Course Selection Assistant
This two day hands-on course requires familiarity with typical fall protection equipment and some knowledge of the basics of fall protection. May we suggest that you check your knowledge by answering these multiple-choice questions in our Fall Protection Quiz and deciding on your own whether it would be beneficial for you to enroll in the optional third day of "Introduction to Typical Fall Protection Equipment".
If you will not be attending the seminar yourself and are enrolling a colleague, you may proceed directly to the Registration Page.
1. There are several types of fall protection systems. Is a Work Positioning System (WPS) one of them?
2. Is the following statement correct? "Personal Fall Arresting Systems are the worst method of providing fall protection".
3. Fall protection regulations in Canada and the USA allow a worker to be exposed to the 8kN (1,800 lbs) force on arrest of his/her fall. Is this limit safe for workers using a ladder fall protection systems with frontal, waist-level attachment to the fall arrester?
4. Could the wearer of a full body harness fall out of such harness?
5. What is the highest allowed Maximum Arrest Force during the deployment of an E6 energy absorber according to the current CSA Z259.11 standard?
6. Do all self-retracting devices require a visual load indicator according to the current CSA Z259.2.2 standard?
7. Is there any restriction on the length of a lanyard when employing the ADP type fall arrester according to the current CSA Z259.1.1 standard?
8. There has been a major change in the minimum required strength for gates on the connecting hardware in the American ANSI Z359.1 standard. Is the new minimum required strength 3,600 lbs or 5,000 lbs?
9. Are the carabiners and snap hooks with manual screw-on gate closures allowed in Canada according to the current CSA Z259.12 standard?
10. What should be the frequency of periodic, thorough inspections of fall protection equipment?
The correct answers: 1. b; 2. a; 3. b; 4. b; 5. b; 6. b; 7. b; 8. a; 9. b; 10. b;
Congratulations, you answered all questions correctly and likely do not need to attend the optional third day "Introduction to Typical Fall Protection Equipment" session. Click below to proceed to Registration.
The correct answers: 1. b; 2. a; 3. b; 4. b; 5. b; 6. b; 7. b; 8. a; 9. b; 10. b;
You did not answer all questions correctly. For your benefit, we are suggesting that you enroll in the optional third day "Introduction to Fall Protection Equipment" session. Click below to proceed to Registration.