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Fall Protection Training

MSA training courses give you the opportunity to participate in the most active, hands-on, solutions-based training available. Our comprehensive, hands-on courses can be taught at your facility or at one of the MSA training facilities, which are located in Houston, TX; Butler, PA; and Edmonton, AB, Canada. Our training facilities are unsurpassed in the industry and offer an unparalleled training experience.

Contact Information

Scheduled Training Courses

  1. Authorized Person for Safety At Heights
    2 day format Topics include:
    • Dynamics of a fall
    • Fall hazard recognition
    • Procedures for continuous safety at heights
    • Impact forces
    • Selection, application and use of fall protection systems

  2. Competent Person for Equipment Inspection
    1/2 day format Topics include:
    • Formal inspection procedure and documentation process
    • Equipment cleaning, storage and disposal
    • Identification of hazards impacting equipment integrity
    • OSHA and ANSI inspection requirements

  3. Safety at Heights Management & Rescue Planning
    1 day format Topics include:
    • Fall hazard survey and profile
    • At-Risk Worker selection and issues
    • Rescue equipment, personnel and training considerations
    • Fall protection systems selection
    • Regulatory and standards review (OSHA, ANSI)
    • Round-table discussion of fall protection issues

  4. Competent Person for Safety At Heights
    3 1/2 day format Topics include:
    • Combines Fundamentals, Equipment Inspection, and Management & Rescue courses

Additional Courses

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  1. Tower Climbing Safety & Rescue
    1 day format Topics include:
    • Selection, application and use of fall protection systems
    • Dynamics of a fall
    • Regulatory and standards (OSHA) review including the telecommunication standard

  2. Competent Person Refresher
    1/2 day format Topics include:
    • Review of all concepts covered in Competent Person course

  3. Industrial High Angle Rescue
    Topics include:
    • Review of applicable, industry-related standards
    • High angle rescue techniques

  4. Fall protection & Rescue in Confined Spaces
    Topics include:
    • Review of applicable, industry-related standards
    • Proper confined space rescue methods

  5. Fall Protection for Wood Pole Climbing
    Topics include:
    • Proper pole climbing techniques
    • Pole rescue options
    • Review of applicable, industry-related standards

  6. Fall protection & Rescue for Railway bridges
    Topics include:
    • Review of applicable, industry-related standards
    • Rescue/retrieval methods

  7. Competent person Train-The-Trainer
    Topics include:
    • Combines Fundamentals, Equipment Inspection, and Management & Rescue courses
    • Discussion of course components
    • Discussion of effective training techniques

  8. Custom Courses Available
    MSA has also designed many types of custom training courses and interactive training programs for a wide range of industries including:
    • Mining Industry
    • Utilities Industry
    • Automotive Industry
    • Telecommunications Industry
    • Railroad Industry