Working at Height Safety & Rescue (CWAH)
Course Aim
This course is aimed at personnel who are required to work at height.
In recent years, the number of workplace injuries and fatalities from work at height has increased and we are committed to playing our part in the reduction of this figure.
The aim of the Working at Height & Rescue 2-day training course is to elevate the standard of work at height education. It provides a formal qualification to individuals who need to perform tasks at height or rescue others from height, ensuring that participants are well-equipped with the knowledge and skills required for safe work and emergency response in high-risk environments.
Working at Height Safety & Rescue (CWAH)
Course Contents
Day One
- Relevant Regulations & Legislation
- Hierarchy of Working at Height
- Working at Height categories and correct types of Personal Fall Protection Equipment (PFPE)
- Anchor points – horizontal and vertical personal fall protection systems
- Anchor points – eyebolts, mobile anchors
- Harness and lanyard pre-use checks and fitting
- Identify the need for a rescue plan
- Roof access, egress, and hazards
- Fixed ladder techniques with fall arrest/work positioning lanyards
- Practical use of fall protection equipment
Day Two
- Practical use of fall protection equipment
- Rescue planning
- Practical use of Constant Rate Descender rescue kit
- Practical fixed ladder & roof rescue of a casualty
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the law, legislation, and control measures associated with performing a task at height using a fall a restraint/arrest capability
- Select, don, and perform a WAH task using appropriate items of PFPE for a given task
- Perform a pre-use examination on a given item of PFPE
- Don and adjust for fit a given item of PFPE
- Perform a pre-use examination on given fall arrest and work positioning PFPE
- Ascend and descend a given structure using appropriate given fall arrest PFPE
- Safely adopt a work position mode whilst on a vertical structure
- Traverse multiple safety systems whilst maintaining safe criteria at all times
- Perform a pre-use examination on a given rescue device
- Identify, reach, and maintain a safe location to anchor a given rescue device
- Rescue an individual or dead weighted mass located on a vertical structure by lowering using a given rescue device
- Rescue an individual or dead weighted mass located over an edge by lowering using a given rescue device
Course Assessment
- Written assessment
- Practical assessment
- Two Days
- Maximum of 8 people
- Training Academy
- Eurosafe Certificate
- Valid for 3 years
Course Reviews
Parking is an issue.
Great lunch.
4 October 2024
Very well delivered. The best WAH course I have done in thirty years.
4 October 2024
Really good training instructor, really clear about everything and very engaging, really enjoyed this course plenty of info, and really good practical
4 October 2024
Rob was very good and made the course interesting and engaging.
4 October 2024