Fall Protection
1-Day | Competent Person Awareness & Fundamentals Course Number: CPAF-101
This one-day seminar builds baseline operator awareness and OSHA-aligned safe work practices for employees who operate or work around aerial lift equipment. Participants learn lift classifications, employer/operator responsibilities, hazard recognition, and the fundamentals of safe travel, positioning, and overhead hazard control. The course emphasizes pre-use inspection, stability basics, fall protection requirements, and emergency procedures. A written knowledge check is included, and a brief hands-on familiarization/practical evaluation may be conducted to verify basic competency.
Highlights
- Competent person roles, responsibilities, and authority
- Hazard recognition and prevention vs. arrest concepts
- PFAS components, selection basics, and compatibility awareness
- fundamentals and basic clearance concepts
- Ladder and scaffold fall hazard considerations
- Equipment inspection awareness and documentation basics
- Introductory fall protection plan elements
2-Day | Competent Person Implementation & Program Management Course Number: CPAF-102
This expanded two-day program combines implementation and advanced program management content for competent persons with oversight duties. Training includes detailed equipment and system selection, anchorage criteria, fall distance and clearance calculations, lifeline and engineered system concepts, documented inspection programs, and site-specific fall protection plan development. Participants also review rescue planning fundamentals, ANSI Z359 alignment concepts, audit readiness, and scenario-based site evaluations. Written and practical exercises reinforce defensible compliance and real-world application.
Highlights
- Engineered Anchor Points
- Non-engineered Anchor Points
- Detailed system selection and compatibility analysis
- Fall distance and clearance calculations
- Anchorage and lifeline system evaluation
- Documented inspection and compliance programs
- Fall protection plan development and defensibility
- Rescue planning fundamentals
- Program management, documentation, and audit readiness
- Scenario-based evaluations and competency testing
3-Day | Comprehensive Operator + Competent-Person Level mCourse Number MEWP-103
This three-day program provides a complete operator development experience with added competent-person level elements. It includes more detailed standards review, lift selection criteria, incident case studies, and site-specific lift planning. Participants practice advanced positioning, complex scenarios, coordinated work planning, and rescue drills. Additional emphasis is placed on documentation, audit readiness, and building repeatable internal processes for qualification and refresher triggers.
Highlights
- Job hazard analysis (JHA) and lift planning workflow
- Advanced scenarios, positioning, and rescue drills
- Supervisor/competent person documentation practices
- Multiple scenario-based evaluations and formal testing
- Strong support for compliance and recordkeeping
Train-the-Trainer Programs Seminars
Instructor Development • Internal Qualification • Compliance-Ready Training Systems
All Train-the-Trainer seminars are offered in person or virtually and prepare experienced personnel to deliver, evaluate, and document internal safety and operator training programs with confidence and consistency.
Fall Protection — Train-the-Trainer (2-Day) Course Number: TFP-106
Develops instructors to deliver fall protection training for awareness and user levels. Covers PFAS systems, hazard assessment, equipment selection, clearance concepts, rescue planning basics, and practical demonstration methods.
