GWO Basic Safety Training V14.0
2021-04-01_TS_BST_V14
Contact time
8 hours
Total training day
10 hours
Table 10.2 - Maximum durations for training days
Note:
Contact time includes delivery of course lesson contents, practical exercises and activities directly related to these .
The total training day includes contact time, meals and breaks and travel between training sites (where applicable).
10.3 Working at Heights Instructor to Participant Ratio
The ratio shown for theory sessions indicates the maximum number of participants attending the course.
Other ratios indicate the maximum number of participants to be supervised by an instructor during each activity.
Module
Session
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Theory
1:12
Practical
1:6
BST Working at Heights
Session (Onsite)
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Theory
1:12
Practical
1:4
Table 10.3 - GWO Working at height module instructor to participant ratio
10.4 Equipment for Working at Heights Module
The equipment required for training as listed in Annex 3 must be available and must fulfil national legal requirements as listed in table A3-4 in Annex 3 where applicable. A generic approach to teaching safety equipment is applied to this module aiming to avoid potential product specific additional training on completion of this module, which may be required by the participant ’s organisation e.g. prior to site or work. The generic approach is achieved by teaching a variety of safety equipment products within each safety equipment category (e.g. guided type fall arresters), enabling the participant to conduct pre-use inspection and to use other safety equipment products compared to those taught during this module – based on the manufacturer’s user manual but without additional formal training. Where reasonably practicable the training provider shall eliminate the risk of a fall from height. Where it is not possible to eliminate the risk of a fall, then the fall factor experienced by any person shall be kept as low as is reasonably practicable.
GWO recommends a maximum fall factor of 0.5. To calculate this the following formula has been used,
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