MSA City & Guilds: Working at Height Safety & Rescue (C&GWAH)

Course Aim

This course is aimed at personnel who are required to work at height.

Industry-wide in the UK falls from height continue to be a worrying accident statistic causing around 35 fatalities per year.

Alongside our trusted partner MSA, we are committed to playing our part in the reduction of this figure. We have been given full backing and support in developing a new City & Guilds endorsed Working at Height and Rescue 2-day training course.

The aim of the course is to up the standard of work at height education, giving a trusted and recognised qualification to anyone who needs to work at height. This course has been developed with our partner MSA and is endorsed as a recognised training programme by City & Guilds.

Candidates will receive a City & Guilds certificate on successful completion of this course.

This course can be delivered in our Training Academy in Sheffield in a purpose-built training facility ensuring a safe, real-life training environment, or on your site (subject to survey to confirm suitability).

Learnt how to rescue of a ladder with ikar kit i wasnt shown this by ikar them selfs the question was hard to understand for me

Darren S 21 November 2023

Great communication

Gavin E 21 November 2023

Great trainer very knowledgeable and informative.

Jonathan K 21 November 2023

Great course Andy was very professional and engaging

Mark J 21 November 2023

MSA City & Guilds: Working at Height Safety & Rescue (C&GWAH)

Course Content

Day One

Relevant Regulations & Legislation
Hierarchy of Working at Height
Working at Height categories and correct types of Personal Fall Protection Equipment (PFPE)
Anchor points – horizontal and vertical personal fall protection systems
Anchor points – eyebolts, mobile anchors
Harness and lanyard pre-use checks and fitting
Identify the need for a rescue plan
Roof access, egress, and hazards
Fixed ladder techniques with fall arrest/work positioning lanyards
Practical use of fall protection equipment

Day Two

Practical use of fall protection equipment
Rescue planning
IKAR controlled descent device for rescue (please let us know if you use a different rescue device)
Practical fixed ladder & roof rescue of a casualty

Learning Outcomes

Understand the law, legislation, and control measures associated with performing a task at height using a fall a restraint/arrest capability
Select, don, and perform a WAH task using appropriate items of PPE for a given task
Perform a pre-use examination on a given item of PPE
Don and adjust for fit a given item of PPE
Perform a pre-use examination on given Fall Arrest and work positioning PFPE
Ascend and descend a given structure using appropriate given Fall Arrest PFPE
Safely adopt a work position mode whilst on a vertical structure
Traverse multiple safety systems whilst maintaining safe criteria at all times
Perform a pre-use examination on a given rescue device
Identify, reach, and maintain a safe location to anchor a given rescue device
Rescue an individual or dead weighted mass located on a vertical structure by lowering using a given rescue device
Rescue an individual or dead weighted mass located over an edge by lowering using a given rescue device