1. You don’t. Well, almost. Aside from the initial set of licenses as part of the instructor training program, there is no obligation to purchase any more. 2. But… if you do, this program is built around delivering our proprietary Confined Space User course. As such, we must ensure the quality and consistency of training materials. License sales also help us fund improvement of the existing course. For what it’s worth, we have invested well over 500 hours into developing this program, AND we use our regular instruction of the Confined Space User course as our learning laboratory. This means our course evolves from year to year to keep up with:

• OHS Regulatory changes and incident statistics
• CSA Standards changes
• Best practices for learning activities
• Ways to improve the learner experience

We currently have a budget of another 100 hours + $20,000 to further improve this specific course over the next 12 months. Authorized instructors get access to these improvements without having to spend a single minute of their own time on development.

1. Increased instructor confidence. An instructor may feel better prepared upon leaving the program if they have 100% of the materials required to teach.
2. Increases legitimacy of the course. Some courses do not provide ANY resources to the instructor. These courses don’t have the same level of respect in the industry, and students are often caught off guard once they realize that designing a training course involves a very different set of skills than delivering a course.
3. Increase preparedness. Having the licenses on-hand allows the instructor to start teaching as soon as the very next day. We know from experience that it’s best to teach as soon as possible after being trained to improve competency and confidence quickly.

• A unique serial number for the student, and that number is connected to the instructor
• A Fall Protection User Student Manual
• A temporary certificate
• A final exam booklet
• A course evaluation form

The following comprise the MINIMAL equipment required.

•   Anchor x 4 different types
•   Harness x 6. At least one harness from each classification group (AD, AE, AL, AP)
•   Suspension Trauma Strap x 1
•   Fall Arrester x 1
•   Life Safety Rope x 1
•   Carabiner x 1 x 1
•   Self-Retracing Lifeline x 1
•   Confined Space Entry Tripod x 1 (for harness suspension activity)
•   Damaged Fall protection Equipment x 6 (at least 1 anchor, 1 harness, 1 lanyard)
•   Access to current CSA Z259 Fall Protection Standards (available for free at https://community.csagroup.org/login.jspa?referer=%252Fwelcome)

Lanyards

•   Web Lanyard
•   Twin leg lanyard
•   Rope lanyard
•   Non-shock absorbing lanyard

Instructional Equipment

•   Projector / LED TV
•   Computer
•   Cables

You can.

The certification issued by Haland Learning supports your delivery of this program. If you carried on teaching using 100% of your own material afterward, it would have no connection to Haland Learning Inc.

That being said, there is no prescriptive requirement (in the BC OHS Regulation, the Workers Compensation Act, or the CSA Standards) stating that ANY confined space instructor training is required to teach this information to others. If a provider tries to convince you otherwise, they’re ignorant or lying. Neither is good.

If you choose to deliver your own program, we won’t try to stop you. Consider that you’d have to develop your own training materials, your training may not be recognized by the industry, and that if something went wrong you would have to defend your actions in court.

It comes down to Risk Perception vs. Risk Tolerance.

Our Confined Space User course is accredited as an NCSO Approved course. All our instructors delivering our training are now automatically approved as well. No effort was expended from our instructors in order for them to be recognized. Getting accredited was no small task.

• First 30 people: 3rd party, $200/person and in-house trainer is $160/person
• Next 30 people: 3rd party, $200/person and in-house trainer is $80/person

• The in-house trainer’s daily cost to the employer is $200.
• Five people per training session.

• The licenses are $40 each, however, you have to consider the in-house trainers’ time and expense as well. This is why we’re showing a per person cost of $80. The other $40 is for the trainers’ time.
• If you are training 30 People through a Third-Party, it would cost $6,375. If training the same number of people in-house, it would cost $3,500 – $6,000 ($2,500 Instructor Program + $2,500 Fall Protection Equipment + $1,000 in-house trainers’ time).

Safety Direct Ltd. (a Canadian Fall Protection Equipment Manufacturer) has very kindly offered to provide new instructors with a healthy discount when making an initial purchase for fall protection training equipment.

The cost for all the equipment listed is $2,500 + GST.

Many safety courses are dry, not relevant, and boring. Really boring. If it’s not the course material, it’s the instructor. Some agencies believe they can talk AT you for hours and that you’ll somehow learn all the stuff.

We know from 20+ years of experience + current adult instructional knowledge this approach is woefully inadequate.

Every topic in the class is there for a reason. Each topic will have some type of activity the participants DO/INTERACT WITH in order to develop or confirm learning.

In summary… our courses are NOT boring. While it won’t be like going to Disneyland, participants will find themselves being engaged throughout the day, and they WILL learn something.