← Free Work at Height Training
Module H1 · Free · ~33 minutes
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.
Built on SAQA unit standard 229998
Explain and perform fall arrest techniques when working at height
NQF level 1 · 2 credits · South Africa · OHS Act 85 of 1993 and Construction Regulations 2014, Regulation 10
What you'll learn
- ✓The law behind the harness — OHS Act 85 of 1993, Construction Regulation 10 and the Annexure 3 medical certificate
- ✓Fall arrest vs work positioning vs restraint, and the full equipment range with its limits (6 kN, fall factors, shock load)
- ✓Pre-use inspection, correct fitting, and how to spot a spent energy absorber
- ✓Planned vs self-identified anchors, connector compatibility, and what is never an anchor
- ✓Fall clearance worked out properly — 2 + 1.75 + 2 + 1 = 6.75 m — and how to reduce arrest distance
- ✓The hook-first switchover on a double lanyard, vertical and horizontal lifelines, and why you never work alone
- ✓Suspension trauma: why minutes matter, and what to do while you wait for rescue
Run it as real training — get the free module pack
The pack turns this video into recorded training you can show an auditor. It includes:
- •20-question knowledge test with the trainer answer key
- •Toolbox-talk one-pager
- •Attendance register — your training evidence
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The paperwork behind the training · $29
Work at Height Compliance Pack
Training records are one requirement of Construction Regulation 10 — there are four more. This pack is the rest of the file:
- •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
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.