Most people commute to work along a road or highway by car, bus or commuter train. However, some people also have a vertical commute when their work schedule includes donning a safety harness and climbing a tower to start their work day at or over 25 feet above the ground.
Tower Climbing Training
If you climb a ski lift or telecommunications tower, your employer will send you to a Tower Climbing Training class as part of a fall prevention and safety program. Your employer does this to meet safety requirements established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Your employer pays for your tower climbing training, but you may need to bring any climbing harnesses, ropes or other personal protective equipment to class.
Training can be broken into two segments: theory or classroom, and practician or field practice.
During the classroom or the theory portion of your training, you learn assessment and elimination fall hazards The newest personal fall prevention systems. The reasoning behind certain standards and regulations how to implement regulatory requirements in the workplace. During the practician or field practice portion of training you will:
- Learn how to inspect and wear a tower harness,
Learn how to climb different types of towers,
Learn how to choose, inspect and use climbing ropes.
Participate in suspension practice
The depth of your training classes will depend on the duties associated with your job.
Authorized Tower Climber
An authorized climber uses established fall protection systems. Trained in how to use the existing tools and equipment provided, authorized climbers are not trained to establish or select new protection systems. Authorized climbers usually work with competent rescuers or climbers.
Competent Tower Climber
A competent climber has already passed the Authorized Climber Course, and is usually a supervisor, foreman, or safety representative. The competent climber is qualified to recognize safety hazards and is authorized to correcting both safety and fall hazards. Training requires the completion of additional classroom time with 90 days of supervised, documented, full-time climbing associated with his or her job.
Four workers fell to their deaths while working on communications towers during the first five weeks of 2014. Thirteen workers died the same way during 2013. If your work means climbing between 100 and 1,000 feet, embrace the tower climbing training your employer requires. One day, it could save your life.For more details visit today at Fallsafety.com.
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