If you are one of the Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating, working at height is part of the job - and so is the legal duty that comes with it. Here is what Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Irish Painting and Decorating need to know, and how a Working at Heights Course keeps you covered.
The responsibilities of Facilities and Maintenance Teams
You face the widest variety of height tasks of any role, so broad training plus task-by-task assessment is essential. In day-to-day Painting and Decorating work that means you should:
- Never improvise access
- Plan roof and plant access safely
- Keep inspection records for ladders and platforms
- Select the right access equipment for the job
The Painting and Decorating hazards Facilities and Maintenance Teams must control
In Painting and Decorating, the falls that Facilities and Maintenance Teams most often have to prevent involve ladder overreach on facades, prolonged work at height causing fatigue and external work in wind and rain. Painting is classic short-duration, high-frequency height work where overreaching from ladders causes most incidents.
The Working at Heights Course makes compliance simple
Certifying your people is quicker than most employers expect. 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 Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating.
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
Documentation is what turns good practice into proven compliance for Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating. Keep your risk assessment, your method statement, your equipment inspection logs and your training records together, and an HSA visit becomes a short, calm conversation rather than a drawn-out investigation.
The rescue plan is the part most teams forget. If a worker doing Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating falls and is left hanging in a harness, suspension trauma can become life-threatening within minutes. Calling the emergency services is not a rescue plan; having the equipment, the trained people and the method to recover them quickly is. Our Working at Heights Training makes that planning routine.
Frequently asked questions
Do Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating 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 Facilities and Maintenance Teams best?
The Working at Heights Course covers the duties of Facilities and Maintenance Teams and all other roles in one accredited, online programme.
How long does it take?
About 45 minutes online, with a same-day certificate, so Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating stay compliant without losing a work day.
More on staying safe at height
Falls from height remain one of the leading causes of serious and fatal workplace injury in Ireland, year after year. The pattern is depressingly consistent for facilities and maintenance teams in painting and decorating: a short task, a familiar setting, a ladder or platform that seemed fine, and a single moment of overreach. Proper training breaks that pattern by making the safe choice the automatic one.
Get certified today
Do not wait for an HSA inspection or a near miss to act. Facilities and Maintenance Teams in Painting and Decorating 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.
