Online Working At Height Course

It is the legal responsibility of all employers to provide work at height training for all their employees.
If a person carries out any task with the potential risk of falling to a lower level, they are working at height, regardless of the height or severity of the possible fall.

This online course is designed to help individuals understand and implement the national safety standards for working at height and learn how to plan, select, and effectively use appropriate equipment.

This course has been designed to educate candidates about the potential dangers of working at height and teach them how to work safely by correctly selecting and using the appropriate access equipment.

• This working at Height course gives participants a broad understanding of the importance of safe working practices and current legislation.
• It covers the essential awareness, duties and reasons for the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
• It will give candidates a good understanding of the Working at Height Regulations 2005.
• Candidates will learn the fundamental knowledge of risk assessment and control measures.
• It will provide participants with an outline of The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
• This working at height course conveys the bedrock principles of The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998.
• It evaluates the importance of choosing the correct access equipment, knowing safe working limits and the basic checks to carry out before use.
• It teaches candidates the statistics from accidents when something goes wrong.

The majority, if not all, of the fatalities and 40,000 injuries caused by people falling from heights in the workplace each year could have been avoided if people had worked safer. Our online training focuses on instilling this safety knowledge in candidates in order to help them avoid accidents by following their training lessons.

Individuals engaged in jobs that involve working at heights need the proper knowledge, tools, and skills to ensure their safety. This course provides an invaluable resource for such individuals, equipping them with the knowledge to confidently and safely assess work-at-height operations.

Our online Working at Heights course:

• Tells candidates what happens when things go wrong and how to avoid bad practices
• It highlights the planning, risk, and control measures for height work.
• Teaches participants to consider environmental factors such as lighting and ground conditions when planning work.
• Teaches candidates about safely using ladders and step ladders.
• Shows candidates what steps must be addressed before work is carried out, only if work at a height can’t be avoided.
• Instructs candidates to consider work objectives, conduct a risk assessment, and plan a suitable method for safely completing a task, considering all elements that may pose risks.
• Teaches how to select equipment for protection and access and appropriate equipment for the nature of the work.
• Teaches candidates to consider foreseeable loadings and safe passages that do not pose risks to workers or passers-by.