If you are one of the Employers in Healthcare, working at height is part of the job - and so is the legal duty that comes with it. Here is what Employers in Irish Healthcare need to know, and how a Working at Heights Course keeps you covered.
The responsibilities of Employers
You carry the legal duty under the SHWW Act 2005. A Working at Heights Certificate for every worker is your cleanest evidence of compliance. In day-to-day Healthcare work that means you should:
- Provide a safe place and system of work at height
- Carry out and record risk assessments
- Supply suitable, inspected access equipment
- Keep training and inspection records for HSA inspection
The Healthcare hazards Employers must control
In Healthcare, the falls that Employers most often have to prevent involve estates teams accessing roofs and plant on hospital sites, maintenance around oxygen and services lines and work above occupied, sensitive spaces. Height work in live healthcare settings demands extra planning around infection control, patient safety and access timing.
The Working at Heights Course makes compliance simple
Here is the good news: getting compliant is fast and inexpensive. Our Working at Heights Course is delivered fully online, takes about 45 minutes, and issues a downloadable certificate the same day. It is CPD certified, RoSPA approved and QQI aligned, and it is written specifically for Employers in Healthcare.
The Working at Heights Training covers the avoid-prevent-minimise hierarchy, ladder and stepladder safety, MEWPs and scaffolds, harnesses and anchor points, and how to carry out a proper risk assessment. Every learner finishes with a recognised Working at Heights Certificate that stands up to HSA inspection and supports your insurance position.
Training that goes beyond the tick-box
Young and new workers are over-represented in fall statistics, and Employers in Healthcare is no exception. Setting good habits from the very first day - never climbing on furniture, never overreaching, always inspecting equipment - is far easier than unlearning bad ones later. Early certification with a Working at Heights Course pays back for an entire career.
Competence is not the same as experience. A worker who has used ladders for twenty years can still carry twenty years of bad habits. Refresher training matters for Employers in Healthcare precisely because confidence drifts away from the rules over time, and a quick refresher resets it.
Frequently asked questions
Do Employers in Healthcare need their own height training?
Yes. Whatever your role, if you plan, supervise or carry out work at height you need a Working at Heights Certificate.
What course suits Employers best?
The Working at Heights Course covers the duties of Employers and all other roles in one accredited, online programme.
How long does it take?
About 45 minutes online, with a same-day certificate, so Employers in Healthcare stay compliant without losing a work day.
More on staying safe at height
Supervision is the quiet control that holds everything together. Even a perfectly trained worker drifts under time pressure, so someone on site needs the knowledge and the authority to stop unsafe work involving employers in healthcare before it becomes an incident. That only happens when supervisors are trained too.
Weather turns a routine job into a dangerous one faster than anything else in Ireland. Wind, rain, frost and poor light all raise the risk of employers in healthcare, and the right call is often to stop and reassess rather than push on. Knowing where that line sits is part of being properly trained.
Get certified today
Do not wait for an HSA inspection or a near miss to act. Employers in Healthcare can complete the Working at Heights Course online in 45 minutes and download a certificate the same day. For 10 or more learners, see our team training rates, or contact our team for a tailored quote.
Start the online Working at Heights Training now and put a recognised certificate in every worker's file before the next job at height begins.
