Certification course companies fall protection NS 9610

Before applying for certification
Before applying for certification as a fall protection course provider, you must familiarize yourself with the standard and assess whether you meet the requirements defined there.

The company must familiarize itself with the procedure "SSE-P103 Fall protection - requirements for training companies". This is available in CertaSoft or by contacting SSE.

All companies that apply must have:

  • Described routines/procedures for course administration
  • Risk assessment of the delivery fall protection course
  • curricula and training materials for each area you want to become certified in
  • The course company must have provided training in one or more of the areas for which certification is applied for. The training must have included at least 20 participants over at least 5 different courses. In the training, procedures, curricula and the training material must be used.

Guide to becoming a certified fall protection training company

You can read about the certification process here.

NS 9610 Fall protection

NS 9610 describes requirements for fall protection course companies

The purpose of a standard for fall protection is to elaborate and specify requirements in the regulations to achieve safe work at height.

NS 9610 moves away from the term "Basic fall protection" which has been used in other contexts. A main principle in NS 9610 is that the candidate should receive relevant and necessary training in the use of fall protection equipment to be used. Training should reflect how the equipment is to be used in a given area/environment.

The use of course companies that are certified under this scheme should give the customer confidence that the training provided reflects the work situation in which the candidate will work.

Among other things, the standard specifies requirements for:

  • Execution
  • Training
    • Fall prevention and fall arrest solutions
    • Rescue
    • Instructors
  • Training activities
  • Instructors

The training is divided into areas based on applications:

  • Scaffolding
  • Mast/antenna/drilling tower
  • Work towards the edge/work on sloping surfaces
  • Enclosed rooms/shafts/basins/tanks
  • Hoists/baskets/climbing scaffolding/hanging scaffolding
  • Wind power
  • Work on wooden poles and masts
  • Petroleum operations
  • Full training

Course companies can be certified according to all or individual areas of the standard.
The course company must be able to offer training in all subjects in the relevant area.
If the company is certified for individual areas, the certification can be expanded subsequently.

The general principles for implementing fall protection (chapters 5-10) should be reflected in curricula and training.

The standard also describes requirements for training in rescue equipment. Training in the use of rescue equipment is divided into 3 areas:

  • Self rescue
  • Camera rescue
  • Organized rescue

The course company must offer training in self-rescue and in rescue equipment that is relevant to the areas in which the course company is to provide training.