Free training · The Qlause Work at Height Series · South Africa
Free fall arrest and work at height training
Three complete modules, built outcome-by-outcome on the South African unit standards for work at height — 229998, 229995 and 229994 — and on the OHS Act 85 of 1993 and Construction Regulation 10. Free to watch, free to use for your inductions, refreshers and toolbox talks.
Unlike the rest of the Qlause safety series, this line is deliberately South African: it quotes the regulation, the SANS standards and the medical certificate your inspector will ask about.
What this is — and what it isn't
This is knowledge training. It teaches the content of the unit standards properly, and it gives you records you can file. It is not accredited training: it awards no credits, and it does not replace the practical assessment by a registered assessor, the Annexure 3 medical certificate, or your site's fall protection plan. Use it before the accredited course, after it as a refresher, and with your crew every month.
~33 minModule H1 · Free · US 229998
Fall Arrest Basic — Working at Height in a Fall Risk Position
The harness is not the plan — it's what's left when the plan fails. A complete knowledge course built outcome-by-outcome on unit standard 229998: the equipment and its limits, inspection and fitting, anchors, fall clearance, lifelines, and what happens to a person left hanging.
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~34 minModule H2 · Free · US 229995
Fall Arrest Technician & Basic Rescue
The moment the fall stops, the clock starts. The technician-level course on unit standard 229995: installing lifelines, the four knots, rigging a rope rescue, descending on a double-locking descender, and getting a suspended colleague to the ground.
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~32 minModule H3 · Free · US 229994
Fall Protection Plan Developer
Nobody falls off a plan — they fall off the part nobody assessed. Written for the competent person appointed under Construction Regulation 10(1): how to assess a worksite for work at height and write the fall protection plan an inspector will actually ask for.
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The paperwork · $29
Work at Height Compliance Pack
The training is free. This is the file behind it — the fall protection plan, risk assessment, rescue plan and equipment register a client audit or an inspector asks to see.
How to run these as real training
- Watch the module with the crew before a roof, sheeting, gutter or solar job — or send the link the day before.
- Download the free module pack and run the 20-question knowledge test. The trainer answer key is in there.
- Record it on the attendance register. That is your training evidence under Construction Regulation 10(2)(c).
- Reinforce it with the toolbox talk at the next shift meeting, and again when the job or the weather changes.
- Send them for accredited training — this prepares people for it, it does not replace it.
When the training is done, the paperwork still isn't
Work at Height Compliance Pack — $29
Construction Regulation 10 puts the duty on the employer, not the trainer: a fall protection plan written by a competent person, a fall risk assessment behind it, proof of medical fitness, a training programme, an equipment inspection regime, and a rescue plan with the kit and people to carry it out. This pack is those documents, written and ready to make yours.
- ✓Fall Protection Plan Template — 12 sections covering all five parts Regulation 10(2) requires
- ✓Fall Risk Assessment (Excel) — live 5×5 scoring before and after controls, with a worked roof-work example, rating guidance and a task library
- ✓Rescue Plan Template — who goes, with what, and how fast
- ✓Fall Protection Equipment Register (Excel) — every item, its standard and interval, with next-due dates and a status that turns red on its own
- ✓Harness & equipment pre-use inspection sheet, fall clearance worksheet and lifeline installation checklist
- ✓Rescue drill record and knots card
- ✓Practical observation checklist mapped to every assessment criterion of US 229998
- ✓All three knowledge tests with trainer answer keys, plus a company-issued Certificate of Attainment template
- ✓Start Here guide — the order to work in, and who signs what
Templates, not a signature. A fall protection plan is only valid once a competent person appointed under Regulation 10(1) has written it for your actual site and signed it.
Prefer YouTube?
All three modules stream free on the Qlause YouTube channel. The knowledge tests, toolbox talks and attendance registers are only available here.
Running a wider safety programme?
The free 10-module safety series covers induction, HIRA, PPE, lockout, fire, chemicals and more — same format, same free packs, written to work in any region.
Knowledge-level training aligned to the SAQA unit standard shown. It supports, but does not replace, accredited training and practical assessment by a registered assessor, the Annexure 3 medical certificate of fitness, or the site-specific fall protection plan required by Construction Regulation 10. It awards no credits and does not authorise anyone to work at height, install fall arrest systems, perform rescue or sign a fall protection plan. Qlause is not an accredited training provider. Verify current requirements with your accredited provider and your competent person — SAQA registration and enrolment dates for these unit standards move during the QCTO transition.