A Gravitec installer inspecting an engineered fall protection system on a downtown Seattle high rise.
Gravitec's classroom features state-of-the-art audio and visual equipment and a lighted display of the best fall protection equipment on the market. Most courses include a combination of classroom sessions and hands-on fieldwork.
The Gravitec Training Institute is North America's largest hands-on training facility devoted to fall protection.
Gravitec's fall protection and rescue courses include comprehensive manuals that are created in our professional design studio by a team of graphic artists.
Course Description
This course provides participants with sufficient technical knowledge and the necessary resource materials for delivering professional, in-house fall protection training. Written and practical tests are administered to ensure that the principles presented in the course are understood. Documentation is available to satisfy your company’s due diligence and regulatory requirements.
This course meets the Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health, and Environmental Training, the highest industry standards for training, published by the American Society of Safety Engineers ANSI/ASSE A490.1-2001.
Gravitec can supply all necessary fall protection equipment for this course.
No cell phones, pagers, personal digital assistants or similar devices will be permitted during training.
Prerequisites:
Preferred: Competent Person level of training (suggested regulations and reading material are available upon request)
Required: Previous experience in some level of adult, skill-oriented training
Course Duration
Five Days (40 Hours)Class Size
Minimum 8, Maximum 10 (1 Instructor); Minimum 14, Maximum 18 (2 Instructors)Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be capable of teaching site-specific fall protection programs to their company personnel using the materials distributed during the course. Materials include PowerPoint presentations, exams, case studies, exercises, lesson plans, regulations, and documentation records. Participants will also understand and be capable of teaching from a complete reference guide and instructor field manual and use these guides to design a site-specific program that complies with state and federal fall protection training requirements.
Participants will have advanced knowledge of the following:
- Fall Protection Theory and Application
- Usage of All Commercially-Available Fall Protection Systems
- Calculating Clearances for All Systems
- Fall Arrest and Fall Restraint System Components
- Documentation, Due Diligence, and Compliance Training
- Student Safety During Training Exercises
- Testing and Evaluating Student Performance
- Practice Teaching Seminar and Activity
Resource Materials
Participants will receive both a wallet-sized and wall-sized certificate of completion suitable for framing, a copy of Gravitec’s Fall Protection Trainer Manual, and access to a toll-free number for ongoing technical assistance.
Participants will also receive:
- PowerPoint Presentation Trainer CD*
- Outline and Procedures of Hands-On Activities
- Program Testing and Evaluation Materials
- OSHA Fall Protection Regulations or Provincial Regulations
- OSHA Fall Protection Letters of Interpretation
- Fall Protection Trainer Manual
- Manufacturers’ Technical Bulletins
- Manufacturers’ Fall Protection
- Equipment Instructions
- Toll-Free 800 Number for On-Going Technical and Training Support
* Microsoft PowerPoint software not included
