PPE - Working at Height Tayside 8th November 2025. Delivered by AquaTerra.

Course Overview:

This course is designed to introduce candidates who are actively involved in the control of working at height equipment to the requirements of the appropriate regulations.

Course Objectives:

A mixture of theory and practical work. Candidates will be assessed during the course and will complete a written test.

Course Elements: Legislation and Regulations, Equipment and Systems Identification, Inspection Regimes and Requirements, Equipment Inspection Certification Requirements, Defective Equipment, Equipment Storage.

Equipment Covered:

Helmets

• Ropes

• Harnesses

• Connectors

• Slings

• Ascenders/ Descenders

• Belay devices inc. ID; Gri-gri & Grillon

• Energy Absorbing Devices

Course Duration: 1 Day

Course Criteria: The Candidate must:

• attend the entire course

• adhere to course content and demonstrate the required practical application techniques

Certificates awarded after successful completion of the course will be valid for a three year period after which re-certification must take place.

** Please bring your current PPE kit with you to the course as there will be an afternoon session of practical application.

Full details of the course will be sent out in advance of the course running. Coffee/Tea will be provided but lunch will not, so please bring this with you.

THE SMALL PRINT!

Please speak to your Training Officer before booking this course to ensure it is relevant.

We will open this course up to 2 members per team initially. After a couple of weeks of the course being bookable, if there are still spaces available, we will open the course up.

Police Scotland / RAF mountain rescue attendees:

Please contact the SMR Office on 01479 861370 before booking onto the course.

Cancellation Policy:

SMR reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee of £100 if failure to turn up to this course or a cancellation too late in which we cannot fill your space. This fee allows us to offset any costs which we will be incurred as a result of late cancellation. SMR Office will invoice directly to your Mountain Rescue team.

If you have any questions about this course, please email [email protected]

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