This course covers IPAF Harness Awareness (HA), Harness User (HU) and Harness Inspection (HI) assessments in a full day classroom course.

The day is split into the following sections:

AM Session - IPAF Harness Awareness & User
PM Session - IPAF Harness Inspection

Harness Awareness and User

Provides delegates with the essential knowledge to select, monitor, manage and plan the correct use of Harnesses and lanyards for use in a MEWP. The practical test evaluates the delegate’s practical application of the knowledge gained in the IPAF Harness Awareness theory training.

Delegates successfully completing this course will:

Have an awareness of how to correctly identify and select the appropriate form of personal
protection against falls from MEWPs.
Have a theoretical awareness only of how to check, use, maintain and store a harness and
lanyard with manufacturer’s instructions.
Have a theoretical awareness of how harnesses and lanyards should be fitted and adjusted

They will be able to:

Demonstrate competence in the correct pre-use check of a harness and lanyard.
Demonstrate competence in how to correctly fit and adjust a harness and lanyard for use in
a MEWP.
Demonstrate the correct anchor point to attach the lanyard to in a MEWP and adjust the lanyard to be effective.

Harness Inspection

The IPAF Harness Awareness & Harness User must be completed prior to completing the IPAF Harness Inspection course.

Upon successful completion of this part of the course delegates will be able to:

Demonstrate competence in conducting periodic and interim inspections of harnesses and lanyards for use in a MEWP
Demonstrate how to maintain associated records of inspections

IPAF Harness Awareness, User + Inspection