SA001a – Overhead Safety Awareness- 1-day course

Introduction

This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills of the hazards and potential risks involved in working safely on ladders and wooden poles in a telecommunications environment. This is an awareness ONLY course and does not involve any climbing.

This qualification covers three modules:

Overhead Safety

Pole checking

Joint user Poles.

It provides learners with the knowledge and skills of the hazards and potential risks involved in working safely on ladders and wooden poles in a telecommunications environment.

Purpose

Prepare for further learning or training and/or develop knowledge and/or skills in a subject area

Accreditation

Industry accreditation/Ofqual/SQA accreditation

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to work safely

• Be able to access a pole using a ladder

• Know relevant health and safety legislation and industry good practice

• Know how to access a pole using a ladder

• Know how to carry out pole checking

• Know how to work safely on joint user poles

Pre- requisite

There are no pre-requisites. This qualification is available to anyone over the age of 16 who can reach the required standard. There are no barriers that restrict access or progression thereby promoting equal opportunity. It is expected however that learners will have a level of literacy adequate to cope with the assessment. Expectations at level 2 Achievement reflects ability to select and use relevant knowledge, ideas, skills and procedures to complete well-defined tasks and address straightforward problems. It includes taking responsibility for completing tasks and procedures and exercising autonomy and judgement subject to overall direction or guidance.