Safety training
GWO Basic Safety Training / V20 10032026
Session
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Theory
1:12
Working at Height Initial Training
Practical
1:6
Session (Onsite)
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Theory
1:12
Practical
1:4
Table 13.3.1 – Working at Height Initial Training instructor to participant ratio
13.4 Equipment for Working at Height Initial Training
The equipment required for training, as listed in Annex 1, must be available and must meet the national legal requirements specified in Table A4-1 in Annex 1, where applicable.
A generic approach to teaching safety equipment is applied in this training to avoid potential product specific additional training after completion, which may be required by the participant’s organisation (e.g. prior to site work). The generic approach is achieved by teaching a variety of safety equipment products within each category (e.g. guided type fall arresters). This enables participants to carry out pre-use inspections and operate other safety equipment products beyond those demonstrated during this training, provided they refer to the manufacturer’s user manual. However, a location specific risk assessment may identify the need for additional instructions.
Additional fall protection must always be used during training activities at height.
It must be ensured that equipment combinations and training activities do not compromise the function of the additional fall protection system. Systems used as backup elements must be risk assessed as suitable for that purpose
Note
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 is applied, based on the maximum allowed lanyard of length 2.00 m and a fall of 1.00 m. 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 )= 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿ℎ 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ) = 1.00 𝑚𝑚 2.00 𝑚𝑚 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ) =0.5
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