Course Description
This comprehensive online refresher course is designed to update and reinforce essential knowledge and skills for safely working at heights. Designed for those who have previously completed a W@Hs training program and need to refresh their understanding, this course covers key safety principles, procedures, and equipment necessary to minimize risk and ensure compliance with current safety regulations.
Please check Requirements below before registering
Course Objectives:
Review Safety Regulations: Refresh knowledge of relevant safety standards and legal requirements for working at heights
Hazard Identification: Reassess common hazards associated with working at heights and learn strategies to identify and mitigate these risks.
Equipment Refresher: Update your knowledge on using, maintaining, and inspecting personal protective equipment (PPE) and other fall protection systems.
Emergency Procedures: Review procedures for responding to fall incidents, including rescue techniques and first aid protocols.
Safe Work Practices: Reinforce safe work practices and the importance of proper planning and supervision when working at heights.
Requirements
To be eligible for this refresher course, you will require:
Photo identification: IE your driver’s license, Photo ID, Passport, etc
An RTO-issued Statement of Attainment listing your Work Safely at Heights competency that is less than 6 years old. It needs to list the unit RIIWHS204D (or RIIWHS204E)
In case you don’t have access to your current Statement of Attainment, you can obtain a VET Transcript from your USI student portal. For instructions, click here (https://www.usi.gov.au/transcripts/info-for-students) and select How to view and download my USI Transcript.
…. if you do not have the above USI or SOA, then you will receive a Certificate of Completion
Safe Work Practices: Reinforce safe work practices and the importance of proper planning and supervision when working at heights.
To proceed with this course, students will require
a reasonable level of reading and writing English
Be at least 16 years of age
Safe Work Practices: Reinforce safe work practices and the importance of proper planning and supervision when working at heights.
Duration
usually completed in 3-4 hours (an hour or 2 over a couple of nights)
Safe Work Practices: Reinforce safe work practices and the importance of proper planning and supervision when working at heights.
What will you receive on completion?
a newly issued Statement of Attainment RIIWHS204E – what’s this you will need to upload your previous SOA
…. if you do not have an SOA then you will receive a Certificate of Completion
a new Wallet Card