PPE User Checks For Industry
For all users of working at height Personal Protective Equipment, including rope access technicians, tower and mast climbers, roof workers, riggers, arborists and emergency services.
Who is this course for?
All users of working at height Personal Protective Equipment, including rope access technicians, tower and mast climbers, roof workers, riggers, arborists and emergency services.
People issued with Personal Protective Equipment for work at height (collectively called Personal Fall Protection Equipment) must, under UK regulations, know how to carry out pre-use inspections to ensure its safe condition before use.
We have designed this course to give the appropriate background information on legislation and equipment performance as well as passing on the skills necessary to carry out suitable inspections.
Topics are covered using a combination of hands-on product checking training and classroom presentations.
At the end of the course, following successful completion of a formal assessment, you should be able to undertake your own pre-use checks. You should also be able to identify damage and/or defects that would necessitate an item being taken out of service and passed to a ‘competent’ person for thorough examination.
Prerequisites
Ideally to be familiar with the operation and use of Personal Protective equipment for work at height. The minimum age of candidates is 18 years.
Course Details
Duration: 1 Day
Venue: Lyon Equipment (training may also be available at customers’ own venue)
Course Code: LT08
Cost Excl VAT: £180
Industry User Checks
There are currently no scheduled courses available or existing courses are fully booked. Please contact us.
Course Content
Legislation and management systems:
- CE Markings and Standards
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations Product marking Record keeping
- Certificates of conformity
- Disposal of failed items
Equipment inspection and selection:
- Inspection techniques
- Failure criteria
- Common failures
- Obsolescence
Care, maintenance and storage on the following:
- Helmets
- Ropes
- Harnesses
- Connectors
- Slings/anchor strops
- Ascenders
- Descenders
- Back up devices
- Energy absorbing/work positioning lanyards
There may be the opportunity to view destructive tests on slings and connectors.
Assessment
The course assessment is by short written test and practical assessment by Lyon staff.
Certification
A certificate of attendance and test and ID card record of training will be issued to successful candidates.
Certificate valid for three years from date of assessment.
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