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Working at Height eLearning
Online working at height training that starts where the Regulations start: avoid the work if you can. It covers ladders, towers, edge protection and the rescue plan people forget.
Who it is for
Who this working at height course is for
Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of workplace death in Britain, and most of them are not from great heights. Working at height means any place where a person could fall a distance liable to cause injury, including below ground level.
- Construction, roofing and civils operatives
- Maintenance, facilities and cleaning staff
- Warehouse and stores staff using ladders and steps
- Telecoms, signage and installation workers
- Supervisors planning work at height
- Anyone who uses a stepladder as part of their job
Course content
What the working at height course covers
Five short lessons covering what working at height means, avoiding and preventing falls, ladders and stepladders, towers and platforms, and fall protection and rescue, then a 12-question assessment.
What counts as working at height
What the law means by work at height, why it matters, and how many people are killed and injured by falls.
Avoid, prevent, minimise
The order the Regulations set for controlling work at height, and choosing collective protection before personal protection.
Ladders and stepladders
When a ladder is the right choice, how to check it before use, and how to set it up and work from it safely.
Towers, scaffolds and MEWPs
Safe use of mobile towers, scaffolds and mobile elevating work platforms, and what to check before you use them.
Fall protection and rescue
Fall restraint and fall arrest, using a harness correctly, suspension trauma, and why a rescue plan must exist before anyone goes up.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do afterwards
- Recognise when work counts as working at height
- Apply the avoid, prevent, minimise approach to a task
- Judge when a ladder is the right equipment and check it before use
- Recognise the safe use of towers, scaffolds and MEWPs
- Explain fall restraint, fall arrest and why a rescue plan comes first
Your legal duty
The law behind working at height training
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require employers to avoid work at height where reasonably practicable, to use work equipment or other measures to prevent falls where it cannot be avoided, and to minimise the distance and consequences of a fall where the risk remains. The work must be properly planned, supervised and carried out by competent people.
The Regulations do not set a minimum height. Any place where a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury is covered. That is why so many prosecutions involve falls of under two metres.
- Work at Height Regulations 2005
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 - sections 2 and 7
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 - risk assessment
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 - access equipment
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 - where lifting equipment is used
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
Where people need to handle the actual equipment, a harness, a tower or the ladders on your site, the classroom session is the one that does that. The online module cannot.
For employers
Working at height training for a site team
Awareness is the baseline everybody on site should hold. Equipment-specific and practical training sits on top of it for the people who actually go up.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join, so induction is covered
- Completion and expiry reporting for your health and safety file
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
- Bespoke versions built around the access equipment you use
Working at Height eLearning: common questions
The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require work at height to be carried out by competent people and properly planned and supervised. Training is how competence is built and evidenced, so in practice yes, wherever people work at height.
The online course takes 30 to 45 minutes and covers what the Work at Height Regulations ask of you, starting where they start: avoid the work if you can. It suits a general workforce and anyone who needs the awareness on record. The half day classroom session puts the equipment in front of people, which is what you want before anyone goes up a tower or puts on a harness.
No. There is no minimum. Any place where a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury is working at height, including below ground level.
No, and the course is clear about this. Ladders are legitimate for short-duration, low-risk work. The Regulations require you to justify the choice, not to avoid them entirely.
No. Harness use, tower assembly and rescue are practical skills requiring hands-on training and assessment. This course is awareness level.
Because arresting a fall is only half the job. Suspension in a harness is dangerous within minutes. The plan for getting someone down has to exist before the work starts.
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. Open a business account and we invoice you for the licences, which you allocate as people join. Completion reporting is included.
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