This full-day program is divided into two, three-and-a-half-hour sessions and includes a practicum.

In the first session, participants will learn:

• The roles and responsibilities of workplace parties
• The workers’ right to know, participate, and refuse unsafe work
• Regulatory requirements that apply to working at heights
• The hazards of working at heights
• How to control hazards using the hierarchy of controls
• Ladder selection and how to use them safely

In the second session, participants will learn:

• How to use fall protection equipment and their safest arrangements
• The difference between travel restraint, fall restricting, and fall arrest
• The standards for harnesses and lanyards
• How to inspect fall protection equipment and ladders
• The importance of calculating fall clearance
• How to calculate fall clearance
• The importance of developing a rescue plan
• How to don a harness and demonstrate 100 percent tie-off

Note: Due to the nature of hazards and the training standard, both a written evaluation and a mandatory practicum are required. Each participant must score a 75 percent to pass and receive a record of training card.