Course Overview

• Flexible Learning: You can pause the course anytime, and it will automatically bookmark your progress, allowing you to resume where you left off. The course is fully narrated and complies with AODA standards.
• Interactive Content: Detailed explanations, relevant images, and activities help reinforce understanding. Each module includes a summary and a practical training checklist. A final test at the end assesses your grasp of the material.

Course Outline

1. Introduction

• Overview of falls and fall protection
• Anatomy of a fall, fall hazards, and methods for elimination, prevention, and control
• Types of fall hazards, including those from ladders, scaffolds, work platforms, etc.

2. Slips, Trips, and Falls

• Falls on level surfaces, from elevation, and from ladders
• Proper ladder use and tips to avoid slips, trips, and falls

3. Fall Protection Equipment

• Detailed explanation of various fall protection equipment, including guardrails, travel-restraint systems, and safety nets
• Overview of CSA standards and personal fall protection systems (PFAS)

4. Anchor Systems

• Explanation of anchor types: designed fixed support, temporary fixed support, and existing structural features
• Discussion on safety factors, anchorage, clearance, and pendulum effects

5. Components of a System

• Description of fall protection system components: connectors, rope grabs, carabiners, harnesses, lanyards, shock absorbers, and lifelines
• Review of rope-breaking strength standards and impact indicators

6. Inspections

• Procedures for inspecting fall equipment for damage, wear, and defects
• Detailed inspection methods for harnesses, lanyards, and other equipment

7. Storage and Maintenance

• Guidelines for proper storage and maintenance of personal fall arrest equipment

8. Donning Harnesses

• Instructions for wearing and adjusting full-body harnesses to ensure comfort and safety
• Importance of proper adjustment and attachment to a fall arrest system

9. Fall Protection Plan

• Scenarios requiring fall protection plans
• Details on plans for rescue training, suspension trauma, aerial lifts, and elevated work platforms