Vertical Mobility and Rigging Skills
Course Overview
This 3-day course is geared toward the fire department or other professional technicians looking to accelerate their skills. Focusing on Rope Access skills adopted from SPRAT and IRATA, and how they can be applied to making quick patient access and more efficient rigging decisions.
Developing skills and vertical mobility will dramatically increase speed and efficiency of any team or rescue. Skills will be practiced at the Elevated Safety facility and then applied to practical scenarios at outside urban locations. The class focus is on rope access and rigging skills and applies them to a rescue environment in a compressed 3-day format. This class will be a great skills course and some hours will be given for SPRAT certified technicians.
Course Includes
- Ascending and descending fixed ropes
- Anchor selection and rigging
- Moving through knots and other obstacles
- Horizontal movement
- Advanced pick off techniques
- Edge transitions
- Passing knots
- Rig-to-lower
- Deviations
- Litter bridles
- Aid climbing
- Sloping guidelines
- Dynamic deflection
- Cross hauls
- AHD (Tri-pods)
What To Bring
Equipment Required: Helmet and class 3 harness
Equipment Recommended: Petzl ASAP, Petzl ID or CMC Clutch, chest and handle ascender
Prerequisites
All required safety and rope access equipment is provided by Elevated Safety.
Location Information
The class will be located at 12545 W. 54th Drive, Unit A1, Arvada, CO 80002 and various urban locations.