Working at Height Safety & Rescue (CWAH)

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

• 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

• Written assessment

• Practical assessment