This course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and technical skills to understand the legal requirements around working at heights and preventing a worker from falling. You will learn to plan, implement and disestablish height safety systems while working at heights using fall devices, anchor points and safety harness.

This course is designed to help you gain in dept knowledge of the legislative requirements while working at heights. Practical scenario’s will guide you through the selection of the correct type of height safety systems and the use of relevant knots and fall arrest devices. This course also includes an active rescue scenario where the team set up an anchor points and use their knowledge to rescue the worker at height.  

The course covers NZQA Unit Standards 17600 and 25045. It will give you the skills required to understand how to identify the common types of height safety equipment employed on height work in the workplace; identify suitable height work equipment; identify suitable anchor points for fall and arrest systems; employ height safety equipment in a workplace environment; and plan rescue techniques and emergency procedures for working at height in the workplace.

Upon completing this course, you will have the competencies necessary to identify, inspect and maintain height safety gear, including harnesses, pulley wheels, lanyards, ropes, karabiners, helmets, and supplementary equipment. Additionally, you will grasp the legal obligations, methodologies, and protocols associated with inspecting height safety equipment.

This course refreshes your knowledge and skills by combining harness use and the selection, installation, use and disestablishment of height safety equipment to set up fit for purpose height safety systems. We also cover ladder risks, scaffolding, man cage and EWP use while working at heights. The course is mostly scenario based to ensure the student refreshes on his knots, rope use and fall arrest devices.