Rope Access Training III
This 5-day course prepares candidates for SPRAT Level III certification. This course focuses on advanced rope access tasks and job management skills required of a technician working as a rope access supervisor.
Learning Objectives
- Develop and implement work plans and associated risk assessments
- Supervise the proper use and management of rope access equipment
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge of advanced rigging and rescue techniques
Job-site Safety and Documentation
- Able to ensure compliance with relevant Rope Access guidelines and legislation
- Supervise and direct the Rope Access tasks of other technicians
- Develop an access work plans
- Complete, implement, and review job hazard analysis
- Establish and manage exclusion zones
- Verify Rope Access experience in technicians’ logbooks
Rigging
- Capable of constructing or directing construction of Rope Access systems, including tensioned lines
- Capable of inspecting the safety of Rope Access systems, including an analysis of system dynamics
- Develop and implement an access work plan for a specific Rope Access task
Rope Access Techniques and Rescues
- All rope access and aid climbing techniques
- Rescue a casualty through all Rope Access rigging scenarios
- Plan, conduct and manage complex rescue scenarios, including hauling and lowering through knots
Prerequisites
Candidates seeking certification to SPRAT Technician must have appropriate previous industrial rope access experience.
- SPRAT requires a minimum of 6 months experience and 500 logged working hours as a SPRAT Level II technician.
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.