Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for anyone who needs to work at height as part of their job. These may include engineers, electricians, builders, cleaners, painters, electricians and plant operators, to name but a few.

Prerequisites

Course participants must be a minimum of 18 years old and medically fit and healthy. Learners must also provide their own basic PPE, including non-slip work gloves, eye protection, suitable outdoor clothing and safety footwear. Learners will also be required to provide proof of identity at the start of their training.

Content

This course covers the practical application of the Working at Height Regulations, including

• Work at Height legislation and regulations.
• ABC’s of basic fall protection,
• End-User PPE Inspection.
• Fixed Ladder Access 
• Fixed Ladder “Y” Lanyard Climbing.
• Fixed ladder work positioning.
• Use of limited fall protection systems.

The course will also cover the practical and safe use of personal fall protection equipment, including harness and lanyard, fall restraint, fall arrest, work positioning, working safely and assessing risk.

Assessment

The course is assessed using practical demonstration and verbal reasoning throughout. This course culminates in a summative multiple-choice assessment paper with an 85% pass mark.

Certification

Successful learners will be issued with a WAHL Safe Work at Height certificate valid for 2 years from the date of assessment; annual refreshers are recommended.

This course is delivered in accordance with BS 8454:2006, “Code of practice for the delivery of training and education for ‘work at height and rescue’.” 

Course Location:

Training delivered at your site or ours.

Course Cost:

The cost of this Safe Work at Height course is € POA.

Why Working at Height Limited?

Competence: Working at Height Limited is a Quality Assured Training Provider (QATP). 

All our trainers have completed the following: QQI Level 6, EQF 5 Train the Trainer (6N3326 Certificate Award) & the QQI Level 6, EQF 5 Manual Handling Instructor Course (6N0233 Certificate Award).

Note:

Delegates must be medically and physically fit for our training programmes. The training environment may require the use of specialised methods as part of this programme.

All training is conducted in accordance with:

• ISO 45001 – ISO 16368 – ISO 10333
• Health & Safety Authority – Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2007, Ireland
• EU-OSHA – Framework Directive (90/269/EEC) – EU-OSHA
• HSE-UK – Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 – United Kingdom
• OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration – 1910 & 1926 – United States of America
• ASTM E2659-18 Standard Practice for Certificate Programs – United States of America
• ANSI 1:2016, Criteria for Accepted Practices in Health, Safety and Environmental Training – United States of America
• ISO 29990:2010 Learning Services for non-formal education and training – International.
• ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety Management – International.

Our Courses:

Working at Height Courses are written & delivered in accordance with international and local standards and international and local legislation of Ireland, the UK, the EU, and the USA. If you are going to work in any of these areas, we can teach the local health and safety laws for that region on request.

Our Courses:

Working at Height courses are written & delivered in accordance with international and local standards and international and local legislation of Ireland, the UK, the EU, and the USA. If you are going to work in any of these areas, we can teach the local health and safety laws for that region on request.

Reasonable Accommodation Reasonable Accommodation Policy

It is Working at Height Limited’s policy that reasonable accommodation will be made for learners with disabilities or who fall under the nine grounds for discrimination under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018.

Reasonable accommodation is a process intended to mitigate, as far as possible:

the impact of a disability on a learner’s engagement with a training programme; and/or

Ensure that appropriate support is available to any individual covered by equality legislation.

Full details on our reasonable accommodation policy will be provided in our Learners Handbook to all delegates.

Grants and Funding 

Funding Available (Ireland):

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all or some of the costs of your training. (meaning, depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer, who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.

Funding Available (United Kingdom):

Funding for training can be availed of through candidates’ local enterprise partnerships and through a range of support which is developed through schools’ and colleges’ careers services to educate school leavers and those in education that they may be applicable for places in this training.

Those who are unemployed will be able to access information on government training schemes through their local Jobs and Benefits Office, which will have information on all eligible schemes.