Gravitec's testing facility includes a tower where we conduct ANSI and OSHA drop tests. Our Qualified Fall Protection Person course curriculum includes a segment where instructors perform drop tests for students.
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.
Gravitec's fall protection and rescue courses include comprehensive manuals that are created in our professional design studio by a team of graphic artists.
Gravitec's team of engineers have designed, fabricated, and installed fall protection systems worldwide.
Course Description
This course offers an advanced curriculum covering the five basic methods of fall protection and current fall protection practices, fall protection theory, and fall protection engineering. Workshop exercises include calculation of clearances, energy dissipation, anchorage strengths, swing falls, and performance of horizontal lifelines (including multiple spans, flexible anchorages, temperature effects, etc.). A detailed review of a hazard ranking system is also covered. Participants receive Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for analysis of vertical lifelines, simple horizontal lifelines and complex horizontal lifelines. They are encouraged to ask site-specific questions. 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:
Minimum: High school level algebra (pre-test available)
Preferred: Engineering, physics, technical diploma or degree
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 solving most fall protection problems and identifying those situations where they require additional expertise or knowledge to solve problems. Participants will also be capable of performing all calculations needed to design safe and effective fall protection systems.
Participants will be familiar with the following:
- The Role of Competent and Qualified Persons (Reference OSHA)
- Assessing Clearance Requirements
- Prioritizing Hazard Abatement Programs
- Using Relative Risk Rating Systems
- Five Forms of Fall Protection: Hierarchy, Legislative Requirements, and Applications
- Evaluating Fall Protection Plans
- Theory of Energy Dissipation When Arresting a Fall
- Calculating Personal Energy Absorber Deployment
- Calculating the Distance Fallen During a Swing Fall
- Calculating Maximum Arrest Force and Elongation of Vertical Lifelines
- Assessing Energy Absorption by Ductile Anchorages
- Proving Structural Capacity Using Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)
- Calculating Tension and Sag of Simple Horizontal Lifelines
- Using Energy Methods
- Use of In-Line Energy Absorbers in Horizontal Lifelines
- Complex Horizontal Lifelines and When to Involve Experts
