This Fall Protection Awareness Training Program provides participants with an understanding of their responsibilities when working in areas where fall hazards exist, the use of and inspection of the required equipment and the critical controls necessary to reduce the risk of a fall.
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Upon successful completion, a 2 year (FPG Centurion) Fall Protection Awareness certificate will be issued automatically.
Regulations pertaining to this topic vary from one province to the next and then again in federally regulated workplaces. For convenience Olelearning has captured Fall Arrest/Protection Regulations which can be reviewed by province and for Federally Regulated workplaces. In general however a worker at risk of falling more than 3 metres (10 feet) must be protected by a guardrail, travel-restraint mechanism or a fall-arrest system. A travel-restraint system uses a CSA-approved full body harness with lanyard and lifeline and anchorage point. It allows a worker to travel just far enough to reach the edge but not over it.
This course covers the following information:
Important Note: The online fall protection course is a 60 minute introduction to fall protection awareness and does not act as a replacement for the full day, fully interactive, hands on classroom based experiences provided by Fall Protection Group's series of training courses. For more information on Fall Protection Group Training, click here.