MATS Roof & Rescue from Height
(incl. EUSR Registration)

ARQIVA Gateway approved training provider – MATS bundle for any role requiring flat rooftop access, rescue, evacuation and stretcher use at height.

Mandatory requirement for BT and Arqiva sites.

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EUSR Identity Verification Policy – Mandatory
To attend this course, you must bring government issue ID for verification at course registration. You will not be permitted to continue on the course without it.

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MATS Roof & Rescue from Height package course offering two days practical and theoretical training in rooftop safety, rooftop access, casualty care, casualty handling and lowering methods. The use of guidelines or taglines is covered during real lowering exercises.

Mast & Tower Safety Group MATS Conference

MATS Rooftop Worker – Safety & Access course has been developed in collaboration with the telecoms and broadcast industry Mast and Tower Safety (MATS) Group.

The MATS Roof course has been designed to support the safety of those individuals who access and work on flat rooftops, particularly in the telecoms industry and is a mandatory requirement to work on BT and Arqiva sites.

This rescue course includes guidance on manual handling issues and the differing requirements for horizontal and vertical orientation of the stretcher.

Course elements covered in MATS Roof & Rescue from Height include:

  • Understanding the legislation and safety standards
  • Managing common hazards
  • Assessing the risk
  • Using harnesses
  • Using fall arrest lanyards
  • Using fixed fall arrest and restraint systems
  • Using work positioning lanyards or similar equipment
  • Selecting appropriate anchor points
  • Setting up and using temporary work restraint system
  • Working with edge protection systems
  • Using additional fall protection equipment
  • Consideration of emergencies and rescue arrangements
  • Suspension syncope awareness
  • Lifting and lowering kit
  • Demonstrating climbing techniques on fixed ladders
  • Awareness and understanding of equipment contents and function
  • Aspects of equipment inspection
  • Selection of suitable anchorages
  • Abrasion and edge hazards
  • Lifelining technique
  • Lowering technique
  • Elementary pulley theory
  • Hauling technique
  • Packaging the casualty
  • Vertical and horizontal attachment to the rope system
  • Medical dangers to suspended persons
  • Packaging the casualty in the stretcher
  • Lowering a casualty
  • Raising a casualty

The MATS Rooftop Worker training course incorporates the relevant requirements of the following HSE legislation: Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Work at Height Regulations 2005, Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998, Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998.

Conforms to MATS requirements. Scheme completion is a mandatory requirement for access to BT and Arqiva sites. 

MATS Participants ESSENTIAL – PLEASE NOTE:

  1. Course costs include EUSR registration and Virtual Card.
  2. EUSR registrations – Participants who are already registered with EUSR must provide their ID numbers at course registration. First time registrants must provide a digital passport photo (.jpg format) and mobile phone number when booking. For more information see MATS Group and EUSR.
  3. To access the EUSR virtual cards you will need to download the EUSR ‘Vircarda’ app on your mobile phone. For more information see Vircarda User Guide
  4. MATS participants are required to bring a government issued ID (passport or driving license) which will be checked at registration on their course. Failure to provide ID will result in you being asked to leave the course.
  5. Safety footwear required for all practical sessions.

EXPIRED CERTIFICATES:

  • EUSR registration for the Rooftop Worker scheme is for 3 years from the date of assessment.
  • Registration renewal on EUSR is required after 3 years and is dependent upon you being able to demonstrate continued competence evidenced through the completion of the 1-day training and assessment programme.

 

NOTE: Course does not including working on pitched or fragile roofs.

Participants who require RF Hazards training should complete the RF Hazards Awareness & Monitoring 0.5 day course (TSK4U).

It is the participants/bookers responsibility to ensure that all relevant pre-requisites are met to attend this course and that the evidence is provided on the first day of the course e.g. in-date certificates for revalidation courses.

Failure to meet any of these pre-requisites may result in the participant being asked to leave the course. No refund will be given in this event.

Course Details

Duration: 2 days
Course Venues: Aberdeen, Kendal, Leeds, Birmingham, London
Entry Requirements:
  • Minimum age 18.
  • Must be fluent in English.
  • Safety footwear must be worn for all practical sessions.
  • This course is not intended to teach the elementary use of fall protection equipment. It is essential that all candidates are already competent in such use, including understanding how to fit and use a harness, the need for safe connection at all times and the use of energy absorbing lanyard. Candidates will be required to produce suitable valid certification prior to acceptance on course.
Instructor Ratio: 1:4
Course Code: TTS16
Assessment: Assessment is by practical and written test of specific competence elements.
Certification: EUSR QUARTZ online & heightec certification
Validity Period: 3 Years
Medical Requirements: Physical fitness with no contra-indications for working at height. A self-certified statement of reasonable fitness will be requested at course registration.