IPAF Harness Awareness & User

The Harness Awareness theory only course provides the essential knowledge to enable a successful candidate to select, monitor, manage and plan the correct use of Harnesses and lanyards for use in a MEWP and is a prerequisite for the IPAF Harness User training course.

The Harness User assessment evaluates the candidate’s practical application of the knowledge gained in the Awareness Theory Training and is a prerequisite for the IPAF Harness Inspector training course

Harness Awareness:

• Introduction
• Hierarchy of Person Fall Protective Equipment (PFPE)
• Know your Equipment: Harness Systems
• Anchor Points
• Boom Platform Hazards: Stay Safe
• Vertical Platform Hazards: Stay Safe
• Pre-use Checks
• Donning and Doffing
• Cleaning and Storage
• Summary

Harness User:

Candidates will be asked to perform a pre-use check of a Harness and Lanyard, don and adjust the harness and attach to the correct anchor point of a MEWP, adjusting to achieve effective restraint. This will be observed and assessed by the Instructor and marked as correct or incorrect in the Training Assessment Booklet within the Operator Training Practical section.

Candidates must have completed the IPAF Harness Awareness e-learning course before they can move on to Harness User

Successful candidates will:
• Demonstrate competence in the correct pre-use check of a harness and lanyard
• Demonstrate competence in how to correctly fit and adjust a harness and lanyard for use in a MEWP
• Demonstrate the correct anchor point to attach the lanyard to in a MEWP and adjust the lanyard to be effective

To enable both potential MEWP operators and site supervisors/managers to properly plan the use of harnesses. To establish that the harness user can correctly fit their harness and perform a  pre-use check prior to use.