HS15 - Use of Horizontal Life Lines (HLL’s) and Rescue

Prerequisites

Those attending must be medically fit with a head for heights.

Who Should Attend

This course is aimed at those people who need to work in fall arrest & restraint form a horizontal Life Line on rooftops, which the access could be by a fixed ladder or similar. These could be unprotected, hooped or fitted with a vertical fall arrest system.

Course Objectives & Content

• Relevant health and safety legislation including; Health & Safety at Work Act, The Working at Height Regulations 2005.
• Identification of hazards and assessment of associated risks
• Hierarchy of controls for working at height
• Personal Fall Protective Equipment – Characteristics and Limitations
• Pre-use inspection and care for PFPE
• Fitting and adjusting harnesses and associated equipment
• Ascending and descending using twin lanyards and fixed fall arrest systems
• Pre-use inspection & safe use of HLL’s
• Single line restraint techniques
• Planning for rescue & Rescue equipment– Characteristics and Limitations
• Suspension Intolerance – what is it and how to deal with it
• Rescue of a casualty suspended by their fall arrest lanyards or fixed fall arrest systems using a R550 or similar

Certification

Delegates will receive a certificate valid for 3 years – certificate periods are subject to maintenance of skill levels, annual refresher/updates recommended. 3M will notify you when your certificate is due for renewal.

Costs

£POA per person, £935 per person (+ VAT)