Guide

What must work-at-height training cover?

Introducing the equipment is not enough: suspension, rescue and anchor point selection belong inside the training.

Three subjects that get left out

Most training explains how to put a harness on and stops there. Yet the three subjects that decide the outcome are usually skipped: how to choose an anchor point, how to calculate fall clearance, and how to rescue someone who has fallen.

Suspension

The danger does not end when a fall is arrested. Circulatory problems begin quickly in a suspended person; a system without a rescue plan may not change the outcome even though it stopped the fall.

Practice is essential

Explanation alone is not enough. Putting on the equipment, attaching it and rehearsing rescue are practised with real equipment; a harness shown in a classroom does not teach how to wear one on site.

In Optifora

The training module ties the programme to the competence record; the permit system prevents a permit being opened for someone without the training and a rescue plan.

  1. Define the riskWrite the work at height to be done and the fall scenario.
  2. Teach anchor selectionShow in practice how a suitable anchor point is chosen.
  3. Have them calculate clearanceHave participants work out the fall clearance.
  4. Rehearse rescuePractise rescuing a suspended person with real equipment.
  5. Record competenceTie the training to the competence record and the permit.
  6. Plan the repeatPut the repeat date, and renewal on equipment change, in the calendar.

Manage this in Optifora

Optifora is not a single program but a compliance platform assembled from modules. The catalogue states which module is ready today and which is on the roadmap.

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