Work safely at heights
CODE: CPCCCM2012
ENROL TODAY (or express interest)
What You'll Learn
We introduce you to the skills and knowledge needed in today's cleaning workforce.
You’ll learn how to:
Identify task requirements:
- Read work order and associated drawings and consult with relevant persons to determine the proposed work-at-heights task, including where and how work is to be carried out, and the equipment or plant to be used.
- Participate in the development of the safe work method statement (SWMS) for the specified task.
- Select appropriate work-at-heights control measures including required fall restraint devices and/or fall arrest devices in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements.
- Determine location of anchor points for harness-based work to safely access required work area.
- Review completed SWMS and clarify issues with relevant persons.
Access and assess work area:
- Select personal protective equipment (PPE), check for serviceability and report problems.
- Identify unstable, fragile or brittle work surfaces and implement control measures to prevent a fall from height.
- Check fall protection equipment, including required fall restraint and fall arrest devices to ensure serviceability and report problems.
- Identify, select and install signage and barricade equipment in accordance with SWMS or relevant safe work procedure.
- Install/fit fall protection equipment, including fall restraint devices and fall arrest devices as appropriate, within the limitations of licensing requirements, level of authority and SWMS.
- Ensure required fall protection, scaffold and barriers have been adequately installed and where necessary certified, in accordance with regulatory and workplace requirements.
- Connect to fall protection equipment, including temporary anchor points, without being exposed to a risk of a fall from height.
- Consult with relevant persons to confirm fall protection equipment and safety systems are correctly fitted, adjusted and installed, and are appropriate to the task.
- Access work area safely and move and place tools, equipment and materials using methods that eliminate or minimise the risk of falling objects.
Conduct work tasks:
- Undertake work tasks in compliance with the SWMS and workplace requirements.
- Traverse between anchor points while remaining connected to the fall prevention system and protected from a risk of a fall from height.
- Use PPE appropriate to the task and in accordance with manufacturer requirements.
- Maintain communication with relevant persons while working at height.
- Keep fall protection equipment in place and adjust to allow for movement during work.
- Keep fall prevention equipment adjusted to prevent falling off or through a structure using the restraint technique.
- Keep scaffold/work platform components and fall barriers in place during work.
- Monitor control measures and consult with relevant persons to respond to changing work practices or site conditions.
- Exit from work area removing tools and materials in compliance with worksite procedures, safety and environmental requirements.
Some of the industries your skills will be used in are:
- child care centres
- disability services
- commercial businesses
- small businesses
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COURSE DETAILS:
Inside each unit, you will get the following:
- A Learner Manual - this is where you will find all of the content. These guides have been written by actual industry leaders.
- Self-Paced Workbook - these can be easily downloaded and printed or done right on your computer.
- Written Quizzes and Assessments - these are simple and easy to understand and can be printed or done online.
- Physical Skill and Demonstration - scenarios written specifically to practice skills that you will need in the real life industry.
- Certificate upon Completion
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?
Our goal is to make assessing as easy an as fun as possible. You are required to provide evidence that you have completed the work. We use short answer questions, long answer questions, quizzes, photos and videos. Below are some activities that you will be required to do in order to complete this unit:
To demonstrate competency in this unit, a candidate must meet the elements and performance criteria by working safely at heights above 2 m on three occasions, using different fall protection equipment/devices on each occasion.
One occasion must include a restraint technique (anchor point) system with a minimum of three anchor points.
The candidate must access the work area, traverse between anchor points and exit from the work area.
Meet the Trainer
Fiona Morris
Founder - Australian Cleaning Academy
Our head trainer, Fiona Morris, has over 20 years experience in the cleaning. Not only has she established several successful cleaning businesses, she has trained many future cleaning business owners and upskilled many in the industry.
A qualified trainer and assessor, holding Cert IV TAE/ WHS and Cert III Cleaning Operations.
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