Twin rope access on towers

By the end of the course, the student will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of:

• • Identification and assessment of hazards
• • Capabilities and limitations of rescue equipment
• • Casualty handling techniques
• • Environmental hazards
• • Manual handling techniques
• • Organisational policies and procedures
• • Personal hygiene
• • Procedures for reporting injuries and accidents
• • Relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
• • Ropes and knots
• • Safety precautions
• • Select harness, pre-use inspection, don and properly fit the harness
• • Select fall protection equipment, pre-use checks and operation
• • WHS Act & Regulations, Codes of Practice and Australian Standards
• Risk management
• Legal requirements and ramifications of team activities
• Safety precautions
• Non-operational and operational communication processes
• The four components of a fall protection system
  (anchor, body support, connecting)
• Specialty systems that combine components of a fall arrest system
• Duties of a height safety supervisor
• Rescue response and capability
• Record keeping
• Communication is maintained and clear throughout rescue exercises
• Archer systems checks
• Establish and monitor anchors

Demonstrate skills in the following:

• Complete a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)
• Set up an exclusion zone
• Pre-use inspection of fall arrest equipment
• Select harness; properly fit the harness and perform buddy checks
• Correct rigging of anchorage straps
• Ascent and descent techniques
• Emergency self-rescue
• Ascent and descent thru a redirection
• Build mechanical advantage systems
• Reporting information
• Interpersonal skills
• Clean-up work area
• Build mechanical advantage systems
• Clean-up work area

Students will be assessed to determine their competency in these courses both theoretically and practically.

The theory assessment consists of multiple choice and short answer questions.

The practical assessment will require students to demonstrate supervisory skills in selecting, using and maintaining height safety equipment and resolve various rescue scenarios.