Fall Protection for General Industry
- Fall Protection, Falling Object Protection
- Anfeald Course # FAL 301
- 4.0 Hours Nominal
- 0.4 CEU
- Colorado Certified Water Professionals Training Units: Contact Anfeald
Target Audience
Anfeald’s Fall Protection for General Industry course, FAL 301, is for personnel who work at heights, and their frontline leaders. It helps learners identify and avoid common fall hazards and safely use personal fall arrest systems.
Summary
This course provides learners with specific information on fall hazards and physics, passive and active fall protection systems, fall protection for commonly encountered situations at general industry facilities, selecting and using personal fall arrest systems, pre-use inspections, ladder safety, and related topics. Instructors adjust the allowable fall protection methods content based on the job positions of attending learners.
Learners should bring their fall arrest equipment to class.
This course is suitable as both initial and refresher training.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, learners will:
- Define common fall protection hazards and how to recognize them in the workplace.
- Select compliant and allowable fall protection methods for common fall hazards emphasizing hazard elimination and passive-methods before selecting personal fall arrest systems.
- Describe and demonstrate the proper use of personal fall arrest systems including pre-use inspections, adjustments, donning, making connections, 100% tie-off, anchoring, storage, care, and limitations.
- Identify safe and unsafe improvised anchorages.
- Calculate fall clearance and decide if there is sufficient fall clearance for common situations.
- Define orthostatic intolerance is and how to avoid it.
- Explain the importance of setting up a post-fall rescue plan, explain common rescue methods and their order of use, and recognize when outsides services are necessary.
- Explain how to set up and use a designated area.
- List allowable falling-object protection methods and their application.
- Describe how to properly set up and use extension- and step-ladders.
- Demonstrate knowledge of key fall protection terms
Facility, Classroom, and Other Needs
Facility, classroom, and equipment needs:
- Comfortable seating, table space, and writing materials for each learner
- Display screen with HDMI input or screen and projector (let us know in advance if we need to bring a projector and screen)
- Learner’s fall protection harnesses, lanyards, self-retracting lifelines, and other PFAS items
- At least one example of each ladder type used by the client
Contact Anfeald in advance if you are unsure about the necessary equipment or its functionality since course completion is dependent on these items.
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