
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.This Instructor-led course has been approved by the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) as meeting the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) Working at Heights Training Program Standard. Which establishes a mandatory minimum standard for high quality and consistent training for workers who work at heights in the Province of Ontario. The purpose of a working at heights training program that meets the requirements set out in this standard is to:
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 must have previously successfully completed both modules of an approved Working at Heights training program to be eligible for refresher training.