Learners who complete Fall Protection Training will be able to identify fall hazards on a job site, explain the trigger heights that require fall protection under OSHA construction and general industry rules, and select a personal fall arrest system that matches the task, the anchor, and the available clearance. The program teaches the 1926 Subpart M construction standard line by line along with the 1910.28 and 1910.140 general industry counterparts updated in the 2017 walking-working surfaces rulemaking.

After completing this course, learners can choose between guardrails, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning devices, travel restraint, ladder safety systems, and warning line systems based on the task and the feasibility analysis. Learners practice calculating fall clearance using lanyard length plus deceleration distance plus worker height plus safety factor, account for harness stretch, and recognize when a self-retracting lifeline rated for leading-edge use is required because the anchor is at foot level.

The curriculum reinforces inspection, donning, and doffing of full-body harnesses meeting ANSI Z359.11, selection of shock-absorbing lanyards and Class 1 or Class 2 self-retracting lifelines, and anchor point strength requirements of 5,000 pounds per worker or a two-to-one safety factor under engineered systems. Learners review rescue planning requirements including prompt rescue under 1926.502(d)(20), suspension trauma recognition within as little as five to thirty minutes, and the assisted rescue, self-rescue, and mechanical rescue options a competent person must plan before exposing workers to a fall hazard. Additional modules address ladder, scaffold, aerial lift, and hole-cover rules; steel erection exceptions under Subpart R; and the fall protection training certification documentation OSHA requires under 1926.503 and 1910.30.