Course Overview
This online Fall Protection course is designed to provide you with the knowledge to help minimize fall hazards and protect yourself and others from serious injury.
Upon successful completion of this fall protection training, you should be able to:
- Explain the importance of fall protection
- Identify fall protection systems and components
- Complete fall protection calculations
- Explain fall protection planning and procedures
Alberta legislation along with CSA, ANSI, CEN and, industry standards were used to develop this fall protection course as Alberta has some of the most thorough legislative standards in Canada. This course was designed to both fulfill employees' OH&S requirements and to protect the individuals who are working on site.
Course Topics
This Fall Protection course covers the following topics:
- Fall hazards
- The use and purpose of various fall protection systems
- The importance of fall protection from a legislative standpoint
- How to choose an anchor
- The purpose and function of full body harnesses
- The five classes of full body harnesses
- Requirements for connecting hardware
- The uses of various connecting devices
- The purpose and function of shock absorbers
- The hazards of various fall protection system components if not used correctly
- Maximum arrest force
- Calculating free fall distance and clearance
- Basic inspection and care requirements
- How to don a full body harness
- Basic requirements for fall protection plans, rescue planning, and preventing suspension trauma
This course takes approximately 150 minutes to complete
A passing grade of 80% or higher required. Up to 3 attempts are provided.
A certificate will be provided upon the successful completion of this course.
