Ladder Safety Course Pro-Active Training

You are. This page is the official home of the ladder safety course pro-active training at Irish Health and Safety. The ladder safety course pro-active training happens 100% online, carries CPD certification and delivers your verifiable certificate the second you pass.

Learners complete this ladder safety course pro-active training with us in their thousands, and employers accept every certificate on sight.

Absolutely, and without hesitation. CPD Certification, RoSPA approval and full HSA alignment stand behind the ladder safety course, precisely what employers in Ireland look for. from healthcare, hospitality and logistics to construction, pharma and agriculture, local businesses welcome our certification day after day.

A unique verification code sits on every ladder safety certificate, letting any employer, inspector or insurer confirm it within seconds. It is the identical accredited certificate relied on throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.

None at all. Being 100% online, the ladder safety course involves no classroom booking, no journeys across Ireland and no waiting on course dates. The ladder safety training opens the second you enrol, whether you live in Dublin, Cork, Galway or anywhere else in every county across Ireland.

Learn at your own speed on any phone, tablet or computer, clear the online assessment and download your ladder safety certificate straight away. From start to finish, most learners need about 1-2 hours.

The Ladder Safety Training Course is our full online ladder and stepladder course for anyone whose work involves climbing. In a single course you learn to judge when a ladder is the correct tool and when it is not, carry out the five step risk assessment, perform the pre use checks and detailed inspections that spot defects before they cause harm, apply the 1 in 4 rule and the securing techniques that keep a setup stable, and build the working habits that hold three points of contact on every climb.

Expect roughly 1-2 hours for the ladder safety course online, on whichever device suits you, followed by a short assessment with free unlimited retakes. The moment you pass, your ladder safety certificate is ready to download: CPD Certified, RoSPA approved and recognised by employers, inspectors and insurers throughout Ireland.

The full journey runs across six modules. First come the causes of ladder and stepladder accidents and the people most exposed to them, then the legal duties of employers and employees, the EN 131 standard and how accidents are recorded, and after that the five steps of a ladder risk assessment worked through on genuine tasks.

The remaining modules are practical: pre use inspections, detailed visual inspections by a competent person, maintenance and proper storage, selecting and carrying the correct ladder, the 1 in 4 rule and the 75 degree angle, tying, stability devices and footing in the right sequence, ladders used for access, and finally the safe use of ladders, extension ladders and stepladders with three points of contact and appropriate PPE, all backed by a video lesson. Pass the assessment and the ladder safety certificate is yours immediately. CPD Certified and RoSPA approved.

You face 15 multiple choice questions in the final assessment, each with three possible answers. A pass requires at least 12 correct out of 15, meaning a 75% pass mark.

No timer runs, and a failed attempt simply means a free retake, repeated as often as needed. Once you pass, the ladder safety certificate is issued on the spot.

For practical purposes, yes. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, every Irish employer must train people for the tasks they genuinely perform, and the General Application Regulations 2007, Part 4: Work at Height, applies that duty to every job where a fall could injure someone, which covers ladders and stepladders. Regulation 114 addresses ladders by name: their use must be justified by a risk assessment, they must stand on stable ground, be secured against slipping and reach far enough for the landing point.

An accredited ladder safety course such as this one is the accepted evidence of that training, written in compliance with the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and matched to the framework the HSA enforces. Every certificate includes a unique verification code, so an inspector, auditor or insurer can confirm it within seconds.

Everyone whose work puts them on a ladder or stepladder, however occasionally: site crews and builders, electricians and plumbers, painters and decorators, retail and warehouse staff, cleaners and window cleaners, telecoms and facilities teams, farmers, and office workers who climb from time to time.

Employers, managers and supervisors who carry responsibility for work at height risk assessments and equipment checks benefit just as much. No prior training is needed because the course is a full introduction to ladder and stepladder safety. Even a single stepladder in the storeroom makes it worthwhile.

The ladder safety training online takes about 1-2 hours of concentrated study. Because everything is self paced, you can spread it over several days, and progress is stored automatically on every device.

The instant you pass, your ladder safety certificate is generated and ready to download, print or email. No travel, no classroom day, no delays.

It runs for 3 years from the date you pass, matching best practice for refresher training, and the expiry date appears on the ladder safety certificate itself.

To renew, just log in again, work through the refreshed course and download the new certificate straight away. The Employer Dashboard alerts you before anyone on the team goes out of date, so the inspection folder never lapses.

The base of a leaning ladder should sit one unit away from the wall for every four units of height. The result is the 75 degree angle recommended by the HSA and every manufacturer: steep enough for the feet to grip, and flat enough that the ladder cannot tip backwards while you are on it.

Clear visuals of genuine setups demonstrate the rule in the course, followed by the securing sequence to apply every time: tie both stiles to a fixed point where possible, fall back on a stability device such as spreader bars when tying cannot be done, and treat footing by a colleague or wedging as the final option.

Completely. Stepladder safety training runs alongside ladder safety training through every module: deciding which of the two suits a task, the EN 131 standard, opening and locking spreader bars fully, avoiding the top steps, keeping knees below the top and never loading a stepladder sideways.

Extension and interlocking ladders feature too, including the legal requirement that their sections be locked so they cannot move relative to one another during use. A single certificate demonstrates your competence across all of them.

Just the price displayed on this page, with nothing added later. One payment buys the complete ladder safety training, unlimited assessment retakes and the instant ladder safety certificate.

Buy more courses and discounts apply on their own: 15% off any 3 different courses, 10% off 10+ courses, 20% off 50+, plus our flagship offer of any 5 different courses for €100. It sits naturally beside Working at Heights and Manual Handling.

Perfectly. The ladder safety training online works on any smartphone, tablet or computer, and switching devices carries your progress across automatically.

With the platform open 24/7 all year round, the ladder and stepladder training slots in around shifts, site hours and office days. And whenever you need help, friendly Irish support is a single message away.

Certainly. Register staff in bulk through the free Employer Dashboard, assign the ladder safety course to each person, follow progress as it happens and keep every certificate on one clean screen, which is precisely the record an HSA inspector asks for.

Volume pricing kicks in automatically: 15% off 3+ mixed courses, 10% off 10+, 20% off 50+, and any 5 different courses for €100. Builders, maintenance contractors, warehouses, shops and facilities firms across Ireland handle their ladder safety compliance with Irish Health and Safety.