Policy & Compliance

Ladder Safety Training

Using a ladder can be dangerous. Ladders are involved in many serious (and preventable) workplace accidents. Before you climb, ladders must be checked, positioned and secured correctly. Getting ladder safety wrong can have serious consequences. This ladder safety training course teaches you how to do all these things, as well as recognising and controlling risks.

Learning outcomes:

Identify the pre-use checks required to make sure a ladder is safe before use

Identify the correct positioning of a ladder and how to secure it for safe working, to prevent accidents during work

Recognise common ladder risks and apply safe working practices to ensure the safety of everyone in the area of work involving ladders

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What you will learn

Who is this course for

This ladder safety course explains how to check equipment properly, position it safely, and reduce the risk of falls. If someone could be injured by unsafe ladder use, including you, then this course matters.

This course is for anyone who uses ladders of any type, in any place. That includes people in the workplace as well as their supervisors, managers, or anyone else responsible for those who use ladders. Even if you don’t use ladders in the workplace, you may have to at some point in your life, so it's important to learn and follow ladder safety rules to avoid accidents.

Why choose iAM Compliant

Peace of mind with testing

This course also has an assessment at the end which allows learners to test their understanding and helps businesses demonstrate a level of competence in the topic.

Accessibility

Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary depending on environment or disabilities. To support this diversity, we provide transcripts so people have text options for media, alongside subtitles for all videos.