Cleaning Service
Heightsafety Holdings
LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS
In Terms of the Occupational Health and
Safety Act (Act no 85 of 1993) the employer is responsible for
providing a safe working environment, with regards to providing a safe
working area, providing the correct safety equipment and the proper
training to ensure all staff is covered in all safety aspects of the
working environment.
In August 2000 the South African National Standards adopted the
European standards for manufacturing and supply of all height related
equipment. Any safety equipment used for working-at-height must conform
to SANS EN standards.
In terms of the skills development act of no 97 of 1998 training must
be done according to registered unit standards as offered by Accredited
training providers.
All these legal requirements regarding the correct equipment and the
relevant training standards will be met by Heightsafety Training
Academy (Pty) Ltd
The following supporting documentation can also be used:
| SANS ROPE ACCESS STANDARDS | |
| SANS 0333-1: 1999 | Rope access Worksite Procedure |
| SANS 0333-2: 1999 | Rope access, Training and Certification Procedure (Replaced by the new skill development rope access unit standards) |
| SANS 0333-3:1999 | Inspection, Certification and Management Procedures for Equipment. |
| SANS 1833: 1999 | Equipment for use in industrial rope access work |
| BRITISH STANDARDS (The reason for using the British standards as reference is that they are more regularly revised than the SANS standards) | |
| BS 7985: 2002 | Code of Practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes. |
| BS7883: 2005 | Code of practise for the design, selection,installation, use and maintenance of anchor devices conforming to BS EN 795. |
