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The Tower Access & Rescue Workshop 1 is an intensive "open enrollment" program designed specifically for small work crews who work (or train others to work) at elevation:
- Tower or structural workers (small crew of less than three)
- Tower erectors / steel erectors (small crew of less than three)
- Working power transmission linemen (small crew of less than three)
- Trainers
Beginning tower worker rope access and rescue training workshop designed for working employees of tower company or utility (linemen or tower erectors). This hands-on 3 day contract workshop contains training modules on safety; two-point principles; structural rescue management for tower workers; patient assessment; first responder first aid at elevation; simple knotcraft used for life safety work; life safety rope & equipment management; equipment usage; inspection and care; first climber fall arrest. Emphasis on patient care once the patient is on the ground.See key points below.
Workshop includes RTR Level 1Certification upon satisfactory completion
- Safety
- OSHA law on rescue and climbing
- Climbing steel
- Two-point contact principles
- Rope access (controlled descent only)
- Knotcraft for tower workers
- Life safety rope and equipment, inspection and care
- Minimum tower rescue essentials
- Anchoring principles
- Self rescue
- Bucket truck escape
- Simple pulley systems
- Use of existing tower equipment and rope for rescue
- Methods of climbing with fall protection:
- Double lanyard
- Advance-placed
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Electrical power transmission towers and hazards
- Radio frequency hazards on telecom& radio communication towers
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Rescue options (team or solo)
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Rescue of coworkers (structure-based tower rescues only, including solo rescue)
- Medical considerations & patient assessment
- Patient packaging
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Much more...
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Participants in the 2002 Lineman Rigging Workshop practicing rigging and rescue techniques using life safety ropes for the first time
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