This MATS-approved 1-day course is aimed at telecoms professionals looking to re-certify/re-validate their basic climb and rescue certificates.

Agenda:

• Correctly fitting and adjustment of a work position harness including pre-use checks
• Safely ascend & descend a tower using permanent guided type systems passing intermediates
• Safely ascend & descend a tower using double legged fall arrest lanyard & using work position lanyard
• Installation of temporary guided-type fall arrest systems, including ascent & decent
• Emergency evacuation from tower
• Decent rescue from permanent guided type system
• Decent rescue from work position lanyard
• Descent rescue of suspended casualty using a fall arrest lanyard
• Rescue from permanent guided type system using pulley system “off-weighting casualty”.

Delegates must be 18 years and over, and all delegates must be able to certify they are physically fit and have no medical conditions that might prevent them from working at height prior to the commencement of training.

Delegates must have successfully completed the MATS initial basic tower climbing & rescue 3-day programme within the last 12 months.

Successful delegates will receive an EUSR registration and virtual card.