FALL PROTECTION AWARENESS ONLINE COURSE OVERVIEW

This online Fall Protection Awareness 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 knowledgeable in:

Importance of fall protection
Fall protection systems and components
Fall protection calculations
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 building awareness for workers in the field.

FALL PROTECTION AWARENESS ONLINE TEST

Testing conducted in this online Fall Protection course is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 80% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Users are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved on the first attempt. Print materials that further reinforce the information in this course can be accessed online.

FALL PROTECTION AWARENESS ONLINE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Upon successful completion of this online course, a certificate of completion will be available to download and print.

FALL PROTECTION AWARENESS ONLINE COURSE DURATION

Approximately 1.5 hours

FALL PROTECTION AWARENESS COURSE COST

$49.95

ONLINE FALL PROTECTION AWARENESS COURSE TOPICS

Module 1: Importance of Fall Protection

Statistics
Employer and worker responsibilities

Module 2: Fall Protection System Components

Full body harnesses
Pre-use inspections
Donning and doffing a harness

Engineered and non-engineered anchors
Pre-use inspections

Connecting components
Carabiners and snap hooks
Pre-use inspections

Life safety ropes
Pre-use inspections
Hazards and cautions

Fall arresters
Types
Pre-use inspections
Hazards and cautions

Horizontal lifelines
Hazards and cautions

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

Personal and collective fall arrest systems
Hazards and cautions
Personnel safety net pre-use inspections

Personal travel restraint systems
Hazards and cautions
Control zones
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

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