September 2026 · 6 min read · Training Guide
When five or more of your workers need Working at Heights (WAH) training, you can send them to a public class a few at a time, or bring an approved instructor to your job site and train the crew together. For many site supervisors and safety coordinators, the second option is easier to schedule and easier to track. It also raises practical questions: who needs which course, what the site has to provide, how many workers can train at once, and what records to keep afterwards.
This guide walks through how on-site group training works in Ontario and how to prepare so the day runs smoothly.
Under section 7 of Ontario Regulation 297/13, an employer must ensure that a worker who may use certain methods of fall protection on a construction project has successfully completed an approved working at heights training program. Section 6 lists those methods: a travel restraint system, a fall restricting system, a fall arrest system, a safety net, a work belt or a safety belt.
The program must be approved by the Chief Prevention Officer (CPO) and delivered by a CPO-approved training provider. Ontario's guidance says the training must be taken before a worker can use fall protection, so book the session before the work at heights starts. Training is valid for three years from the date the worker successfully completes the program.
A worker whose training is still valid does not have to repeat it when changing employers, so check each person's status before you count seats. For a wider overview, see our complete guide to Working at Heights training in Ontario.
Bringing the training to your site keeps the crew together, cuts out travel to a training centre, and lets you schedule around your project instead of a public class calendar. Ontario's training provider standard also requires instructors to link program content with learners' workplaces, which is easier when the instructor is standing on your site.
4 Your Safety Solutions is an MLITSD-approved Working at Heights training provider. For groups of 5 or more, we deliver training at your job site anywhere in Toronto and the GTA with no extra travel charge, and we bring the equipment and course materials.
Under the CPO's program standard, refresher training is the practical module, and only learners who have previously completed both modules of an approved program are eligible. A successful refresher re-validates the worker's training for another three years. If you are unsure about someone's status, the ministry offers an online eligibility checker, and our Full vs Refresher guide covers the differences in detail.
Look at each worker's card before counting them as a Refresher seat. Ontario has warned about fraudulent providers that issue cards without delivering valid training, and employers should confirm the provider was CPO-approved when the worker was trained.
Group bookings need a minimum of 5 seats combined, mixed any way you like, for example 3 Refresher and 2 Full. If you have fewer than 5 workers, call 647-830-5557.
The group quote form asks for your seat counts, whether you want training at your job site or at one of our classes, and roughly when. You can add your site location and a note about dates, languages or accommodations. We reply within 1 business day. Group pricing is quoted privately; list prices are on the courses page.
Raise language and accommodation needs early. Approved providers must ask about learners' learning and accommodation needs, and the program standard allows alternative evaluation methods for learners with language, literacy or accommodation needs.
The program standard caps face-to-face training at 12 learners per instructor. A larger crew will need more than one instructor or more than one session, so give an accurate headcount when you ask for a quote.
We bring the training equipment and course materials. Your part is the space and the time:
If workers want to train in their own harnesses, the program standard says learner-owned equipment must meet the same criteria as the provider's: marked with the technical standard it complies with, maintained in good working order, and accompanied by the manufacturer's instructions.
Also confirm that every worker has completed basic occupational health and safety awareness training. Section 1 of O. Reg. 297/13 requires employers to ensure workers complete it as soon as practicable, and WAH providers must remind learners about it in their advance materials.
An approved program has two modules, and the theory module must be completed before the practical module.
Roles, rights and responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, recognizing fall hazards, the hierarchy of controls, warning methods and physical barriers, safety nets, and safe use of ladders and similar equipment.
Fall protection systems, personal fall protection equipment, anchor points, work access equipment and platforms, and rescue planning. The practical cannot be delivered by eLearning or video link. Each learner must satisfactorily demonstrate, and have documented, key skills: calculating total fall distance and clearance, inspecting equipment for deficiencies, putting on and taking off a harness and lanyard, and staying tied off while changing anchor points. The standard also requires at least one set of core equipment for every three learners.
For a mixed group, ask how the day will be split between Full and Refresher learners.
Workers who complete our program receive their certificate the same day. Under the provider standard, approved providers must give learners, and their employers with the learner's consent, a proof of completion, and must report completions to the CPO within seven business days. Workers can also get a digital copy of their record through the ministry's certification management system.
Section 10 of O. Reg. 297/13 requires the employer to keep a record of each worker's training that includes the worker's name, the approved training provider, the date the training was successfully completed and the name of the approved program. A copy of the worker's CPO-issued proof of completion counts as that record, and you must make training records available to an inspector on request. Track each worker's three-year expiry date too; our post on why safety training expires has tips for planning renewals.
Approved WAH training is general by design. Section 26.2 of O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) separately requires the employer to ensure that a worker who may use a fall protection system is adequately trained in its use and given adequate oral and written instructions by a competent person, with a signed written record of that training available to an inspector on request. The CPO's program standard makes the same point: employers must supplement approved training with workplace-specific policies, procedures and equipment.
Before anyone uses a fall arrest system or safety net on a project, the employer must also develop written rescue procedures (section 26.1 of O. Reg. 213/91). Our guide to writing a fall protection plan covers both.
With those in place, the crew trains together and you finish the day with certificates in hand. When you know your numbers, get a group quote.
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