Competent Person PPE Inspection

Has the product been put into service? What is a product record? Can this full-body harness be trusted? Is this screw-gate carabiner approved? What does EN 361 mean? Are your products approved, or is it time to retire them? Do you have the right routines and protocols? This course clears up the concepts regarding the statutory periodic inspection of personal fall protection equipment.

Target Group

Personnel who will perform periodic or exceptional inspections of personal fall protection equipment. The course is primarily aimed at products from the brands CAMP and Innotech, which we distribute exclusively in Sweden, but you are of course also permitted to perform inspections on other brands.

Prerequisites for the Course

For the student to absorb the course content in the best possible way, a good level of theoretical and practical knowledge about personal fall protection equipment and how it is used in various fall protection systems is required. We recommend a prerequisite level equivalent to our 2-day course "Planning, Work and Rescue with Personal Fall Protection Equipment". If you have completed another fall protection training but feel your knowledge level may need a boost, we recommend reading the sections "Basic Information on Fall Protection Equipment" and "Risks when Working with Personal Fall Protection Equipment" in our Fall Protection Guide. Knowledge is easy to carry, it just takes time to acquire!

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the participant is certified to perform periodic and exceptional inspections of personal fall protection equipment, where the manufacturer's user instructions permit this to be carried out by a competent person.

Understanding of:

• Legal requirements according to Swedish legislation, European standard EN 365:2004, and EU Regulation 2016/425.
• The safety requirements that apply to personal protective equipment.
• Common defects and faults, and how to identify them.
• Documentation of inspections. Why is it needed? How is it done?
• When is an exceptional inspection required?
• The necessity of maintaining product records.
• The importance of the user instructions.

Ability to:

• Perform periodic and exceptional inspections of personal fall protection equipment.
• Classify faults and defects as pass or fail (taken out of service).
• Complete correct product records.

Course Content: Theory – 3 hours

• AFS 2023:11
• EN 365:2004
• EU Regulation 2016/425
• CE marking
• EN standards
• Harmonized standards
• Periodic inspections
• Exceptional inspections
• Putting a product into service
• Product markings
• Special situations
• The 5 steps of the inspection process
• Recording inspection results

Course Content: Practical – 5 hours

• Periodic inspections
• Exceptional inspections
• Product registrations
• Required documentation

The "Inspecting PPE" book, containing 256 pages of knowledge, tips, and advice for periodic inspections. Included in the course price (value 650 SEK).