Working at Heights
Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of workplace death and life-changing injury in the UK. This course exists to stop that — not with a tick-box session, but with real understanding and the confidence to say "hang on, this isn't right" before someone gets hurt.
What to expect
A full-day CPD session covering the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and the hierarchy of control that sits behind it — avoid, prevent, minimise. This isn't just about ladders and harnesses. It's about the decisions made before anyone leaves the ground: whether the work should happen at height at all, whether the right equipment is actually being used, and whether anyone on site has the confidence to stop the job when something looks wrong. That last part matters as much as anything else in this course.
- The Work at Height Regulations 2005 and the hierarchy of control — avoiding work at height wherever reasonably practicable
- Selecting the right equipment for the task — ladders, scaffolding, MEWPs, and personal fall protection
- Planning and organising work at height properly before it starts, not adapting on the fly
- Rescue planning — what happens if someone falls or is left suspended, assessed and in place before work begins
- Recognising when work at height isn't being done safely, and building the genuine confidence to stop it
- Learning from real enforcement action — what typically goes wrong, and why it keeps happening
Built around your company, your values and your processes
Delivered using real examples from the work at height your team actually carries out, and the equipment you actually use.
Who it's for
Anyone who works at height, supervises people who do, or is responsible for planning and authorising that work. Falls from height are not a niche risk confined to construction — they happen in warehouses, on maintenance jobs, and on sites where the work looks routine right up until it isn't.