Working at Heights Training Course Sydney – One Day Programme

• 07:30 am start – 3:00 pm finish
• One-day course only
• Monday to Friday – no course ever cancelled
• Sydney Safety Training Villawood Training Centre

Our Working at Height courses are designed to provide the necessary knowledge and practical awareness to maintain a safe work area and respond to any fall incidents. All training is based on the Heights Code of Practice.

Upon completion of our Height Safety Training programme, participants will receive:

• A Statement of Attainment in Units of Competency
• Work Safely at Heights RIIWHS204E issued through RTO Safety Training RTO #40992

Participants are assessed in the following areas:

• Regulatory requirements
• Risk assessment & hierarchy of controls
• When fall prevention is required
• Alternate means of accessing heights
• Height Safety Equipment
• Safe anchoring
• Pre- and post-operational checks
• Equipment maintenance
• Rescue requirements/practical rescue
• Elevating work platform (EWP)

All participants are required to:

• Conduct a site risk assessment
• Correctly fit a harness
• Climb a fixed ladder using a type #1 fall arrestor
• Operate a rope grab
• Use a twin-tail lanyard on a static line while climbing
• Use an inertia reel
• Climb a pole and establish a pole strap
• Establish a temporary anchor point
• Connect to a permanent anchor point
• Conduct a heights self-rescue
• Access, traverse and descend from a roof
• Observe an overhead rescue being demonstrated.

This training will require you to participate in physical practical exercises. Ensure you are fully aware of the hazards and risks prior to participating and understand the control measures employed.

• Participants are supplied with a Height Safety Training Manual for the programme.
• We strongly advise you to familiarise yourself with the National Workplace Health and Safety Act, and in particular the National Code of Practice for Managing the Risks of Falls at the Workplace.
• For those who would like to better understand the course content, please print the Working Height safety pre-course training reading notes
• Course attendance letter – for all students attending the course.

• We can book dates and times to suit up to ten staff if you require on-site training.
• Our Height Safety Training Trailer ensures your staff receive a quality and safe training experience.
• The trailer enables us to train in anchoring and the use of lanyards and rope grabs, static lines, pole straps, self-rescue descents, control rescue devices, climbing ladders with twin tails, and overhead rescue.
• For more details, watch our mobile training unit video.

• Training at our site means you can send staff to public programmes at times that suit your work commitments.
• You can send up to ten staff, but for these numbers, we would also arrange special dates/times for your group.

• Participants must be able to communicate in English and complete all necessary documentation
• If English proficiency is limited, training can still be delivered. However, it must be scheduled separately, and an interpreter must be provided.

• If your staff require formal heights rescue training, we do conduct a second day of training after the normal Safe Work at Heights course, where your staff receive intensive training in heights rescue.
• Whilst our Working at Heights Safely Training Course covers height rescue, it does not provide a unit of competency for this specific area.
• With the additional day’s formal training, your staff will conduct numerous heights rescues, including self-rescue, pole top rescue, overhead rescue using a GOTCHA Kit, and overhead rescue using a ROLLGLISS heights rescue kit.

Working at Heights refers to any task where a person could fall from one level to another and be injured. This includes work on roofs, scaffolding, ladders, elevated platforms, plant, or near open edges, penetrations or fragile surfaces, not just high-rise construction.

Employers must eliminate fall risks where reasonably practicable, implement control measures such as guardrails or fall arrest systems, and ensure workers are trained and supervised appropriately. Providing safe training forms part of this duty of care.

Yes. Under NSW WHS regulations, employers must ensure workers are trained and competent to perform tasks safely when there is a risk of falling. If employees are working at heights where a fall could cause injury, appropriate training is required to meet legal obligations and reduce workplace risk.

Safe Working at Heights training covers hazard identification, risk assessment, fall-prevention systems, harness fitting and inspection, anchor-point use, ladder safety, and emergency procedures. Participants complete practical exercises to demonstrate competency in managing height-related risks.

There is no fixed expiry under WHS legislation; however, industry best practice recommends refresher training every two years or sooner if work conditions change. Employers are responsible for ensuring that workers remain competent and up to date.

Workers in construction, maintenance, utilities, mining, telecommunications, warehousing, and industrial operations must have a Working at Heights ticket if their roles expose them to fall risks. Employers must assess tasks and provide training where necessary.