This 24-hour Fall Protection Competent Person Training course is designed for those individuals who will be or are responsible for being a Competent Person, Site Safety & Health Officer (SSHO), or are involved with working at heights on an Army Corps of Engineers project or facility as prescribed by EM385-1-1. This training fulfills the SSHO requirement to maintain his/her competency according to EM-385-1-1 Section 01.A.17d.
This course will assist students in identifying fall hazards and best practices in identifying and eliminating predictable slip, trip, and fall hazards.
Students attending this course will be able to:
- Apply EM 385 1-1 Fall Protection Requirements to a written Fall Protection Program and evaluation.
- Identify responsible persons and their required duties within a Fall Protection Program.
- Construct and evaluate Fall Protection Hazard Assessments & Classify hazard controls applicable to the construction industry.
- Evaluate how to properly store and maintain Fall Protection equipment
- Organize and apply techniques to conduct an incident investigation
· Discuss and plan a rescue procedure
Topics and practices discussed during class will be as follow:
• Fundamentals of Fall Protection
• Recognize and identify fall hazards at worksite
• Recognize fall-hazard deficiencies
• Fall Protection and Fall Arrest Theory
• Hierarchy of Fall Protection
• Conventional Fall Protection
• Determination of deceleration distance
• Total fall distance
• Calculating Required Clearances
• 29 CFR 1926 Regulations – Subpart M
• EM 385-1-1 Regulations – Chapters 21, 22, & 24
• Fall Protection Plans and Fall Protection Procedures
• Preparation, update, review and approval of Fall Protection
and Prevention plans, and Rescue and Evacuation plans
• Risk assessment and hazard ranking
• Applicable fall protection regulations
• Function and Purpose of Energy Absorbers
• Work Positioning Systems
• Installing Fall Protection Systems
• Energy Absorbing Lanyards
• Common Commercially Available Fall Arrest Systems
• Selection and safe use of equipment
• Donning a Full Body Harness equipment
• Fall Arrest and Restraint Systems
• Specialty Fall Arrest Systems
• Self-Retracting Lifelines
• Specific Lifelines: Vertical & Horizontal Lifelines
• Anchorage Requirements
• Proper anchoring and tie-off techniques
• Engineered Horizontal Lifelines
• Ladders
• Aerial Lifts
• Fall Protection Hardware Compatibility
• Detailed Inspection, Care, and Maintenance
• Inspecting Fall Protection Systems
• Inspection Pass/Fail Criteria
• Inspection Procedures
• Troubleshooting Fall Restraint Systems and Fall Arrest Systems
• Rescue Theory
• Rescue and self-rescue techniques
• Rescue and Applications in Fall Protection
