Formal Audit
The Working at Height Limited Master Instructors Association provides audits to candidate instructors, programs and courses. The audits are a necessary function of accreditation for conformity compliance.
- Instructor*
- Courses*
- Business Management*
- Safety Management*
- Industry Best Practice Implementation*
- Industry & Legislatave Compliance*
*Courses audited are not Working at Height Limited courses. They are courses that are owned, managed or represented by the applying party.
Working at Height Limited Audits are a planned, independent and documented assessment to determine whether agreed-upon requirements are met by a certifying body (CB) as either, a second party Working at Height Limited member relationship, or as a fully independent non-affiliated third-party audit.
The purpose of the witness audit is to verify that the CB or applicant’s certification system/program is effectively implemented by witnessing their performance of a certification in a surveillance audit (for currently accredited CB’s) at the CB client’s premises. Assessors witness randomly selected examinations and sample the certification process for each certification scheme. The scope is normally conducted to examine the total quality program effectiveness and implementation. An appraisal is conducted and reported to the highest level of management.
Accreditation
Do you have interest in having your training course assessed for International Standard conformity? Then the Working at Height Limited is the place for you!
Working at Height Limited can assess your program and program management system to determine if your course is compatible with conformity standardization for accredited course status. Having your Working at Height Limited course approval notifies your administration, clients and the public that your course is one they can trust their life and equipment upon.
Working at Height Limited Accreditation is defined as a finite, legally recognized process, managed by an independent party, based on the background, experience and credibility of court recognized, subject matter (professional) experts, whereby an entity (Certifying Body or CB) with multiple factors ( i.e. a course, procedure, a process, an organization, an institution) attains a standard of performance (meets a professional Standard) determined by the recognized independent party by meeting specific, objective, competency based, legally accepted criteria.
Accreditation is a must for certifying bodies, as a quality assurance process in which confirmation of competency, authority, or credibility is endorsed by the Working at Height Limited board.
The accreditation process ensures that CB practices are acceptable, typically meaning that they are competent to test and certify third parties, behave ethically and employ suitable quality management systems and that these are demonstrated and implemented to the satisfaction of the Working at Height Limited.
Subject Matter Expert
A Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a person who has extensive experience (with a minimum of 8,000 documented hours in a single specialty.
Excluding, Assisted Teaching, Operational Duties and expert (Committee Recognized) knowledge in a particular discipline.
They often conduct independent research, and sign off on internal training-related documents which they will be responsible to defend.
SMEs are also necessary for the development of training materials and are able to speak about the current state of a particular discipline or to cite advancement of that craft.
They are often called upon to provide expert witness opinion evidence as part of a fact-finding process such as investigative bodies, courts, tribunals etc.
They are frequently subject to cross examination or challenged to defend their opinions.
The Working at Height Limited, (Committee Recognized) subject matter experts provide the information upon which the Risk Management Matrix depends.
To start the process to become a (SME) contact us today!
Certification
The Working at Height Limited is an international certifying body.
Working at Height Limited focus is based on the following tri-level service:
- Instructor qualification
- Program accreditation
- Academy Management
Course accreditation
Working at Height Limited Association Certification (Professional Certification) is defined as a finite, legally recognized process, managed by an independent party, based on the record of court recognized, subject matter (professional) experts, whereby an individual (or a product) meets / attains an objective Working at Height Limited Standard (standard of performance) determined by the recognized party.
It is a formal qualification process which is evaluated by a qualified person who did not teach a specific skill or critical element of a course (or who designs/manufactures a product) and who does not know the specifics of the examination process so he / she cannot teach to the exam process, and where the course participant meets (or not) a quantified, specific, objective, competency based, third party knowledge (written) and skill (practical) based examination criteria regarding a specific subject at a specific time and location.
Professional Development
The Working at Height Limited provides instructor developmental opportunities through online a private forum, E-learning, class lecture, e-live meeting and one-on-one sessions in the following subject areas for those that qualify in these arenas:
- Effective Presentation Techniques
- Adult Learning Techniques
- Leadership, coaching and mentoring
- Instructional techniques/certification in a variety of specialty areas
- Subject matter expert development
- Expert witness courses
- Quality Assurance/Auditing Practices
- Organizational, Business, service provider development/planning and processes.
Case Law
Case Law, consists of a body of judgments (and the reasons therefore) by courts and tribunals in interpreting the law applicable in cases brought before them.
Called precedents, they can be binding on all courts (within the same jurisdiction), to be followed as the law in similar cases.
Over time, these precedents are recognized, affirmed, and enforced by the subsequent court decisions, thus continually expanding the common law.
In comparison, statute law is the body of acts enacted by a legislature, and civil law does not recognize any precedent. Also called judge-made law.
Case law is relevant to the Working at Height Limited as it learns from these case precedents and integrates protocols into its body of knowledge and Standards.
Managing risk through due diligence, by staying informed of case law developments and dispersing these to the membership are all pillars of the quality assurance protocols of the Working at Height Limited.
Research
In its mandate to remain at the leading edge, the Working at Height Limited membership conducts research for its own edification or as part of a industry specific request.
The Working at Height Limited conducts primarily applied research which is designed to solve practical problems and advance the knowledge base of the craft of technicial professionals.
The Working at Height Limited will conduct research requests from outside bodies however these are considered special projects and conducted on a one-off basis.