Working at Heights


Falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury. We offer a range of Working at Height courses for operatives; supervisors; and managers. 

Available courses:

Course name Duration Next date Detail
Ladders & Stepladders 0.50 day 16/09/2024 09:00 Details and dates
Ladders & Stepladders & Mobile Towers 1 day 16/09/2024 09:00 Details and dates
Mobile Towers 0.50 day 16/09/2024 13:00 Details and dates
Roof Top Access Safety TBC Please call for dates Details and dates
Safe Use of Safety Harnesses TBC Please call for dates Details and dates
Working at Heights TBC Please call for dates Details and dates

Overview:

We offer a range of Working at Height courses for operatives; supervisors; and managers. The Work at Height Regulations apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall liable to cause personal injury.

The regulations place duties on employers, the self-employed, and any person that controls the work of others (for example facilities managers or building owners who may contract others to work at height). For further details, there is a leaflet available for you to download from the Brochures menu option.

The need for Training - Falls from height remain the single biggest cause of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury. During 2007/8 58 workers died and 3623 suffered a serious injury as a result of a fall from height. Ladders remain the most common agent involved and account for more than a quarter of all reported falls from height incidents.

What is a Height?  - A place is ‘at height’ if (unless the Regulations are followed) a person could be injured falling from it, even if it is at or below ground level. ‘Work’ includes moving around at a place of work (except by a staircase in a permanent workplace) but not travel to or from a place of work. For instance, a sales assistant on a stepladder would be working at height, but the HSE would not be inclined to apply the Regulations to a mounted police officer on patrol.

Prosecution - Employers are being warned to take correct precautions when their staff work at height. The HSE regularly prosecute individuals and organisations for breaches of the regulations, particularly when these breaches result in death or serious injury to employees.

Staff Training - Under Regulations 5 and 6(5)(b), you must ensure that everyone involved in the work is competent (or, if being trained, is supervised by a competent person). This includes involvement in organisation, planning, supervision, and the supply and maintenance of equipment. Where other precautions do not entirely eliminate the risk of a fall occurring, you must (as far as it is reasonably practicable to do so) train those who will be working at height how to avoid falling, and how to avoid or minimise injury to themselves should they fall.

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