For workers who use ladders, platforms, roofs or anything off the ground: why falls kill, and the order of controls that prevents them.
Falls from height are one of the most common causes of serious injury and death at work in Australia, and many happen from low heights, from ladders, trucks and roofs. A fall does not need to be from a great height to be fatal.
This talk covers the hierarchy of control for falls, from doing the work on the ground to edge protection, platforms and fall arrest, with practical rules for ladders and fragile surfaces. It is awareness, not harness or elevating work platform training.
After the session, participants will be able to:
No. It explains when fall arrest is used and what it needs. Workers who use a harness or an elevating work platform need specific training and, for some equipment, a licence.
Yes. The slides, handout and guide are editable, and the facilitator guide marks the places to add your own procedures, contacts and photos of your workplace.
No. It is there if your business wants a record that each worker understood the key points. The attendance record on its own shows who attended and when.
Yes. Presentations, guides, workbooks and templates are supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them to your workplace. The copyright notice must stay.
Yes. The hazards and the controls in each toolbox talk apply in any workplace. The duties slide and the facilitator guide's "check before you deliver" table refer to Australian WHS and OHS laws, licences and standards, so a business elsewhere should swap those for its own country's rules. Everything is editable.
Yes. The package includes an editable certificate template, an attendance record (Word, plus an Excel register) and an optional 10-question multiple-choice assessment with an answer key, so you can record who attended and, if you choose, that each worker understood the key points. It is a certificate of completion issued by your business, not a nationally recognised qualification.
Yes. The packages are designed for face-to-face sessions and work over a video meeting platform. The facilitator guide notes where an activity needs adjusting for online delivery.
Yes, as many times as you like, for your own organisation's workers.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected. See the Refund Policy for how we handle a package that is faulty, not as described, or not what you ordered.
You keep the version you bought for as long as you use it, and corrections to that version are made available to you. A new edition, for example following a significant change in the law, may be sold separately.
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