805: Fall Protection in Construction
From OSHAcademy
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What you'll learn
Across nine modules you learn why construction workers fall and how to prevent it, applying the hierarchy of controls, safe ladder and scaffold practices, personal fall arrest systems, equipment inspection and rescue at height.
- Identifying and evaluating construction fall hazards
- Fall protection hierarchy of controls
- Safe practices on ladders and scaffolds
- Personal fall arrest and restraint systems
- PFAS inspection, maintenance and rescue at height
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- A certificate from a name employers know, ready to add to LinkedIn and your résumé the day you finish. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced, about 8 hrs.
- How to use it
- Add it to LinkedIn under Licenses and certifications, post it with one thing you learned, and name the exact skills on your résumé. Then bring it up in interviews and show how you use AI to get more done.
- Why it's worth it
- Fast, practical proof that you are ahead on AI. It shows initiative, gives you skills you can use the same day, and hands you something concrete to talk about with every hiring manager.
What you will payLearning is freeThe certificate costs extra.
- Time
- 8 hours (9 modules); 0.8 IACET CEU
- Before you start
- Free OSHAcademy account; certificate package purchase needed for any documentation.
- How you are tested
- Online self paced
- Renewal
- None stated
- Full cost details
- Training materials, knowledge checks and course activities free with a free account. Exam scores, certificate and transcript require buying a certificate package (PDF, PDF plus mailed, or mailed); prices are not shown in the published page text; shipping extra for printed certificates.
- Where it applies
- Online, US OSHA oriented content from a private provider (not OSHA, not an OSHA Outreach card); employer site specific training still required.
Counts toward a license or requirement?NoThis is optional online safety learning from a private provider, not an OSHA Outreach card or a license. Your employer still has to train you for your own worksite, so use it to learn fall protection basics. Source ↗
Checked at the source Oct 12, 2026
Sources and what we verified
OSHAcademy course 805 page (hours, CEUs, free materials, paid certificate package) ↗OSHAcademy course table (title and hours) ↗OSHAcademy home: 'Register and access course materials for FREE'; certificates purchased after training ↗OSHAcademy certificate package terms (what packages include) ↗What we verified: Course page loaded today states free access to all training materials and that exam scores, certificates and transcripts require purchasing a certificate package; price fields are blank in the page text, so price is 'Not published'. OSHAcademy is a private company; its certificates are not OSHA cards.
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