Walking Working Surfaces and Fall Protection

Course Description

This course is part of OSHA’s General Industry training.

The course begins by uncovering the importance of maintaining walking working surfaces, highlighting their pivotal role in preventing common workplace accidents and fostering a culture of safety, productivity, and proactive risk management.

This course will then help you to examine the significant role that specialised protective gear and essential safety tools play in building a strong workplace safety culture, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards to prevent accidents and promote employee well-being.

Further, you'll discover the urgent need for identifying and addressing fall hazards, focusing on empowering employees with the knowledge and proactive strategies required to reduce workplace accident risks.

Finally, the course will guide you through the essential systems intended to prevent falls, alongside the crucial safety measures that protect workers, underscoring the importance of preparation for when proactive steps alone are insufficient.

Learning Objectives

• Understand and identify different work surfaces and their associated risks and hazards.
• Comply with current safety practices and legislation in regard to safety of work surfaces.
• Recognise and identify the correct safety equipment to use for work surfaces and fall protection.
• Understand the risk of falls in the workplace and their consequences.
• Identify fall strategies and the difference between fall prevention and fall protection.

Target Audience

This course is designed for those needing further safety training. Other courses that complement this one include Materials Handling, Exit Routes and PPE.

Advantages

Online training is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, making it easy to fit the training around their work and personal life.

Modules

Recommended System Requirements

• Browser: Up-to-date web browser
• Video: Up-to-date video drivers
• Memory: 1GB+ RAM
• Download Speed: Broadband (3Mb+)

Course Duration

60 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions.)