Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region

Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region

Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region prepares you to identify and control fall hazards in keeping with the legislative requirements within the Canada Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, New Brunswick’s General Regulation – Occupational Health and Safety Act, Prince Edward Island’s Occupational Health and Safety Act Fall Protection Regulations, and Nova Scotia’s Workplace Health and Safety Regulations.

Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region is ideal for anyone who works at heights throughout Atlantic Canada, on federally regulated work sites.

For federally regulated workplaces, the Canada Labour Code regulates the following industries and workplaces:

• Federally regulated private sectors (parts I, II, III and IV of the Code):
  • air transportation, including airlines, airports, aerodromes and aircraft operations
  • banks, including authorized foreign banks
  • grain elevators, feed and seed mills, feed warehouses and grain-seed cleaning plants
  • First Nations band councils and Indigenous self-governments (certain activities).
  • most federal Crown corporations, for example, Canada Post Corporation
    port services, marine shipping, ferries, tunnels, canals, bridges and pipelines (oil and gas) that cross international or provincial borders
  • postal and courier services
  • radio and television broadcasting
  • railways that cross provincial or international borders and some short-line railways
  • road transportation services, including trucks and buses, that cross provincial or international borders
  • telecommunications, such as, telephone, Internet, telegraph and cable systems
  • uranium mining and processing and atomic energy
  • any business that is vital, essential or integral to the operation of one of the above activities
• Federally regulated public sector (parts II and IV of the Code only):
  • the federal public service
  • Parliament (such as, the Senate, the House of Commons and the Library of Parliament)
• Private-sector firms and municipalities in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (part I of the Code only)

Key Benefits of Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region

Instruction from industry-experienced and certified instructors in:

• Basic Principles of Fall Protection
• Types of Falls
• Fall Protection Legislation
• Workplace Responsibilities
• Standards on Fall Protection
• Controlling Hazards
• Fall Protection Systems
• Inspection, Maintenance, and Storage of Fall Protection Equipment
• Anchor Points
• Connections
• Snap Hooks and Carabiners
• Lanyards
• Energy (Shock) Absorbers
• Self-Retracting Devices (SRDs)
• Fall Arrestors
• Vertical Lifelines & Fall Arrestors
• Horizontal Lifelines
• Maximum Arrest Force (MAF)
• Minimum Breaking Strength (MBS)
• Free Fall Distance (FFD)
• Total Fall Distance (TFD)
• Required Minimum Clearance (CR)
• Edge Consideration
• Fragile Work Surfaces
• Working on Sloped Surfaces
• Bottoming Out
• Orthostatic Intolerance (Suspension Trauma)
• Body Holding Devices
• Work Positioning
• Working at Height Rescue

Your Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region Certification

Upon completion of this program, you will receive a wallet-sized Ticket/Certificate that will show you have the credentials. Feel free to have your prospective employer contact METI to confirm your Fall Protection Training for Federally Regulated Workplaces and Workplaces in the Atlantic Region Certification.

Other Fall Protection Training Offered at METI

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High Angle Rescue Training (NFPA standard 1006)
Rope Access SPRAT Certification Program
Working at Heights Training for Ontario