Working At Heights Refresher (WAHR)
Description
This instructor-led course is designed for workers who have previously completed a CPO-approved Working at Heights training program and who have completed a Basic Safety Awareness training course under O. Reg. 213/91.
This course is valid for 3 years.
- Strengthen workplace safety culture by elevating the profile and importance of preventing falls from heights;
- Provide workers who may be exposed to the hazard of falling from heights with adequate knowledge about fall hazards and general safety practices to work safely at heights;
- Provide workers who use personal fall protection equipment with sufficient knowledge about its purpose and use; and,
- Reduce the number of fall-from-heights incidents, injuries and fatalities.
Course Outline
Learners who have successfully completed an approved Working at Heights Training Program must periodically refresh their training in order to maintain its validity. This supports learners in maintaining their foundational knowledge and skills for working safely at heights. Refresher training can be achieved by successfully completing the Working at Heights Practical module (section 9.2) in accordance with the criteria set out in the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) Working at Heights Training Provider Standard. Successful completion of the refresher training will re-validate a learner’s working at heights training for another three-year period from the date of successful completion of the refresher.
Learners must have previously successfully completed both modules of an approved Working at Heights training program to be eligible for refresher training.