Picking A Rooftop Height Safety Training Course

Putting people to work at height on a roof top is often a company minefield, as the ramifications might have truly serious problems if not dealt with correctly. In cases where discovered to be negligent in the procedure, management and suitable training and equipment, you'll be facing criminal charges and court penalties and where disregard as well as putting profit before safety is proved those fines may be punitive.

As a result of participating in a rooftop course you and your workers should have gained the skill sets and the required understanding, combined with proper specific expertise to operate on roofs. Consequently you won't just have a much safer environment but also be able prove how you have properly discharged your legal obligations through using best practice, effective methods, contributing to more happy, safer workforce.

Rooftop Working at Height courses should provide a detailed look into the relevant issues surrounding the roof top access as a whole. Focusing on the level of access required the safety precautions specific to the access available. Anchorage considerations and appropriate equipment selection with regard to suitability for job and work to be carried out on roofs.

The course needs to cover methodology for safe access: during roof construction, general access on existing roofs, covering a variety of roofs with different approaches for the following styles:

Flat roofs, slab roofs, suspended roofs, tin roofs, pitch roofs, vaulted roofs, and domed roofs

Consideration should then also be given to the specific safe access and anchorage arrangements, and equipment suitability for the following working areas: Hips, Eaves, Valleys, Ridges, Parapets, and Trusses etc.

The rooftop safety course programme should include:

General roof height safety considerations

Working at height suitability - fall arrest / work positioning / restraint on roofs

Basic elements of safe working procedures / equipment principles / operator - Considerations when working on roofs including:

Harnesses

Lanyards

Inertia reels

Restraint systems

Connectors

Fall arrest systems

Fixed and temporary systems

Equipment requirements and limitations for roof work: specific requirements / suitability

Anchorage - propriety devices in consideration with access and applications found on roofs

Rescue considerations specific to scope of work on roofs

Learning Outcomes

A good rooftop safety course should provide candidates with the knowledge and confidence to be competent and certified to work on roofs, dealing with access safety related issues that occur within their working environment on roof-tops.

Having passed this course candidate will be able to:

Have a good theoretical understanding of roof top height safety.

Be confident practically when working, accessing rooftops at height.

Competently make equipment selection, anchorage consideration for specific tasks on new or existing roof surfaces.

Demonstrate competency in height safety equipment usage specific to roofs.

Achieve better practical standards of health and safety in the work place.

Following the course delegates should have the ability to work safely at height, have a sound theory of the dangers and risks of working on a roof at height, and have the practical abilities in making use of the appropriate height safety equipment correctly and safely.

Delegates must have a comprehensive and complete knowledge of exactly what is required to work safely at height along with attain better practical standards of health and safety in the work place.