Scaffolding and Work at Height Safety Training

Scaffolding and Work at Height Safety Training – a certified online course by Punyam Academy – will acquaint you with all the safety aspects of scaffolding and work at height. This course is very useful to enhance safety and health of workers where work at height is required.

DESCRIPTION

Scaffolding activities and working at height are significantly more hazardous than normal work.  Even a minor error or oversight while working at height, including scaffolding activities, can result in a fatal accident. Therefore all those entrusted with planning, design, dismantling, and use of scaffolding and anyone who performs work at height, their supervisors, rescuers as well as employer/contractor must be fully aware of the scaffoldings and hazards associated with scaffolds and work at height, safe work practices, and precautionary measures, etc. This OHSA online training covers fundamental information about scaffolding, the hazards of working at height, safe work practices, risk control measures, fall protection systems, etc. The information shared in this training is significant for ensuring safety while working at height and will help tremendously to increase occupational health and safety of employees associated with any work which is performed at height.

CONTENT COVERED IN SCAFFOLDING AND WORK AT HEIGHT SAFETY COURSE

This online course on scaffolding and working at height safety contains video tutorials recorded by occupational health and safety management system trainers having rich experience of industries involving work at height.  For better understanding, handouts in .pdf formats are also provided as an easy download. The contents include online session exams and a final exam to check the effectiveness of the training course.

1. Videos:
   The video tutorials on the following topics are given in this course:
   • Session 1: Overview of scaffolding and working at height
   • Session 2: Management of scaffolding activities
   • Session 3: Protecting workers from falls when working at height.
2. Handouts
   The handouts in pdf format for all of the above three sessions are provided to the participants of this online training course on scaffolding and working at height. The participants can download and save the handouts on their computer for better understanding and for future reference also. They can read the handouts offline, anytime and anywhere.
3. Online Exams
   The participants of this online course will be required to clear all three session exams and one final exam, which are given as a part of the course. After successfully passing the final exam, his/her auto-generated Certificate will be issued and can be downloaded and printed from the dashboard.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this online course are to increase your knowledge and understanding of:

• Scaffolding and  working at height
• Standards/regulations for scaffolding and working at height
• Different types, models, and components of scaffoldings
• Safety measures for scaffolding and working at height
• Managing scaffolding activities for ensuring safety
• Protecting workers from fall when working at height
• Different types of personal fall protection systems and the basic conditions for using them.

WHO CAN ENROLL IN THIS COURSE?

This course is for all people who require to work at height or who want to know the hazards of work at height and also about safe work practices for scaffolding activities and working at height. This course will also help all those who want to know how to manage scaffolding activities as well as commonly used standards/ regulations for scaffolding and working at height safety.

 In particular, this course is useful for:

• Employees entrusted with work at height
• Scaffold designers, scaffolders, and scaffold users
• Emergency rescue personnel of companies
• Employers/contractors and supervisors, especially in construction industries
• Occupational health and safety professionals
• Management representatives,
• Members of Occupational Health and Safety Teams.

PREREQUISITES

• General awareness of workplace safety.
• Knowledge of basic work practices.
• Ability to understand work instructions and safe work practices.

AUTHORS & INSTRUCTORS

For details of the authors, trainers and instructors experience and background, please visit our trainers page. They have very rich experience on the subject.

STUDY MATERIALS

This e-Learning course is provided with study materials and you can read it after your log in or download (PDF format). Use the study materials to reinforce key points and to keep a reminder of what you already learned as well as you can save it in your computer for future reference. The access of this study material is removed after exam is cleared and on line certificate is prepared for the student.

EXAMINATION AND COURSE CERTIFICATE

This training program includes the Course Certificate that is issued upon course completion and passing the session exam as well as final exam given in the course with minimum 60% marks. The option to reappear in the exam is also given to student to get this course certificate

END OF COURSE INSTRUCTION

After completing the session and passing each session examination the student can appear for final exam. Once the final exam is cleared then it is considered a end of course. The training certificate is ready on our LMS and student can print it or save the training certificate. It is also available for verification by entering the name and certificate number.