Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe what needs to be done to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Identify task requirements.

1.1

Read work order and associated drawings and consult with relevant persons to determine the proposed work-at-heights task, including where and how work is to be carried out, and the equipment or plant to be used.

1.2

Participate in the development of the safe work method statement (SWMS) for the specified task.

1.3

Select appropriate work-at-heights control measures including required fall restraint devices and/or fall arrest devices in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements.

1.4

Determine location of anchor points for harness-based work to safely access required work area.

1.5

Review completed SWMS and clarify issues with relevant persons.

2

Access and assess work area.

2.1

Select personal protective equipment (PPE), check for serviceability and report problems.

2.2

Identify unstable, fragile or brittle work surfaces and implement control measures to prevent a fall from height.

2.3

Check fall protection equipment, including required fall restraint and fall arrest devices to ensure serviceability and report problems.

2.4

Identify, select and install signage and barricade equipment in accordance with SWMS or relevant safe work procedure.

2.5

Install/fit fall protection equipment, including fall restraint devices and fall arrest devices as appropriate, within the limitations of licensing requirements, level of authority and SWMS.

2.6

Ensure required fall protection, scaffold and barriers have been adequately installed and where necessary certified, in accordance with regulatory and workplace requirements.

2.7

Connect to fall protection equipment, including temporary anchor points, without being exposed to a risk of a fall from height.

2.8

Consult with relevant persons to confirm fall protection equipment and safety systems are correctly fitted, adjusted and installed, and are appropriate to the task.

2.9

Access work area safely and move and place tools, equipment and materials using methods that eliminate or minimise the risk of falling objects.

3

Conduct work tasks.

3.1

Undertake work tasks in compliance with the SWMS and workplace requirements.

3.2

Traverse between anchor points while remaining connected to the fall prevention system and protected from a risk of a fall from height.

3.3

Use PPE appropriate to the task and in accordance with manufacturer requirements.

3.4

Maintain communication with relevant persons while working at height.

3.5

Keep fall protection equipment in place and adjust to allow for movement during work.

3.6

Keep fall prevention equipment adjusted to prevent falling off or through a structure using the restraint technique.

3.7

Keep scaffold/work platform components and fall barriers in place during work.

3.8

Monitor control measures and consult with relevant persons to respond to changing work practices or site conditions.

3.9

Exit from work area removing tools and materials in compliance with worksite procedures, safety and environmental requirements.