High-Risk Work Activities
1. Lifting & Rigging Safety
Lifting operations can expose workers to suspended loads, dropped objects, equipment failure and crushing hazards. Safe lifting depends on appropriate equipment selection, inspection, load control and communication.
Our Lifting & Rigging Safety training develops practical awareness of rigging principles and the controls required during load handling.
Training Covers
Participants will explore:
- Common lifting and rigging hazards
- Load weight and centre of gravity
- Working load limits
- Sling angles and their effect on loading
- Wire-rope, chain and synthetic slings
- Shackles, hooks and lifting accessories
- Inspection and rejection criteria
- Vertical, choker and basket hitches
- Tag lines and load control
- Spreader beams where applicable
- Suspended-load exclusion zones
- Communication between lifting-team members
- Pre-lift coordination
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the training, participants should be able to:
- Recognise common rigging hazards
- Understand basic load and sling considerations
- Select appropriate lifting accessories within their role
- Understand the importance of working load limits
- Maintain safer positioning around suspended loads
- Communicate more effectively during lifting activities
Customised Corporate Training
2. Permit to Work (PTW)
A Permit to Work system provides formal control over non-routine and high-risk work. Its effectiveness depends on accurate hazard identification, clear responsibilities, proper authorisation and communication between everyone involved.
Our Permit to Work training develops practical understanding of how permits should be prepared, issued, accepted, monitored and safely closed.
Training Coverage
Participants will explore:
- Purpose and limitations of a PTW system
- Activities requiring permits
- Hot work permits
- Confined-space permits
- Electrical work permits
- Excavation and other high-risk permits
- Hazard identification before authorisation
- Required precautions and control measures
- Permit issuer and permit receiver responsibilities
- Validity and work boundaries
- Communication and handover
- Permit suspension and extension
- Shift changes
- Work completion and closure
- Interaction with JSA and risk assessment
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the training, participants should be able to:
- Explain the purpose of a PTW system
- Recognise when a permit may be required
- Understand key permit roles and responsibilities
- Verify that required controls are addressed
- Understand the importance of permit validity and work scope
- Participate effectively in handover and closure
- Recognise conditions that may require work to stop
Customised Corporate Training
3. Confined Space Safety
A confined space may appear harmless from outside while containing an atmosphere or process hazard capable of becoming fatal within a short period. Restricted access can also make normal escape and rescue much more difficult.
Confined Space Safety training examines the conditions that must be assessed before entry and the controls required while work is in progress.
Training Coverage
Participants will explore:
- Characteristics of confined spaces
- Oxygen deficiency and enrichment
- Toxic atmospheres
- Flammable atmospheres
- Engulfment and process hazards
- Atmospheric testing
- Ventilation
- Process and energy isolation
- Entry permits
- Access and egress
- Entrant, attendant and supervisor responsibilities
- Communication
- PPE and respiratory-protection awareness
- Standby and rescue arrangements
- Emergency response
- Risks of unplanned rescue
Learning Outcomes
Participants should be able to recognise confined-space hazards, understand the importance of atmospheric testing and isolation and explain why an effective rescue arrangement is required before entry.
Customised Corporate Training
4. Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) & Energy Isolation
A machine that has stopped moving is not necessarily safe to work on. Electrical supplies, pressure, gravity, heat, hydraulic systems, compressed air and other forms of stored energy may remain capable of causing serious harm.
LOTO & Energy Isolation training explains how hazardous energy should be identified and controlled before cleaning, maintenance, adjustment or repair work begins.
Training Coverage
Participants will explore:
- Hazardous-energy principles
- Electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic energy
- Thermal and stored energy
- Identifying energy sources
- Isolation points and devices
- Lockout and tagout
- Individual and group isolation
- Dissipation of stored energy
- Verification of isolation
- Authorised roles and responsibilities
- Shift handover
- Controlled removal of locks and tags
- Reinstatement of equipment
- Common isolation failures