Fall Protection Competent Person
A two-day competent person course for OSHA 29 CFR 1926.500 built on Washington's Unified Safety Standards for Fall Protection (Chapter 296-880 WAC): 8 hours of classroom and 8 hours hands-on.
Who it is for and what it covers
The course goes beyond awareness into the details of protecting yourself and building a safe working environment for the people you are responsible for. Students inspect, install, assemble and use fall protection equipment on the simulators, estimate free fall distances and total clearance, and learn the common hazards of each system and component. It is designed to meet ANSI Z359.2 and Chapter 296-880 WAC.
Who should attend
- Safety managers and safety directors
- On-site managers, supervisors and section leads
- Anyone designated the on-site competent person for fall protection in Washington
This course meets
- 29 CFR 1926.500 Subpart M Fall Protection
- ANSI Z359.2
- Chapter 296-880 WAC Unified Safety Standards for Fall Protection
Certification
Competent Person Fall Protection certificate and wallet card valid two years, plus a free pair of trauma straps. Students must score 80% or better on the written and skills tests.
Bring your fall protection harness if you have one, gloves, boots, a shirt with sleeves, long pants, hard hat, safety vest and safety glasses.
Participants must be able to speak, read and write English proficiently to complete the class.
Topics covered
- Fundamentals of fall protection and the hierarchy of controls
- Anchorage requirements and hardware compatibility
- Energy absorbing lanyards and self-retracting lifelines
- Vertical, horizontal and engineered horizontal lifelines
- Work positioning systems and conventional guarding systems
- Donning a full body harness
- Inspecting, installing and maintaining fall protection systems
- Calculating required clearances
- Fall protection plans and procedures
- Recognizing and identifying fall hazards
- OSHA regulations and ANSI standards affecting the industry
- Installation and use of trauma-strap hardware
- Arc flash fall protection awareness per NFPA 70E
Request this course
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Training team
253.922.2787Weekdays 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM Pacific
Classes run at our Milton, WA center (60 students) and at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (30 students). Both have hands-on simulators: cellular tower, pole top rescue pole, communication hut and confined space vault.