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 Department:    APRCA

 Course #:    15

 Credits:    2

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    2

 CIP:    46.0201

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Falls from heights are a fatal hazard on construction sites. Amendments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers� Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM-385-1-1) changed fall protection requirements to address this hazard. This course includes these changes to help carpenters select and use proper means and methods of fall protection on a construction site, specifically those requiring the use of personal fall arrest systems, work platforms, and access openings. Fundamentals of working at heights, controlling hazards, passive fall protection, and administrative controls, will be covered. Three major conceptual schemes comprise the focus of this course: planning and using fall protection systems, managing jobsite variables, and addressing code compliance.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 22

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Describe the causes of, and techniques to avoid, falling from heights.
2. Explain the hierarchy of fall protection on construction sites.
3. Compare the uses, capacities, and designs of a personal fall arrest system with those of a passive fall protection system.
4. Formulate strategies for addressing worksite variables (day/night, weather, etc).
5. Install a vertical and horizontal life-line.
6. Inspect and don PFAS equipment including self-retracting devices.
7. Install warning line systems, and ascend and descend a ladder after inspecting it.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Causes of, and techniques to avoid, falling from heights.
2. Hierarchy of fall protection on construction sites.
3. Uses, capacities, and designs of a personal fall arrest system with those of a passive fall protection system.
4. Strategies for addressing worksite variables (day/night, weather, etc.)
5. A vertical and horizontal life-line.
6. PFAS equipment including self-retracting devices.
7. Warning line systems.