Training Package:
Work Safely at Heights +
EWP Escape & Rescue
Course Overview:
Qualification:Â
- RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights
- UETDRMP015 Perform elevated work platform controlled descent escape
- UETDRMP016 Perform elevated work platform rescue
Duration: 1 Day
Assessment Type: Theory and Practical
Prerequisite: HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Course Description:
This course specifies the outcome required to work safely at height. This course includes accessing, interpreting and applying technical and safety information for working at heights, assessing hazards and risks associated with working at heights and implementing control methods, selecting, wearing and caring for personal protective equipment, identifying required safety systems including fall protection and associated equipment, checking the correct fitting, adjusting and anchoring of fall protection and associated equipment and performing work safely at heights.
This course covers the use of EWP controlled descent escape procedures, including rescuing a person from a raised EWP. It specifies the requirements and how they apply in the context of transmission, distribution or rail work functions.
Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, participants will have gained the following skills and knowledge to:
- AS 1891.4 (overview) (contextualised to tower environments)
- WHS legislative requirements (overview)
- Ladder fall-arrest systems
- Work positioning systems
- PPE selection, use, basic maintenance
- Fall arrest systems
- Using double hook lanyards
- Installing solid and reliable anchorage
- Practical rescue
- Assessment activities (e.g. rescues) in tower context
- Inspection and fitting of rescue equipment
- Assessing and controlling hazards to rescuer, victim, and others
- Isolation procedures
- Maintaining Safe Approach Distances (SAD’s) appropriate to EWP rescue
- EWP controlled descent rescue
- Involvement of external emergency services as appropriate
- Practical demonstration of rescuing a person
- Identify work requirements
- Identify work procedures and instructions
- Access and install equipment
- Perform work at heights
- Clean up the work area
Outcome:
A nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the units below;
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EWP Safety & Rescue Package: Work Safely at Heights & EWP Escape
Mandatory Training for Safe Elevated Work Platform Operations
For any professional operating an Elevated Work Platform (EWP) or supervising EWP work, your training must cover both prevention and emergency response.
This specialized package combines the foundational Work Safely at Heights certification (which covers harness use and fall prevention) with the practical, high-stakes EWP Escape & Rescue training. This dual certification ensures that not only are you compliant with heights regulations, but you also possess the life-saving skills to rescue an incapacitated worker or execute a controlled emergency descent from an EWP.
Why Choose This EWP Safety Dual Package?
This combination provides the full spectrum of safety required for working from a boom lift:
- Complete Compliance: Satisfies the common site requirement for a valid Heights ticket while addressing the specific duty of care for EWP emergency retrieval procedures.
- Integrated Skills: Learn anchor selection and harness use (Heights), then apply that knowledge directly to rescue techniques and controlled descent on an EWP (Rescue).
- Efficiency and Value: Secure two mandatory certifications that are legally and operationally interlinked, saving time and money compared to booking two separate training sessions.
- Supervisor Essential: EWP Escape and Rescue is a critical skill for supervisors and designated rescue personnel to ensure regulatory compliance and workplace safety.
What You Will Master
This package covers safe work practices and emergency procedures specific to elevated platforms:
| Training Unit | UoC Code (Example) | Key Safety Skills Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Work Safely at Heights | RIIWHS204E | Hazard identification; selection and inspection of Personal Fall Arrest Systems (PFAS); correct fitting of harnesses; understanding fall restraint and fall arrest systems. |
| EWP Escape & Rescue | RIIWHS204E | Executing a controlled emergency descent (when equipped); using auxiliary controls from the ground; accessing and safely rigging an incapacitated person from the EWP basket for retrieval. |
Who Should Enrol in This Package?
This dual certification is essential for:
- EWP Operators (WP Licence Holders): Required to meet the duty of care to execute or assist in emergency retrieval.
- Site Supervisors & Foremen: Responsible for overseeing EWP teams and implementing site-specific rescue plans.
- Maintenance & Facilities Technicians: Those who regularly use boom lifts for servicing structures and equipment at height.
- Anyone seeking advanced height safety certification.
Prerequisites and Safety Requirements
- You must be 18 years of age or older to attend.
- Physical capability is required, as the course involves wearing a harness and participating in simulated rescue and retrieval activities.
- The Work Safely at Heights unit is foundational and is completed first to ensure basic fall prevention knowledge is established.
UPGRADE YOUR EWP SAFETY SKILLS. ENROL IN THE HEIGHTS & RESCUE PACKAGE!
Ask us about combining this with the EWP HRWL (over 11m) for a complete licensing solution.