Qualified Fall Protection Equipement Inspector

All employees who are required to inspect fall protection equipment in the workplace.
There are no prerequisites for this training.

• Understanding the legislation
• Defining the inspector’s role
• Knowing the standards that apply to inspections
• Carrying out an inspection
• Documenting information
• Maintaining inspection records

• Legal framework and definitions
• Roles and responsibilities
• Types of slings
• Eliminating and managing risks related to slinging
• Steps for a safe sling inspection
• Types of inspections
• Inspecting slinging accessories like shackles, hooks, eye bolts, etc.
• Handling retrieval equipment: SKED, half-back and sit harness, stretcher, pole
• Handling lifesaving equipment: carabiners, ascenders/descenders, harnesses
• Handling personal protective equipment (helmet, steel toe shoes, glasses, gloves, etc.)
• Simulating and implementing compliant inspections