Safety training
GWO Basic Safety Training / V20 10032026
Session
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Working at Height Refresher Training
Practical
1:6
Session (Onsite)
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Practical
1:4
Table 14.3.1 – GWO Working at Height Refresher Training instructor to participant ratio
Based on the available resources and risk assessment, multiple skill stations can be delivered at the same time.
Note
14.4 Equipment for the Working at Height Refresher Training
The equipment required for training as listed in Annex 1 must be available and must fulfil national legal requirements as listed in table Annex 4-1 in Annex 1 where applicable.
A generic approach to teaching safety equipment is applied to this training aiming to avoid potential product specific additional training on completion of this training, 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 training (based on the manufacturer’s user manual).
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 has been used, based on a maximum allowed lanyard length of 2.00m and a fall of 1.00m. 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 )= 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿ℎ 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 )= 1.00 𝑚𝑚 2.00 𝑚𝑚 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ( 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 )=0.5
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