Safety training
GWO Basic Safety Training / V18 2024-06-24
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
BST Working at Heights
Practical
1:6
Session (Onsite)
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Theory
1:12
Practical
1:4
Table 10.3.1 – GWO Working at Heights Module instructor to participant ratio
10.4 Equipment for Working at Heights Module
The equipment required for training as listed in Annex 1 must be available and must fulfil national legal requirements as listed in Table A4-1 in Annex 1, 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). This enables the participants 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). However, a location specific risk assessment might identify the need for additional instructions.
Additional fall protection must always be used during training activities at height.
The training provider shall introduce control measures that lower the risks and hazards associated with a fall from height to an acceptable level, following the Hierarchy of Controls in their risk assessment.
GWO recommends a maximum fall factor of 0.5. To calculate this, the following formula has been used (shown below) using the maximum allowed lanyard of length 2.00m and a fall of 1.00m 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 )= 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿ℎ 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ) = 1.00 𝑚𝑚 2.00 𝑚𝑚 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ) =0.5 During the evacuation exercises in this module the anchor points used for the attachment of fall arrest lanyard including energy absorbers must be high enough above the ground (or structure below them) that, in the event of a fall, the energy absorber in their fall arrest lanyard can fully deploy and prevent the participants from contacting the ground (or structure directly below the anchor point).
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