UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:

• Title: Training Requirements 1926.503
• Type: Text Slide
• Content:

• Training must cover among other subjects:
  • The nature of fall hazards in the work area.
  • How to erect, maintain, disassemble, and inspect the fall protection systems to be used.
  • How to use and operate the fall protection systems to be used.
  • Subpart M requirements
• Supplements 1926.21
• Prepare training certification.
  • Documentation of the latest training certification must be maintained.
• Retraining for:
  • Changes in the fall protection systems to be used or to the workplace.
  • Inadequacies in employee's knowledge or use of fall protection indicates that retraining is necessary.

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Speaker Notes:

1926.21(b)(2) requires employers to train their workers how to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions; and, the applicable regulations to control or eliminate hazards in the work place.

Fall protection training must cover:

• How to recognize and minimize fall hazards.
• How to use fall protection systems.
• How to inspect the systems.
• Training must be documented and the most current certification must be available.

Also, provisions to conduct retraining must be established to correct less than satisfactory fall protection performance by workers.