Work at height: can it be avoided?

First ask whether the task can be done from a safe location. Where work at height is necessary, plan access, protection and rescue together.

Which condition would make you reconsider the work plan?

Planning can start with the required outcome and ask whether a solution reduces the need for work at height. Ask this before equipment has already been selected. Site conditions, access and interacting activities may change the assessment: selection needs a specific review, not one answer assumed valid for every construction site.

During field discussion, ask how a foreseeable difficulty is handled: who can be involved and which information supports a decision? Connecting observations, ownership and feedback helps establish whether a control is workable as well as documented. The review should consider actual conditions rather than assume that the same arrangement fits every task.

For the next discussion, choose a concrete situation and ask which evidence would help explain it. Follow up the observations by making ownership of open questions visible and explaining how feedback will be provided to the people involved.