Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to use operational safety in a telecommunications rigging environment
- Assess hazards associated with wearing safety equipment
- Check and fit a safety harness
- Use a safety harness in a telecommunications environment
- Minimise risks to self and others while using a safety harness and lanyards using identified safety principles associated with effective fallarrest, fall guarding and fall restraint systems
- Confirm the safety of possible hook-on points and select the optimum hook-on points
- Attach and detach lanyards in a safe manner to and from anchor points
- Verify the rescue plan to be activated in the event of a fall