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, 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 was used extensively in the development of this course as Alberta has some of the most rigorous legislative standards in Canada. CSA, ANSI, CEN, and industry standards were also used. This course focuses on the safety of individuals working in the field.
Course Topics
- Statistics
- Additional training
- Overview of the Alberta OH&S Act, Regulation, and Code
Module 2: Fall Protection System Components
- Full body harnesses
- Classifications
- Pre-use inspections
- Donning and doffing a harness
- Hazards and cautions
- Engineered and non-engineered anchors
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
- Connecting components
- Carabiners and snap hooks
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
- Life safety ropes
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
- Fall arresters
- Types
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
- Horizontal lifelines
- Energy absorbers
- Types
- Hazards and cautions
- Lanyards
- Classes
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
- Self-retracting devices
- Types
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
Module 3: Fall Protection Systems
- Types of falls
- Personal and collective fall arrest systems
- Hazards and cautions
- Personnel safety net pre-use inspections, hazards, and cautions
- Personal travel restraint systems
- Hazards and cautions
- Control zones
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
- Work positioning systems
- Ladders
- Types
- Pre-use inspections
- Hazards and cautions
Module 4: Fall Protection Calculations
- Arresting force
- Calculations
- Free fall distance
- Clearance required
- Clearance required from a platform
- Clearance required from an anchor
- Clearance required from a D-ring
- Clearance required with swing fall
Module 5: Fall Protection Planning and Procedures
- Fall protection plans
- Hazard control
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Rescue and escape planning
- Emergency preparedness and response
- Self-rescue hazards and cautions
- Communication
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.
