TRAINING COURSE:
Rope Access Technician Level I (SPRAT) for Tower and Communications Workers Course
Course Category: Rope
This course is intended to provide information and practical skills for the student to competently and safely work on rope, perform a self-rescue, and to apply basic rescue procedures to assist a co-worker in the event of an emergency. In addition, this course will present to the student the skills needed to successfully pass the Rope Access Technician Level I (SPRAT) evaluation.
Course objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the Level I worker candidate should have the skills for:
• Understanding of overall concepts of rope access and SPRAT guidelines
• Understanding of overall job performance and site safety
• Understanding basic fall protection concepts
• Performing a safety inspection of all equipment and systems
• Performing basic rope access maneuvers
• Assisting in system rigging
• Perform limited self, co-worker and team rescue skills
Course overview:
• Overview of SPRAT Safe Practices for Rope Access Work
• Overview of SPRAT Certification Requirements for Rope Access Work
• Overview of levels of qualification
• Documentation of work (forms, logbook, etc)
• Review of basic fall protection concepts
• Equipment use and inspection
• Rope use, protection and inspection
• Job safety analysis (JSA)
• Worksite communication
• Access, hazard and safe zones
• Knots, bends, hitches
• Two point contact
• Single point and multipoint anchors
• Fall factor
• Impact force
• Rope access maneuvers
• Lead and follow climbing techniques (ladders, structural steel)
• Belay techniques
• Rescue techniques
*This course is discounted for NATE members.
