CPD – Working at Height

What Will You Learn?

• The Scope and Risk Factors: Define working at height according to international standards (including OSHA’s 2m threshold) and describe how vertical distance, unprotected edges, and material deterioration affect overall risk.
• The Hierarchy of Control: Describe how to systematically manage risks by avoiding work at height (ground-level assembly), preventing falls (using existing safe structures or restraints), and minimising fall consequences.
• Safe Practices for Roof Work: Describe the specific access, crawling board, and edge protection requirements needed to safely work on flat, pitched, and fragile roofs.
• Ladder and Stepladder Safety: Describe the limitations, positioning rules (the 1:4 angle rule), pre-use inspection criteria, and stabilization techniques for ladders and stepladders.
• Scaffolding Design and Components: Describe the structural features and safety components (such as sole boards, standards, transoms, toe-boards, and brick guards) of independent tied scaffolds.
• Scaffold Inspections and Reporting: Describe the legal inspection regimes (including the 7-day rule and post-storm checks) and the necessary details required in a competent person\'s written report.
• Mobile Tower Scaffolding: Describe the stability rules, height-to-base ratios, wheel-locking procedures, and safe movement protocols for mobile tower scaffolds.
• MEWP and Mobile Access Operations: Describe the safe plant, safe workplace, and safe operator controls required to prevent the overturn or collapse of Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (MEWPs).
• Fall Arrest and Rescue Procedures: Describe the deployment of personal fall protection equipment and the critical emergency rescue protocols necessary to mitigate fatal suspension trauma.
• Protection of Others and Safe Storage: Describe how to prevent injuries from falling objects using netting, debris chutes, and fans, alongside the principles of safe material stacking and storage.