Falls are the leading cause of death in the construction industry. This course will help you understand the latest programs and technics in your industry.

Fall Protection Training

Course Duration: 2 days

Course Format: Classroom and practical exercises

Certification: Certificate of Attendance upon successful completion

Fall Protection Training is a course designed for any person required to work at height, where fall protection is necessary for compliance with work safety regulations.

Students will learn from our real-world experiences through theoretical, classroom training as well as hands-on scenarios, in which individuals will use a variety of gear/ equipment, techniques, and principles used for Fall Protection. Our instructors continually take updates and specialized fall protection training in order to provide students with relevant and regulatory compliant training.

All individuals will be competent in:

• Site Control: Individuals/ teams will be able to manage a scene to prevent accidents, and identify potential hazards.
• Incident Identification: Individuals/ teams will be able to identify whether an accident site will require operations level or technician level response.
• Rescue Response: Individuals/ teams will be able to perform simple patient rescues on both low and high-angle terrain, perform operations requiring a team to lower and raise a litter and/or a litter attendant, perform High Lines that fit the situation.
• Gear/ Equipment Usage: Individuals/ teams will be able to use their own gear effectively and efficiently, as well as having exposure and hands-on access/ learning to other gear and equipment, including some of the newest gear on the market.

At the end of this highly interactive training, participants will be able to:

• Define a fall protection system, fall arrest, and fall/travel restraint
• Identify when fall protection is required
• Understand the fall protection hierarchy
• Understand guardrails and their limitations and uses
• Understand the difference between travel restraint and fall restraint
• Understand fall arrest
• Understand control zones and safety monitors
• Understand ladder safety
• Utilize fall protection equipment
• Care for, clean and inspect fall protection equipment
• Understand anchors and their uses
• Perform fall protection system required calculations
• Understand fall protection plans and when they are required
• Understand the requirement for rescue and appropriate options
• Identify fall protection concerns and propose solutions to real life situations

Certain body types can be rendered unconscious after hanging in a harness for as little as 5 minutes. Death has been known to occur in 30 minutes.

When the alternative is falling to the ground, proper fall protection and rescue training is paramount.

Peak Rescue instructors do not just teach fall protection training, they work on sites where fall protection and rescue are required. Our staff has performed work at heights up to 2000’ suspended, hung in harness for over 12 hours.

Students can learn from our real-world experiences through theory and skill-based training. Our instructors continually take updates and specialized fall protection training in order to provide students with relevant and regulatory compliant training.

Fall Protection

This course is intended for any person that will be required to work at a height where fall protection is necessary as per the definition provided in local regulations. Students will be presented with a combination of theoretical training and practical training with current, approved fall protection equipment. The training includes definitions, a hierarchy of fall protection, calculating freefall distance and fall clearance, identification and inspection of required equipment, harness fitting, fall protection plans, and practical and written exercises followed by written confirmation of skills.

At the end of this highly interactive training, participants will be able to:

• Define a fall protection system, fall arrest, and fall/travel restraint
• When falls protection is required
• Understand the fall protection hierarchy
• Understand guardrails and their limitations and uses
• Understand the difference between travel restraint and fall restraint
• Understand fall arrest
• Understand control zones and safety monitors
• Understand ladder safety
• Utilize fall protection equipment
• Care for, clean and inspect fall protection equipment
• Understand anchors and their uses
• Perform fall protection system required calculations
• Understand fall protection plans and when they are required
• Understand the requirement for rescue and appropriate options
• Identify fall protection concerns and propose solutions to real life situations

Fall Protection for Supervisors

Course Duration: 2 days

Course Format: Classroom and practical exercises

Certification: Certificate of Attendance upon successful completion

Pre-requisites: Fall protection/restraint

This course is intended for any person that has completed basic fall protection training and will be required to supervise work where there is a risk of falls. Students will be presented with a combination of theoretical and practical training utilizing examples that may be found in the work place. This will include the components of a fall protection program, when a fall protection plan is required and how to complete one, effectively planning for rescue, and what’s important in regards to investigating a fall after it occurs.

• At the end of this highly interactive training, participants will be able to:
• Explain the governing bodies having jurisdiction regarding fall protection
• Explain the requirements of the local fall protection regulations
• Understand relevant standards governing fall protection equipment
• Identify the key components of a fall protection program
• Explain the other regulations, guidelines, and special conditions regarding fall protection as
• identified by applicable regulations
• Complete a fall protection plan
• Make an effective plan for rescue after a fall has occurred
• Facilitate an effective Tool Box meeting regarding a job site/task, which have the risk of a fall
• Identify when fall protection is required
• Investigate why a fall occurred