses we conduct for your employees.
We use examples and scenarios in our training that are specific to your company and that you know your employees will face at work
Working At Heights Alternatives
If you will be working at heights in a sector other than construction, consider the following:
Also known as Fall Arrest, this training course is geared towards those working at heights in Industrial Establishments, Mining Operations, Health Care and Residential Facilities sectors, or workplaces other than Construction Projects. This flexible training course can be modified to best suit your specific industry’s needs, and to address workplace-specific equipment. This course includes hands-on training, detailed videos, handouts, quizzes, and classroom interaction with experienced instructors.
This course focuses on the dangers of working at heights from a scaffold or ladder, and how to prevent accidents and incidents. Our Scaffolding and Ladder course teaches participants how to work safely, including how to properly dismantle scaffolding after use. Participants will learn how to properly identify workplace hazards related to scaffolding and ladders, how to identify safe scaffold setups, how to identify different types of ladders, and understand relevant legislation.
If you’re not in construction, there are alternative training courses to keep you safe at heights
Trust ACUTE for Your Working at Heights Alternatives!
With ACUTE, you will experience the best comprehensive, hands-on Working At Heights training. ACUTE goes beyond government compliance in Ontario health and safety training.
- Open Door Instructor-Student Partnersh
ip: ACUTE’s training services emphasize client participation. Staff foster relationships with clients and serve as a touchstone for advice moving forward. - Serving Your Team and Industry: With a vast array of clients in the manufacturing, construction, health, academic, and government sectors, ACUTE brings the best safety practices from across the spectrum to your workplace.
- 100 Years Combined Experience: ACUTE provides comprehensive health and safety training, on-site safety services, and consulting services. With over 100 years of combined experience, our staff offers more than theoretical or abstract ideas. ACUTE offers solutions.
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