Working

at Height
Training and maintenance
programmes to keep people
safe who work at height
What if...
…you don’t keep up with the complex and changeable
risk compliance legislation or you need to upgrade your
Health and Safety training? Make the wrong choice and
you could find yourself on the wrong side of the law.
All the help you need with safety risk management
and training, from a single “expert” source.
Arco has been at the forefront of the UK safety business
for over a century and has earned the respect and
confidence of many people for its knowledge and
expertise. Working in partnership with some of today’s
leading Health and Safety training organisations, Arco
now offers an unrivalled range of safety risk management
and training services.
Call the Arco SRMS Team on

0870 129 8525

Email
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 Working at Height

What is Working at Height

Some of the worst industrial injuries and fatalities are caused by falls from height, the
legal requirements demand that if working at height can not be avoided then the correct
training and equipment must be available from the very first day of employment.

What the law says

The Working at Height Regulations 5 and 6(5)(b) 2005 (amended) stipulate
that you must ensure that everyone involved in the work is competent
(or, if being trained, is supervised by a competent person). This includes
involvement in organisation, planning, supervision, and the supply and
maintenance of equipment.
Where other precautions do not entirely eliminate the risk of a fall occurring
you must (as far as reasonably practicable to do so) train those who will
be working at height how to avoid falling or minimise injury to themselves
should they fall.

The complete cycle of care

Arco offers a comprehensive set of services to ensure you are compliant with
the law and keep anyone working for you safe and secure.
1. Specifying the right product
Arco has an enviable reputation for
1 supplying and specifying the right
equipment for the right job.
Maintenance of Our free technical on-site survey will
the equipment Specifying the identify the hazards and risks that are
right product unique to your business.
2. Training on the equipment
Arco will provide the right training
course, tailored to the equipment
4 2 required to meet the identified risk.
3. Training on the regulations
As specified by legislation our courses
will include at least a half day session on
Training on the the regulations and cover emergency
regulations Training on rescue.
the equipment 3. Maintenance of the equipment
Legislation requires that all equipment
3 is maintained by a trained professional.
The Arco Safety Risk Management
Services team offer a comprehensive
scheduled maintenance programme that
ensures your equipment remains safe
and compliant.
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 Working at Height

Services Available
From simply reducing the risk of a fall from a ladder to high climbers working on tall
buildings, Arco offers a comprehensive range of services for those people who must
work at height. To get started call the Arco SRMS team for more advice.

Courses Ladder & Mobile Scaffold Tower Page 03

Available
Roof Top Safety Programme Page 04
Fall Protection for Managers and Supervisors Page 04
Tool Box Trainer and Personal Fall Protection Equipment Examiner Page 05
Emergency Evacuation – Toolbox Trainer Page 05
High Access Rescue Page 06
Fall Protection Awareness & Practical Application Page 06
Occasional Climbers Page 07
Rescue Climbers Page 07
Advanced Climbers Page 08
Services Available Fall Arrest & Lanyard Services Page 08

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Ladder Safety Mobile Scaffold Tower

Aim of the course Aim of the course

The objective of the course is to provide Updated to reflect the requirements of the Working
candidates with the necessary information in the At Heights Regulations, this course provides an
safe use and inspection of ladders and allied understanding of the hazards, and measures
access products. required to control the risks. The course content
has been compiled under strict PASMA guidelines.

Syllabus Syllabus
• Introduction • Introduction
• Types of ladder • Health & Safety at Work Act
• Ladder defects • Recognition of tower components and their
applications.
• Inspection of ladders
• Selection of erection and use of ladders
• Carrying and positioning
• Provision of bracing, ties, toe boards and
• Lowering
hand rails
• Steps and trestles
• Hazards
• Maintenance and storage
• Sequence of erection and dismantling
• Safety check list
• Use of stabilisers, base plates and ties
• Practical assessment
• Techniques for re-positioning erected
• Course review towers

Duration: Half day • Inspection of towers

Successful candidates will receive: Duration: 1 day

• tLA Certificate of Competency Successful candidates will receive:
• Photo ID card valid for five years • PASMA Competency Certificate
• Copy of the tLA's User Guide • Photo ID card valid for five years

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Working at Height

Fall Protection for Managers

Roof Top Safety Programme
and Supervisors

Aim of the course Aim of the course

Roof top accidents account for the To analyse the Working at Height
largest number of fatalities in all Regulations, 2005 in order to
areas of construction-based activity. provide appropriate safety planning
This course provides the roof worker considerations for effective workplace
with the appropriate knowledge and height safety management.
practical skills to work safely on flat
roofs, up to an unprotected leading
edge.

Syllabus Syllabus
• Introduction to working at height • Overview of height safety
and the need for roof top safety legislation, past and present
training • Personal fall protection
• Employee guide to height safety equipment
legislation, standards and • Equipment selection criteria
guidelines • Fall clearance and impact force
• Hazards associated with the roof • Harness fitting and basic usage
top environment, risk assessment • Orthostatic intolerance –
and avoidance Suspension trauma training
• Application of personal fall • Developing a rescue strategy
protection systems • EU fall protection standards
• Pre-use inspection procedures • Work at height risk assessment
• Equipment connection and • Height safety scenario workshop
adjustment
Duration: 2 Days
• Practical application, problem
solving and use of workplace Students will receive:
Personal Fall Protection • Certification valid for three years
Equipment • Presentation materials, course
folder, plus electronic data
Duration: 2 Days

Students will receive: Course Requirements:

• Climber safety reference manual • Minimum: working as a manager

or supervisor
• Certificate and photo identification • An overall awareness of health and
card safety management

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Tool Box Trainer and Personal Fall Emergency Evacuation –
Protection Equipment Examiner Toolbox Trainer

Aim of the course Aim of the course

To provide companies with their own To teach appropriate personnel to
on-site personal fall protection trainer deliver toolbox talks on the correct
for non-technical fall protection use of controlled-rate rescue
applications, plus provide Tool Box
Trainer with the required knowledge to
competently examine, log and maintain
workplace Personal Fall Protection
Equipment

Syllabus Syllabus
• Fall Protection Equipment • The need for rescue
• Legislation, standards and • Suspension trauma exposed
guidelines
• AG10/ RG9 characteristics
• Selection of fall protection
equipment • Pre-use checks
• Practical use of non-technical PFPE • Back-up systems and
• Personal fall protection requirements during training
equipment • Practice descents with units
• Using fall protection equipment • Practice casualty retrieval
• Pre-use user inspection • Practice and repetition of casualty
• The requirement for competent descents with units
inspections • Practice problem solving
• Inspection recording requirements • Practice lowering a casualty away
• Detailed inspection procedures from vertical (tagline)
• Equipment logging and
Duration: 1 Day
management
Students will receive:
Duration: 1 Day
• Certification valid for three years
Students will receive: • Presentation materials, course
• Certification valid for three years folder, plus electronic data
• Presentation materials, course
Course Requirements:
folder, plus electronic data
• Fall protection awareness and
Course Requirements: practical application
• Working as a manager or • Valid first aid certificate
supervisor • Proven ability to work at height

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Working at Height

Fall Protection Awareness

High Access Rescue
& Practical Application

Aim of the course Aim of the course

Preparing for and effecting a rescue at To analyse the Work at Height
height are often taken for granted. The Regulations, 2005 in order to
Working at Height Regulations 2005 provide appropriate safety planning
make this a mandatory consideration for considerations for effective workplace
all high-level work. This course teaches height safety management.
the basic procedures required to either
rescue a fallen climber or evacuate an
injured party from height.

Syllabus Syllabus
• The need for rescue • Introduction to working at height
and the need for fall protection
• Establishing a rescue procedure
equipment (FPE)
• Descending
• User guide to height safety
• Releasing a fallen climber legislation, standards and
guidelines
• Rescue hauling systems
• Principles of personal fall
• The use of cableway systems protection systems for travel
restraint, work positioning and fall
Duration: 2 Days arrest
Students will receive: • Equipment connection and
• Rescue reference manual adjustment

• Course completion certifciate • Pre-use inspection procedures

• Photo identification card • Practical application, problem

solving and use of workplace
Course Requirements: personal fall protection
equipment
• All attendees must have
successfully completed a climber’s Duration: Half Day
safety course prior to this rescue
package. Students will receive:
• Personal Fall Protection Guide
• Certification valid for three years
• Photo identification card

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Occasional Climbers Rescue Climber

Aim of the course Aim of the course

For fall protection equipment users to To instruct personnel in the fundamental
gain access to and egress from safe skills required to access open
working areas on open structures, such structures (Advanced Climber Skills)
as telecommunications towers, pylons and the recovery of a fallen climber from
and tower cranes. these situations.

Syllabus Syllabus
• Introduction to working at height • Working at Height legislation,
and the need for fall protection standards and guidelines
equipment (FPE) • Selection and application of fall
• Legislation, standards and protection equipment
guidelines • Hazard identification at height
• Generic and specific hazard • PFPE user inspection, care and
identification maintenance requirements
• Access to safe work areas
• Working at height categorisation
• Structural climbing techniques
• User inspection, care and away from safe work areas
maintenance requirements • Rescue equipment and systems
• Practical climbing techniques • Practical rescue and evacuation
training
• Practical restraint, work
positioning and fall arrest • Worker recovery release
procedures techniques
• Cableway and tensioning systems,
• Emergency procedure application and use
considerations
• Worker recovery and descent via a
cable way system
Duration: 1 Day

Students will receive: Duration: 3 Days

• Climber safety reference manual Students will receive:
• Course completion certificate • Reference manual
• Photo identification card • Course completion certificate
• Photo identification card

Course Requirements:
• Working knowledge of heights

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Working at Height

Advanced Climbers
Fall Arrest Equipment
Aim of the course Maintenance Service
For technical fall protection equipment
users to gain access to and egress The PPE Regulations (HSE
from all areas on open structures Document INDG37) reinforce the
e.g. telecommunications towers, responsibility that falls on employers
pylons, and other open lattice steel
structures. to inspect and maintain fall arrest
lanyards and other equipment on a
regular basis.
The Arco SRMS team are qualified
Syllabus
to carryout all the required
• Introduction to working at height – inspection and maintenance, a
the need for personal fall service that can be carried out on
protection equipment
site or in our specialist workshop.
• Legislation, standards and
guidelines
Expert partnerships
• Hazards associated with high
access operations Arco’s partnership with Sperian (Miller
harnesses), TB Davies and P&P allows us
• Personal fall protection equipment
to offer the complete cycle of care when it
and systems
comes to working at height. All with a
• Practical climbing techniques complete understanding of their particular
away from safe work areas field of expertise they have each worked
• Travel restraint, work positioning with Arco for a number of years and offer
and fall arrest skills in a practical our customers the high quality advice,
environment training and maintenance services that they
would expect from Arco partners.
• Emergency considerations
All Arco’s expert partners are qualified in
Duration: 2 Days the very latest best practice and statutory
compliance requirements and use the most
Students will receive:
up to date, on site, training and
• Climber safety reference manual maintenance techniques.
• Certificate and photo identification
card.

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Price List
Product
Code Course Name Duration Prices From

25F5200 Ladder Safety Half Day £800

25F5201 PASMA Registration Fee For Above Course £35 per person

25F5300 Mobile Scaffold Tower 1 Day £800

25F5301 PASMA Registration Fee For Above Course £35 per person

25G0500 Roof Top Access 2 Days £150 per person

25G0300 Fall Protection for Managers and Supervisors 2 Days £300 per person

25G0400 Tool Box Trainer and Personal Fall Protection 1 Day £300 per person
Equipment Examiner
25G0900 Emergency Evacuation – Toolbox Trainer 1 Day £300 per person

25G1000 High Access Rescue 2 Days £300 per person

25G0200 Fall Protection Awareness & Practical Application Half Day £75 per person
25G0800 Rescue Climbers 3 Days £450 per person
25G0600 Occasional Climbers 1 Day £150 per person
25G0700 Advanced Climbers 2 Days £300 per person

For further information...

Call the Arco SRMS Team on

0870 129 8525

Email
[email protected]
or visit
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