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FALL PROTECTION COMPETENT PERSON

This course is a brief but comprehensive overview of fall protection in construction industry. It covers the employer's duties to provide the correct type of fall protection or fall arrest equipment for employees. The course looks at the OSHA Standards (29 CFR 1926.500 and the proper practices for the installation and use of fall protection on the job. The fundamentals of personal fall-arrest systems, roof systems, anchorage, lanyards, horizontal lifelines, self-retracting lifelines and many other systems are reviewed. Safe practices prior to beginning a job are stressed as well as "competent person' issues in performing safety checks for those persons working above required heights.

This 4hr course covers:

  • A general overview of the Standard.

  • Principles of fall protection.

  • Components of a fall arrest system.

  • Limitations of fall arrest equipment.

  • Hands-on exercises.