What will I learn on a SA001A Underground Safety Training Course?
The awareness course is a condensed version of the SA001 course and spans a single day instead of the three-days like the SA001 course.
Once you have completed the course, you will have knowledge of the potential risks involved in working safely on ladders and poles when in a telecommunications environment. This also includes the the dangers associated with work of this type and the safety precautions needed to be observed when working on ladders and wooden poles. In addition, you will build an awareness of health and safety and how to be compliant with relevant legislation. This accreditation ensures that delegates who require an awareness of working with ladders and poles in a telecommunications environment, are suitably trained and accredited to the National Occupational Standard (NOS).
SA001A Overhead Safety Awareness - Key Information
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1-Day course
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Awareness course, suitable for those who work with or around pole and climbing
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No formal entry requirements to start the course
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Written assessment composed of multiple-choice questions
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Smart Awards Certificate valid for 3 years
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Smart Awards Training accredited to the National Occupational Standard (NOS)
SA001A Overhead Safety Awareness Learning Objectives:
- The regulations needed to be observed when working at height
- How to complete risk assessments in different scenarios
- Knowledge of the correct manual handling techniques
- Awareness of pole markings and sterile poles
- Pre-works checks and pole testing process
- Awareness of low wire procedure
- Knowledge of safe climbing zones
- How to recognise low and high voltage poles
- How to access joint user poles
- Understand safe working on joint user poles
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SA001A Overhead Safety Awareness Course Content
The SA001A accreditation covers three modules over a one day course:
- Legislation and safety
- Pole checking and climbing
- Joint user poles
The above modules are split into the following learning objectives:
- The regulations needed to be observed when working at height
- How to complete risk assessments in different scenarios
- Knowledge of the correct manual handling techniques
- Awareness of pole markings and sterile poles
- Pre-works checks and pole testing process
- Awareness of low wire procedure
- Knowledge of safe climbing zones
- How to recognise low and high voltage poles
- How to access joint user poles
- Understand safe working on joint user poles
Assessment
The course includes a theory assessment.
- Practical Assessment – where you will demonstrate your knowledge of practical tasks
- 30 minute theory test which is composed of 20 multiple choice questions (to pass this course you must achieve a mark of at least 80%)
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Streetworks
Please be aware the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) requires at least one person on site to hold a Street Works card to work on the highway.
This Smart Awards accreditation is based on a pre-requisite that any work on the highway requires appropriate Street Works accreditation to be held by an individual working on site, and that this individual is qualified to check that the planned provision of footways, traffic lanes and safety zones determined by the site survey meets with the requirements of the site location and approved procedures and practices required by the NRSWA 1991.
Some companies’ policies may vary where more than one person on site is required to hold a valid Street Works card.
Assessment and Certification
Assessment
The course includes both a practical and a theory assessment.
- Practical Assessment – where you will demonstrate your knowledge of practical tasks
- 30 minute theory test which is composed of 20 multiple choice questions (to pass this course you must achieve a mark of at least 80%)
Certification
This Smart Awards certificate is valid for 3 years, you will then need to complete the course again or attend a refresher course if available, to renew your qualification.
NOPS Card
Smart Awards also offers its Network Operative Passport Scheme.
Managed and administered by Smart Awards, the card you receive has a unique QR code When the card is scanned by employers or site managers with granted access, they will be able to securely view all the information about your Awards qualifications, including when the course was taken and what the expiry dates are.
No longer do you need to hold several different cards for each of your qualifications – hold them all on one system which is updated within a couple of weeks of achieving your qualification.
Find out more information about the NOPS card here.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites and Smart Awards will not restrict access on the grounds of prior academic attainment, age, employment, geographic location or any other grounds.
There are no barriers that restrict access or progression, thereby promoting equality. It is expected however that learners will have a level of literacy adequate to cope with both the theory and practical assessments. This accreditation is available to anyone over the age of 16 who can reach the required standard.
Smart Awards Courses That Relate to SA001
Below are other courses that are often viewed by customers who purchased the SA001A Overhead Safety Awareness course:
SA001 - Overhead Safety
On the SA001 course you will learn how to climb ladders and poles safely when working in a telecommunications environment.
SA002 - Underground Safety
The SA002 Underground Safety course will teach you how to identify the hazards and potential risks involved in working on or in proximity to underground structures and operational buildings.
SA006 - Safe Working in Civils
This course provides knowledge regarding legislation and dangers associated with working in a utility construction environment.
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Brochures for SA001A – Overhead Safety Awareness
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