Ladder and Step Ladder Use and Inspection Training

Ladder and Step Ladder Use and Inspection Training

If your job role includes, or may include the use of ladders or step ladders, ladder user safety training is a legal requirement. This means that your employer has a legal duty to ensure that you’re suitably trained to use those steps or ladders.

In our opinion, undertaking an online ladder safety training course frankly isn’t sufficient. What you need is hands-on practice and face-to-face guidance, to be able to use steps and ladders safely.

Additionally, there is a legal requirement for any ladder, step ladder, step stool, platform ladder, work platform, etc that you buy, hire, sell or simply use, to have regular safety inspections. These must be done annually as an absolute minimum, but preferably every 6 months or 3 months, depending on frequency of usage.

Our combined ladder and step ladder use and inspection course will teach you how to perform pre-use inspection checks, formal inspections & report writing, how to safely use, store and stow ladders & step ladders.

Course syllabus includes:

• Why training is important
• Types & nomenclature of ladders & steps
• Summary of the Law in relation to Ladders and Steps, including;
  • Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
  • The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations
  • Construction (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations, Schedule 5
  • Work at Height Regulations, Schedule 7
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Ladder classifications, British Standards & EN Standards
• STEP Risk Assessments
• Safe handling techniques
• Safety in transport & storage
• Users pre-use inspections
• Setting up, securing, ascending & descending ladders & steps ladders, including telescopic ladders
• Working from ladders & steps
• Formal inspections including visual, functional & tactile checks
• Quarantine, repair and disposal procedures
• Ladder maintenance
• Asset registers

Course Type:

• Face to Face training (maximum of 12 learners to 1 instructor).

Certificate:

• Ladder & Steps User & Inspector Training
• You will receive an A4 sized PDF certificate issued by Chris Garland Training that is valid for 3 years.

Course duration:

• 6 hour course;
  • 5 guided learning hours.
  • 1 hours break through the day.

Time:

• Typically 09:00-15:00hrs.
• Please note the exact times for your course booking.

Test:

• You will undertake a practical ladder & steps safety training assessment (pre-use checks, set up, ascend, descend, footing). Candidates are required to score 100% to achieve a pass.
• You will also undertake inspections of several sets of ladders and steps. This is assessed by your instructor.

Pre-requisites:

• Candidates should be at least 16 years old to undertake this qualification.
• It is recommended that candidates have at least level 1 literacy (GCSE grade D) to undertake this training within the course duration.

Candidates:

• All courses have a minimum and maximum number of candidates that we can take on a course.
  • Minimum: We need a minimum of 4 candidates booked on an open/scheduled course for the course to run. Click here for more details. There is no minimum for a private course.
  • Maximum: We are limited by the Health & Safety Executive, and where applicable by the Awarding Organisation, to a maximum of 12 candidates per instructor. Should you have more than 12 candidates that need to be trained, please contact us to arrange a private course, where we can arrange for a second instructor/assessor to be present to comply with this restriction.

Geographical coverage:

• This Ladder and Step ladder User Safety Training course is available to candidates throughout the UK.
• The course can be delivered in other countries, however, candidates should be aware that the content was developed in accordance with current UK practice.

Venue:

• Scheduled courses run at our training centre in Knutsford, Cheshire.
• Why not arrange to have a private courses run at your workplace? Simply fill in our quote request form to request a quotation.

Ladder and Step ladder User Safety Training Joining instructions:

• All candidates are to bring their own:
  • clean hi-viz
  • hard hat (not bump cap)
  • work gloves
  • steel toe-capped safety footwear
• Visit this page to read the general course joining instructions.
• If your course is not being run at our main training centre, you’ll also receive an email with additional joining instructions including the venue address.