This MATS Basic Tower Climbing & Rescue course provides delegates with the knowledge, understanding & practical skills to ensure individuals’ safety whilst working on towers & masts in the telecommunications and broadcast industry.

During the MATS Initial Basic Tower Climber & Rescue training course, you will be instructed in the safe use of personal fall protection equipment whilst climbing, the operation of permanently installed fixed safety systems and additional fall prevention equipment.

It’s also a requirement that when working on telecoms towers and masts, persons are competent in the use of rescue equipment to enable the recovery of an injured colleague. The MATS Initial Basic Tower Climbing and Rescue course covers rescue from towers, masts, and structures using the SpanSet SHARK rescue kit, but alternative equipment can be included if advised.

The course content is recognised as a component of a person’s competence by MATS & is quality-assured by EUSR.

The course is delivered through a combination of classroom-based tutorials and practical assignments. Delegates will be assessed through a mixture of theory and practical tests.

These will include:

• Legislation & safety standards. 
• Assessing risk.
• Managing common hazards.
• Using harnesses.
• Using fall arrest lanyards.
• Selecting appropriate anchor points.
• Using fixed fall arrest systems
• Using work position lanyards.
• Using additional fall prevention equipment.
• Developing rescue plans.
• Inspecting rescue equipment.
• Managing suspension Intolerance (syncope).
• Selecting rescue techniques.
• Using knots and “off-weighting” techniques.
• Demonstrating climbing techniques,
• Emergency evacuation from tower
• Descent rescue from permanent guided type system
• Descent 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.

Successful delegates will receive an EUSR registration and virtual card.