Harness Training

Overview
This course is all operatives who work at height, such as people who work on scaffold, those who are carrying out roof work and where there is no collective fall protection

Course Content 
- Legislation 
- Wearing and use of fall arrest equipment
- Inspecting harnesses 
- Maintaining harnesses 
- Anchorage points 
- Markings 
- Storage 
- Emergency procedures 
- Reporting Defects

Legal Compliance 
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005 amended 2007 
- Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 
- Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regs

Competence
At the end of this course the attendee should be aware of the dangers of work at height and the
importance of wearing a harness and the implications of not wearing one properly They will be
competent in the inspection of the harness and the recovery from a fall.