Examples of Operations:

  • work on high tension lines

  • tower construction

  • maintenance operations in wind farms...

Technical specifics:

  • the user generally progresses using lifeline, cable or rail type permanent fall arrest systems

  • lacking these, the user must ensure his/her own safety using personal protective equipment: energy-absorbing lanyard or mobile fall arrester on rope

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Unit 1: Welcome to Energy and Networks
    • 1.1 What is Energy and Network all about?
    • 1.2 Why This Course?
  • 2
    Unit 2: Specific instructions for use
    • 2.1 Using the GRILLON as an anchor for more than one person
    • 2.2 Making the ASAP drop-resistant
    • 2.3 ASAP usage on static rope
    • 2.4 Lowering 150 kg - 250 kg with the I’D S and I’D EVAC on the anchor
    • 2.5 Lowering 150 kg - 280 kg with the I’D L on the anchor
    • 2.6 Belaying loads with the I’D S, I’D L, and I’D EVAC
  • 3
    Unit 3: Tests - Standards
    • 3.1 Pulley system efficiency tests with MAESTRO, I’D S, PRO TRAXION, ROLLCLIP...
    • 3.2 Details on using the ASAP when it is attached to the harness without an energy absorber (EN 353-2 usage)
  • 4
    Unit 4: Rescue
    • 4.1 Accompanied descent rescue with the RIG
    • 4.2 Haul system with the RIG
    • 4.3 Release and rescue of a victim on a fall arrest system, by two co-workers
    • 4.4 Rope rescue: ASAP and accompanied descent
    • 4.5 Rope rescue: security of the ASAP's hold on the rope
    • 4.6 Rope rescue: ASAP performance on a taut rope
    • 4.7 Performance of the ASAP with a 250 kg load, with the ASAP fixed to an anchor.
    • 4.8 Rescuing a person hanging on an ABSORBICA lanyard
    • 4.9 Release and rescue of a co-worker using a rescue kit
    • 4.10 Release and rescue of a co-worker suspended on a static support.
    • 4.11 Release and rescue of a co-worker suspended on a long rope
  • 5
    Unit 5: Descent
    • 5.1 Releasable anchor with the RIG: lowering system pre-installed on the ground
    • 5.2 Descending with ASAP back-up
  • 6
    Unit 6: Bolting-Knots-Anchors
    • 6.1 Tyrolean on rope with RIG
    • 6.2 Installing a life-line
    • 6.3 Releasable anchors with the I'D
  • 7
    Unit 7: General
    • 7.1 Primary uses of the RIG
    • 7.2 Primary belay device in a fall arrest system
    • 7.3 Backup device in a rope access system
    • 7.4 Choice of harness attachment point for the ASAP
    • 7.5 ASAP usage in high winds
    • 7.6 General principles for work at height
    • 7.7 The ABSORBICA-I and Y lanyards are designed for users weighing 50 to 130 kg
    • 7.8 Understanding and optimizing clearance with ABSORBICA-I and Y
    • 7.9 Clearance values with ABSORBICA-I and Y depending on your situation
    • 7.10 Connecting the MGO to a structure
    • 7.11 Using the ADJUST rope adjuster with the MGO OPEN
    • Using the LADDER CLIMB attachment point on the VOLT harness
  • 8
    Unit 8: Progression-Movement
    • 8.1 Backup belay for one person with the ASAP on the anchor
  • 9
    Unit 9: Fall Arrest
    • 9.1 ASAP usage when approaching an obstacle or the ground
    • 9.2 ABSORBICA Y lanyards and fall arrest lanyard connector holders on the harness.
    • 9.3 Tests of ABSORBICA lanyards in a fall over an edge
    • 9.4 Using two ABSORBICA I lanyards in parallel: DANGER
    • 9.5 Slinging an anchor with ABSORBICA-I and Y lanyards
    • 9.6 Oblique or vertical anchors and fall distance with ABSORBICA lanyards.
    • 9.7 Strangulation risk in a fall on an ABSORBICA Y lanyard.
  • 10
    Unit 10: Carabiner Choice
    • 10.1 Carabiner basics
    • 10.2 Choice of carabiner for attaching a descender with a safety gate (I’D S, RIG, STOP...) to the harness
    • 10.3 Choice of lanyard end carabiner for a work positioning lanyard
    • 10.4 Choice of carabiner for connecting a fall arrest device to the harness
    • 10.5 Choice of carabiner for connecting a fall arrest device to the harness
    • 10.6 Choice of carabiners for attaching the rope to the anchor
    • 10.7 Choice of carabiners for attaching the rope to the anchor
    • 10.8 Choice of carabiners for hauling systems and pulley attachment
    • 10.9 Examples of dangerous carabiner loading.
    • 10.10 Attaching a rope to the harness
  • 11
    Unit 11: Positioning- Restraint
    • 11.1 Work positioning using an adjustable lanyard
  • 12
    Unit 12: Ascent-Access
    • 12.1 Occasional rope climbing with the I'D
    • 12.2 Backed-up ascent using a Y-shaped energy absorbing lanyard
    • 12.3 Backed-up ascent with a mobile fall arrester on the rope
  • 13
    Unit 13: Ascent-Climbing
    • 13.1 Belaying a climber for tower access with the ASAP LOCK
    • 13.2 Ascent Options with integrated energy absorber
  • 14
    Unit 14: Wrap Up!
    • 14.1 Wrap Up!