Ladder and Step Ladder Use and Inspection Training | Combined Course
Employers hold a strict statutory duty to train employees in safe equipment operation. Separately, a competent person must conduct formal, recorded safety checks under modern regulations. Meeting both distinct training requirements usually demands separate tracking. Therefore, this combined training course covers both responsibilities in one practical session.
This interactive face-to-face course changes muscle memory effectively through realistic physical drills. Online-only awareness modules are simply not sufficient for physical safety checks. Candidates will practice footing ladders and inspecting real hardware for structural defects. As a result, your team returns to work fully compliant.
What You Will Learn
Our comprehensive dual syllabus covers safe operational handling alongside formal regulatory inspection workflows. For instance, the main modules focus on these core areas:
Safe Use and Operation
- Legal Frameworks: Understanding the Work at Height Regulations and the statutory hierarchy of control.
- Equipment Selection: Choosing correct ladders or steps based on EN 131 ratings and working loads.
- Safe Set-Up: Practising the standard 1:4 angle lean ratio and securing hardware on uneven ground.
- Climbing Techniques: Implementing the mandatory three-point contact rule during ascents and descents.
- Storage Rules: Carrying, stowing, and storing access equipment safely within the workplace.
Formal Inspection and Compliance
- Statutory Duties: Reviewing formal inspection requirements mandated by current PUWER regulations.
- Component Checks: Examining stiles, rungs, treads, feet, locking mechanisms, and spreader bars thoroughly.
- Damage Spotting: Identifying physical signs of wear, deep corrosion, structural deformation, and chemical contamination.
- Report Writing: Completing formal inspection logs and record sheets while observing RIDDOR tracking rules.
- Quarantine Procedures: Learning exactly when to remove compromised equipment from active workplace service.
Testing and Assessment Standards
We verify your dual-competency through objective physical tracking and instructor-led checks. For the user element, candidates complete a practical assessment of set-up and footing. You must score 100% on this practical drill to pass. For the inspection element, you will evaluate multiple sets of ladders under supervision.
Prerequisites and Required PPE
This combined programme features open access for any worker aged 16 or older. However, we highly recommend a basic level 1 literacy baseline to follow the report writing components. All candidates must bring their own clean personal protective equipment to the training venue. Specifically, you require a hard hat, hi-viz vest, work gloves, and steel toe-capped safety footwear.
Venue Options and Private Group Bookings
Scheduled open sessions run regularly at our training centre in Knutsford. Alternatively, we deliver private training courses at your business premises nationwide. Please fill out our online quote request form to request custom pricing for groups. Next, remember to review our main joining instructions page to prepare for your session.
If your employees only require user safety training, consider our standalone user course. Conversely, we also offer a separate standalone ladder inspection training track if required.
Group Training & Corporate Enquiries
Do you need to train your team or purchase bulk licences? We provide flexible corporate options across our entire course catalogue to suit your organisation's schedule and budget.
- Classroom & Blended Courses: Our expert instructors can travel directly to your venue to deliver private group training. Alternatively, we can host your team at our dedicated training centre in Knutsford. This is the most cost-effective route for group compliance.
- Online E-Learning Courses: We offer volume tier discounts for corporate clients purchasing multiple training seats. Our team handles the enrolment setup on our end to get your candidates registered quickly and seamlessly.
To arrange a private group session, discuss international travel logistics, or request a custom price breakdown for bulk e-learning licences, please visit our dedicated Corporate & Bespoke Training Quotations page.
What Happens After You Book?
We make the onboarding process completely frictionless. This allows you or your team to focus entirely on your training:
- Instant Email Confirmation: The moment you complete your booking, our system automatically delivers your order confirmation and receipt straight to your inbox.
- For Online & Blended Learning Elements: Following your order confirmation, our team will validate your booking and issue your unique access keys. We release these digital platform login details as quickly as possible during normal working hours. Once received, you can log in on any device and study entirely at your own pace.
- For Classroom & Practical Sessions: Most face-to-face courses begin promptly at 09:00am. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to settle in. Please check your specific course description page for exact daytime run timings.
- All-Inclusive Transparent Pricing: The price you see covers your registration fees, official course textbooks (where applicable), examination materials, and final certificate processing. We never charge hidden additions.
Please visit our comprehensive Joining Instructions page to review specific venue directions, local parking options, and clothing recommendations for practical modules.
Get Notified of Upcoming Course Schedules
Course availability depends entirely on your chosen delivery method:
- Online E-Learning Courses: You do not need to choose a date. Following checkout, our team will validate your booking and issue your access keys as quickly as possible during working hours. You can then begin learning immediately.
- Classroom & Blended Courses: We regularly release new open-course dates throughout the month across our training centres. To view currently active schedules, simply scroll back to the top of this page and click the green "Choose an option" dropdown menu.
If our published diary dates do not match your setting's availability, don't worry. Drop your details into the contact form below. Our team will automatically notify you the moment our next block of course schedules goes live.
Why Choose Chris Garland Training?
Chris Garland Training is a multi-award-winning, ethical training provider. We operate on the principle of Honest Stewardship. We do not treat safety compliance as a corporate checkbox exercise. Instead, we view it as a vital investment in protecting human lives.
Accreditation & Authority
- Established Quality: We deliver expert safety training with a consistent 5-star rating from thousands of corporate and private clients.
- Certified Excellence: Our courses carry full backing and certification from Chris Garland Training alongside Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisations. They meet all Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and Ofsted standards.
- Expert Instructors: Professionally qualified instructors deliver every session. They hold enhanced DBS certificates and undergo rigorous quality assurance monitoring.
Environmentally & Socially Responsible
Your booking actively advances global sustainability and supports critical humanitarian networks through our certified eco-partnerships:
- Global Reforestation: Every course place you book funds native tree planting across heavily deforested areas with JUST ONE Tree.
- Charity Support: We proudly co-fund the life-saving aviation networks of the North West Air Ambulance Charity.
- Ocean Cleanup: Your training helps purchase beach clean kits through our active association with Surfers Against Sewage.
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