TELCO Standard Training
Basic OHS training for telecommunications
If you work in telecommunications, your first need to refresh your OHS training, i.e., learn the standards and preventive measures to work in a safe way. The TELCO training courses are intended to create an accident-free work environment, as well as to raise awareness of specific hazards and provide workers with safe procedures that will help them in emergency response.
What are these courses about?
This is a theoretical/practical training including exercises simulated in a real context, in a controlled space and environment.
What is a TELCO certificate and how long is it valid?
The TELCO Training project is a process of standardising OHS training requirements in the telecommunications industry. A Working Group, made up of operators and collaborating companies in the sector (including Yoigo, Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange, Cellnex, Axion, Ericsson, Euskaltel, Elecnor, Cobra, Nokia, Huawei…), has developed and agreed on a common training framework.
The TELCO certification is compulsory for all workers in the telecommunications industry since July 2018. The certificate is valid for three years.
Weekly TELCO training courses
TELCO I: Working at heights in the telecommunications industry. 6 hours
To understand the potential hazards and preventive measures for working at heights, as well as the work procedures and the proper use of PPE.- Introduction
- Regulations and legislation
- Physics of falling
- Personal protective equipment
- Fall protection systems
- Anchoring devices
- Manual lifting of loads
- Accident response
- Hazard identification
- Use of stepladders
- Accessing and positioning on concrete and wooden poles
- Work on scaffolding
- Work on MEWPs
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Theoretical/practical course: 6h
TELCO II: Working at heights in the telecommunications industry. 16 hours
To understand the potential hazards and preventive measures for working at heights, as well as the work procedures and the proper use of PPE.- Introduction
- Regulations and legislation
- Physics of falling
- Personal protective equipment
- Fall protection systems
- Anchoring devices
- Manual lifting of loads
- Accident response
- Hazard identification
- Theoretical/practical course: 16h
TELCO: Electrical risk in the telecommunications industry. 6 hours
To acquire the required knowledge and to be qualified to provide services as an approved worker regarding electrical risk.- Introduction
- Electrical accidents
- Legislation on electrical hazards
- Carrying out dead work
- Carrying out work in proximity
- Live working
- Personal and collective protective equipment
- Carrying out work in a combustible or explosive atmosphere, and with a static electricity hazard.
- Response in the event of an electrical accident
- Specific practical exercise on electrical risk
- Knowledge test and course documents
- Theoretical/practical course: 6h
TELCO: Confined Spaces in the Telecommunications industry. 6 hours
To acquire the required knowledge and to be qualified to provide services in confined spaces. To understand the standards, procedures and preventive measures for access, stay and rescue in confined spaces.- Introduction
- Introduction to confined spaces
- Hazards and preventive measures related to confined spaces
- Measures to be taken prior to entering a confined space
- Measures to be taken during work in a confined space
- Evacuation and rescue techniques. Emergency response
- Knowledge test and course documents
- Theoretical – Practical Course: 6h
