Working at Height Training

Course Objectives

After completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

• To know basic safety and health on working at height
• To provides guidance to persons working at height.
• To minimise the risk of a fall from height.
• To know basic safety & health Malaysian legal requirement
• To create and promote safety & health working environment

Target Audience

• Emergency Response Team members
• Employees who working at height
• Managers/ Executives, Safety and Health Officers
• OSH Practitioners, Safety and Health Committee Members
• Supervisors and all levels of workers

Methodology

• Class room lecture
• Video Presentation
• Group Activity / Presentation

Course Modules

Module 1 – Safety Legislation & Standard

• OSH Act 1994
• FMA 1967 (BOWEC Regulation 1984)
• Guideline for Prevention of Fall at the Workplace
• ANSI, CE & EN Standard

Module 2 – Fall Prevention and Fall Arrest

• Fall Prevention & Fall Arrest
• Examples Work On the Ground
• Collective Prevention
• Collective Fall arrest
• Personal Fall Arrest
• Fall Prevention
• Pre Work Procedures

Module 3 – Maneuvering & Climbing Technique

• What Is A Fall?
• Fall Factor
• Impact Force
• Pendulum Effect
• Fall Statistic
• 4 Components Of The Safety Chain
• Body Support Belt Or Full Body Harness?
• Vertical Ascending & Descending Technique
• Carrying Of Loads During Climb

Module 4 – PPE, Fall Protection Equipments & System

• Responsibilities
• PPEs definition, Personal & Group
• PPEs (WAH Helmet, Eye protection, Boots & glove)
• Body Harnesses
• Work Positioning Belts
• Lanyard
• Connectors
• Shock Absorbers
• Vertical and Horizontal life line & railing
• Rope access system

Module 5- Inspection, care & Maintenance FPE

• Regular scheduled periodic inspection
• Inspection on Entry or re-entry into service
• Inspection of equipment, which has arrested a fall or shows defect
• Inspection of ropes and slings
• Storage and Transport
• Maintenance – cleaning
• Equipment Inspection checklist

Module 6  – Sharing session on used of PPE for working at height.

• How to use Safety harness properly
• Activity – Working at Height Senario

•          Activity – WAH Rescue