Harness Awareness, User and Inspection

Harness Awareness, User and Inpection combined course

Description

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

The Harness Inspection gives delegates the ability to inspect and sign off harnesses for their 6 monthly inspection.

Course Content

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.

Harness Inspection:

• Introduction
• Statutory Inspections
• Types of Detailed Inspections
• Longevity and Obsolescence
• Common Types of Damage and Criteria for Failure
• Inspection Report

• Guided Group Learning exercise 1: Harness and Lanyard Inspection.
• Guided Group Learning Exercise 2; Demonstration and group discussion to include associated documentation.
• Guided Individual Exercise 3: Detailed Harness and Lanyard Inspection and completion of associated documentation.

Aim

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. To safely and correctly perform a 6 monthly inspection check to IPAF standards.