Working at Heights Training

Working at height is classified as any work that takes place in a location where a person could fall from a distance that would injure them if preventative measures were not taken. Working above ground or floor level, working somewhere that you could fall into a hole or opening in the ground or working in a place where you could fall through an opening, fragile surface or off a ledge all count as working at height.

A fall from height is classified as travelling from one level to a lower level, so incidents like trips or slips that occur on the same level, even if it is above the ground, do not count.

You can learn more in our helpful article here.

According to the Health and Safety Executive, falling from height is still one of the biggest causes of workplace deaths and one of the main causes of major injury, despite the risks injuries from falling from height are very avoidable.

This working at height online course has been created to provide learners with the knowledge required to meet the Work at Height Regulations 2005 guidelines. It is recommended that anyone who is carrying out or planning any task that involves working at height complete this course.

You can see our full catalogue of Working at Heights training here including our packages.

Roles for anyone who works at height include: window cleaners, painters, builders, electricians, tilers, sign fitters, tree surgeons, retail workers and plumbers. This is not a definitive list and many businesses have changing job roles that may require working at height training in the future. 

Even in office environments, the laws surrounding working at height might apply if, for instance, an employee needs to use a ladder to change a lightbulb, or even if they are putting up Christmas decorations.

You can see many resources surrounding working at height and how to stay safe here.

To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.

Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.

When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.

If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.