CONDUCT WORK AT HEIGHT TRAINING (CWAH) – Blended

(Previously known as Work-at-Heights Train-The-Trainer Course -WAH TTT)

Legal Requirement

This course a mandatory training course for anyone who wants toe a facilitator/assessor for the Managing Work-at-Heights Course

For Whom

The CWAH is designed for practitioners of WAH who is required to competently deliver approved WAH training courses to Worker, Supervisor, Assessor and Manager Levels in Singapore.

Assumed Attitude, Skills and Knowledge / Entry Requirement

• Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health;
• Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA);
• 3 or more years of working experience as Project Manager / Operations Manager or equivalent;
• 3 or more years of relevant Work-at-Height experience.
• Physically fit and able to complete all practical activities, including some strenuous climbing and work-positioning tasks.

Course Overview

• Apply updated legislative requirements to Working at Height
• Identify hazardous & unsafe conditions whilst WAH across key industry sectors
• Develop rescue plans
• Apply legislative requirements and fundamentals of rescue from height.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of Fall Protection Systems (Assessor Level)
• Implement a Fall Prevention Plan (Manager Level)

Course Content

1. Apply conditions of lost revenue to WAH.
2. Apply conditions of individual worker safety and responsibility WAH
3. Identify and apply alternative to WAH
4. Apply safe selection and use of various temporary access system
5. Identify hazardous & unsafe conditions whilst WAH across key industry sectors.
6. Define systems used for WAH and identify their benefits, limitations & common unsafe Practices.
7. Apply fundamentals of fall arrest systems
8. Apply requirements of local and international standards to WAH and fall protection equipment
9. Apply conditions of safely selecting anchorages
10. Apply conditions of safely selecting vertical lifelines
11. Apply conditions of safely selecting horizontal lifelines
12. Apply conditions of safely selecting full body harness
13. Apply conditions of safely selection shock absorbing lanyards
14. Apply conditions of safely selecting self- retracting lifelines (SRLs)
15. Apply conditions of safely selecting descent & work positioning systems
16. Specify descent systems for particular WAH and confined space activities
17. Demonstrate safe connections to full body harness
18. Identify common unsafe practice whilst using twin lanyard
19. Apply legislative requirements for rescue from height
20. Apply conditions of shock and suspension trauma to rescue from height
21. Identify industrial rescue systems and technics
22. Developing Rescue plan
23. Identify the roles and responsibilities of rescue team members
24. Pre use inspection of rescue equipment
25. Fitting of rescue harness
26. Demonstrate logged inspection of a no-certified anchorage connector
27. Demonstrate logged inspection of vertical Lifeline
28. Demonstrate logged inspection of horizontal lifeline
29. Demonstrate logged inspection of a full body harness
30. Demonstrate logged inspection of a shock absorbing lanyard.
31. Demonstrate logged inspection of a SRLs.
32. Demonstrate sizing and fitting of a full body harness and lanyard.
33. Demonstrate safe movement with 100% connection whilst using twin lanyard
34. Demonstrate a “First man out” technique using a positioning lifeline and rope grab system.
35. Demonstrate safe design, installation & use of a temporary horizontal lifeline system for fall arrest
36. Demonstrate safe use of a permanent vertical lifeline system.
37. Demonstrate safe design, installation & use of a temporary vertical lifeline system
38. Demonstrate Safe design, installation & use of an SRL and Tagline system
39. Demonstrate response to a fall emergency
40. Demonstrate a versatile range of rescue from height technique.
41. Demonstrate effective post rescue causality management including the application of immobilization and packaging technic.
42. Evaluate the effectiveness of fall protection system (Assessor

Course Duration: 32 hours including 9.5 hours of assessment.

Medium of Instruction: English

Teaching Methodology:

• Face to Face class room teaching.
• The following blended learning methods are applied to maximize the learning outcome:
  • Login to the Eversafe Academy e-learning platform and self-study from anyplace.
    • Presentation slides
    • Watch the video
    • Self-assessment
    • Forum discussion
  • Project work on own workplace and submit project report (part of assessment)

Learning Environment:   Our ergonomically designed class rooms are fully air-conditioned, equipped with white boards; audio/video equipment’s and free wi-fi  .

Qualification or experience of facilitators:

A facilitator and assessor of this course will possess the following:

1. Specialist Diploma in Workplace Safety and Health
2. Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA)
3. 5 years of relevant industry experience
4. 2 years of Managerial experience
5. Have at least 1 year experience in conducting rescue for WAH or 1 year experience in conducting rescue training for WAH

Key Person In charge: Monish V (Administrative Manager)

Class Size: Maximum 12

Facilitator/Learner Ratio: • Theory Lesson: 1:12

• Practical Lesson: 1:6
• Theory Assessment: 1:12
• Practical Assessment: 1:1

Course Attendance: 96% attendance. (1hr total tardiness)

Assessment Advice

• Inspection Checklist & Log (ICL) – To be completed
• Practical Performance (PP) – Executed to specified Performance Criteria
• System Evaluation Assignment (SEA) – To be completed
• Take-Home Assignment (THA) – To be completed
• Written Test (WT) – >80%

Course Fee exclusive of GST

S$1200.00/-

Funding & Claims

1. Skill future credit/funding available

Certification

• Based on the successful completion of the course and assessment, a Statement of Attainment (SOA) from the Skillsfuture Singapore (SSG) and a Safety Pass from Eversafe Academy Pte. Ltd. will be awarded to the trainee.
• E-cert available

Course Venue

• 2, Joo Koon Road, Singapore-628966