Safe Work at Height Basic Training (online)

Our online basic work at height safety course is suitable for anyone who needs an awareness of working at height. It will help you to stay safe and identify the dangers when working at height. It covers what working at height is, planning work at height, preventing falls and holes, voids and fragile panels.

This course will take about 30 minutes to complete

Our training courses are designed so that the content is broken down into small, manageable chunks. Each chunk takes no more than a couple of minutes to complete, and you can come straight back to where you left off from a link on your account page.

Learning Outcomes

This course covers:

• Introduction to work at height.
• What is work at height?
• Planning.
• General safely.
• The work at height hierarchy.
• Preventing falls.
• Pre-work checks.
• Voids and holes.
• Fragile panels.

Who should do this course?

This course is suitable for anyone who carries out work at height..

This includes:

• Most construction workers.
• Work supervisors.
• Electricians.
• Plumbers and heating engineers.

Why is this training important?

Unsafe work at height leading to falls is one of the biggest causes of deaths and major injures in the construction industry. A basic awareness of working at height will enable employees to identify when they are at risk of falling, and the confidence to approach management about any problems.

Assessment and Certification

At the end of the course there is a multiple choice test that you will need to pass. There are also some brief questions throughout the course that are included to get you thinking about what you have learned and how you can apply that knowledge.

Once the course is complete, you will be able to download your certificate immediately. Your result will also be stored in our system and you can simply log back in to download another copy if you need to.

Group Bookings

If you are purchasing this course for a group, you just need to select the group option above before you “Add to Basket”. Once you have done this you can select how many licenses you wish to purchase, and add a name for the group.

Once you have completed your purchase, the course will appear in the “Groups Dashboard” section of your account. From here you can easily invite learners to the course, monitor their progress and download copies of their certificates.