Rope Access Training II
This 5-day course prepares candidates for SPRAT Level II certification. This course focuses on more complex rope access tasks required of an experienced technician working under the supervision of a Level III technician.
Learning Objectives
- Understand and follow rope access procedures, work plans, and associated risk assessments
- Inspect personal rope access equipment
- Perform a variety of rope access maneuvers
- Capable of more complex rigging and rescue techniques
Job-site Safety and Documentation
- Understand guidelines for Rope Access work and relevant legislation
- Understand the process to develop an access work plan and job safety analysis
- Able to identify and mitigate hazards
- Establish exclusion zones
- Document Rope Access work using experience logbooks
Rigging
- Capable of more complex rigging, including retrievable rope systems and systems pre-rigged to lower
- Capable of inspecting the safety of rope access systems
- Able to tie a variety of knots and hitches
Rope Access Techniques and Rescues
- All rope access techniques, including horizontal and vertical aid climbing
- Rescue a casualty through a variety of rigging scenarios
- Rigging and operating more complex hauling and lowering systems used for rescue scenarios
Prerequisites
Candidates seeking certification to SPRAT Level II Technician must have appropriate previous industrial rope access experience.
- SPRAT requires a minimum of 6 months experience and 500 logged working hours.
Participants will be asked to perform moderate to strenuous activities. A physical examination by a doctor is strongly recommended. Candidates will be required to sign a Liability Release Form and a Statement of Medical Condition confirming the absence of known medical conditions that might preclude their ability to safely work at height.