Working at Heights Course (RIIWHS204E)
Overview
This Working Safely at Heights course is suitable for anyone who is exposed to the risk of a fall whilst working at height (in particular, anyone who wears a harness while working at any height).
Why complete this Working Safely at Heights Course?
Section 21 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic.) requires that employers provide an adequate level of information, instruction, training and supervision to employees to enable them to work safely.
Australian Standard AS1891.4 Industrial Fall Arrest Systems and Devices – Selection, Use and Maintenance’ states, “Operators at entry level who are required to perform harness based work at heights shall be trained and assessed in a nationally accredited general height safety course or a course of equal standard, to a level of competence where they can work under a supervisor.”
- Identifying and assessing fall hazards
- Conducting risk assessments
- Implementing control measures
- Harness inspection, fitting and use
- Minimum 18 years of age
- A maximum body weight of 120kg applies due to this being the maximum capacity of our fall protection system
- Experience working at heights is preferred but not mandatory
Available Dates
Upcoming Workshops
| Course Dates | Time | Available Spaces | Cost | Individual Bookings | Business Bookings |
| 8 December 2023 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 8 | $280.00 | ||
| 13 December 2023 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 5 | $280.00 | ||
| 20 December 2023 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 11 | $280.00 | ||
| 4 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 10 | $280.00 | ||
| 8 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 11 | $280.00 | ||
| 10 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 10 | $280.00 | ||
| 12 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 11 | $280.00 | ||
| 15 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 18 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 22 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 24 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 25 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 30 January 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 1 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 11 | $280.00 | ||
| 5 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 7 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 9 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 13 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 15 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 19 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 21 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 23 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 27 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 29 February 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 4 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 6 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 8 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 12 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 14 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 19 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 20 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 26 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 28 March 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 3 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 4 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 5 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 9 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 11 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 15 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 17 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 19 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 23 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 25 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 29 April 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 | ||
| 1 May 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 11 | $280.00 | ||
| 3 May 2024 | 07:45 am - 04:00 pm | 12 | $280.00 |
Course Details
Language, Literacy and Numeracy Requirements
For the Working Safely at Heights Course, trainees must have adequate English language skills to safely complete tasks relating to working at heights, such as being able to:
- Read and correctly interpret safe work method statements and height safety equipment specifications
- Complete required documentation relevant to working safely at heights, including completing risk assessments
- Speak English clearly in order to explain, describe and verify sometimes complex needs and issues
If a trainee is concerned that they may not have the capabilities described above, please contact WAM Training on 1800 143 343 for advice.
What is the Working Safely at Heights Course outcome?
Once competence is achieved, trainees will receive a Statement of Attainment and Proof of Training Card.
Additional Working Safely at Heights Course Information
- A maximum of 12 trainees can attend this course
- Trainees should wear safety shoes (and hi-vis clothing if they can)
- For identification, trainees should bring a driver’s licence or passport
- This course is delivered over 1 day face-to-face with a blend of classroom-based and practical activities
- Trainees are expected to have read the Working Safely at Heights Course Handbook prior to attendance which will be provided upon making a booking
What does the Working Safely at Heights Course assessment involve?
- Trainees will be assessed using a short-answer test and a practical assessment involving the use of height safety equipment to work at height
- Verbal assessments will not be conducted for this course (please refer to the Language, Literacy and Numeracy requirements outlined above)
How often is refresher training required?
Australian Standard 1891 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices requires that individuals undergo reassessment at appropriate intervals. Essentially, your employer needs to have a policy outlining how often refresher training needs to be done (based on their risk assessment).
I would like the course delivered at my site but I’m not sure if our practical area is suitable.
The best thing to do is send through your policies and procedures covering how the particular area is accessed (and a few photos can be helpful too). The area must have rated and within-test-date anchorage points and must require persons accessing the area to wear a harness.
For onsite courses, why do I need to provide our policies, procedures and risk assessment?
This is so that we can make sure that our Trainer is safe, and also so that our Trainer is familiar with the processes that your business follows. We can also flag any differences between your processes and our course content, so that contradictions can be resolved prior to course commencement.
Simon –
Great course, Ryan communicates with group really well, gives great examples, relaxed atmosphere to let all students participate!
Kelton B –
Excellent trainer who kept me actively engaged. 10/10 would recommended!
David –
Ryan was fantastic, he made the course enjoyable and was very knowledgable and clear.
James J –
Great course. Dave is extremely knowledgeable on legislation, Australian standards and industry best practice. Industry examples were interesting and useful.
Jasper –
Ryan had excellent subject knowledge and experience, he took questions and encouraged relaxed open discussion on all topics, real pleasure.
Ky –
Robbie was an excellent trainer. His use of example, clear & simple language & the many “tongue in cheek” comment, made my training experience wonderful.
Will defiantly be back for one of Robbie’s other courses.
Love to Scottish accent too!
Muhamed –
If all trainers could be like Ryan, you would have everyone lining up out the front to learn.
Great guy, great trainer.
Max –
Ryan was really good. Got all the class involved, was knowledgeable of the subject.
Eriks –
Nice Course, done lots of them but here is the place that I would like to do all of them. Super nice instructor.
Matt –
Good Course, to the point. Knowledgeable trainer who made day interesting and not drag.
Aaron –
Ryan was great. Made the day fun and easy to complete. Will recommend WAM Training to people.
Tom –
Ryan was awesome trainer and very very helpful. Couldn’t say a bad word.
Faz –
It was an amazing experience learning from Ryan.
I will be back again for more training in future.
Mel –
Loved how Ryan explained everything in detail makes it so much more easy to understand.
Thanks for a great day.
Zac –
Good learning environment. Questions and feedback was encouraged!
Daniel –
Fantastic at explaining and making sure understood and competent.
Friendly and approachable.
Cyrus –
Robbie had a great way of making things more understandable.
Lots of stories to understand situations better.
Steven –
Very knowledgeable and professional instructor for the working at heights training
Jarrod –
Very well explained. Practical assessment was very beneficial.
Nathan –
Good- Sharp and to the point delivery with fairly relevant examples. Handbook was thorough enough for the information needed for the theory exam. Good facilities at location and nice training area.
Simon –
Robbie is an extremely good trainer.
I give him 5 star review 10/10
Ignacio Pelusso –
Working at heights course was well prepared and easy to follow
Parsa –
Robbie was really easy to work with and explained everything amazingly and made sure everyone was understanding what we were learning. I would 100% come back if I were to do another course and recommend WAM Training to my friends. The staff were also really helpful
David Francis –
Did the working at heights training. Fantastic, and trainer was great
Yasin Nazik –
I completed the working at heights training. The trainer and facilities on site were very good.
Oliver Somers –
Great course on Working at heights. The tutor Dave was excellent. Cheers WAM Team.
Hammad –
Professionally ran, fun and enjoyable not boring at all and very straightforward – learnt a lot.
Scott Cannon –
Did the dogging course here and at first it was overwhelming when they showed the week’s schedule but they have it set up in a way that you learn everything at a comfortable pace and I came out of the course feeling very knowledgeable on dogging. Have also done working safely at heights and traffic management with them and they are very thorough and professional.
Eric –
Fantastic, couldn’t have asked for better. Very knowledgeable, great communication, makes learning easy