SRPAT Level 1 Rope Access Technician
Location: Life Rescue Training Center, Bellingham Washington
This 4 day course and 1 day evaluation is for those looking for careers in industrial rope access or as an important adjunct for current rope rescue technicians looking to advance their capabilities as small teams. This course focuses on vertical progress on 2 rope systems to gain access to work areas that traditional means cannot support. This course requires a good base of physical fitness and includes a pass/fail evaluation to earn certification. For the first 4 days students will practice the skills from the level 1 syllabus.
The final day is an evaluation conducted by a third party evaluator with no affiliation with the course or students. Evaluations are graded and allow a maximum of 3 discrepancies to pass the course. A 50 question test is also administered for certification. Candidates must pass the written exam with a score of 80% or better. With both the written exam and practical evaluation, obtaining SPRAT Level 1 is a true certification that can be applied to a variety of career pursuits including stadium maintenance, building envelop, bridge inspection and repair, CWI, wind turbine blade repair or paired with other trades such as welding to open up unique work opportunities. Rope access certification is also an excellent way to augment traditional rope rescue training and create more capable responders, especially for small team response.
Upcoming Course Dates:
June 24 - June 28, 2024
July 29 - August 2, 2024
September 23 - September 27, 2024
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Our SPRAT rope access courses are held at our training facility in Bellingham Washington
The Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians is a non-profit agency that develops standards for both rope access work and company and worker qualification. SPRAT sets rigorous standards for technician training and evaluation. Certification is based on a three level system, where a combination of training, examination and logged work experience is required to advance between each level of Rope Access; from Rope Access Worker (Level I) to Rope Access Lead Technician (Level II) and finally Rope Access Supervisor (Level III). While each rope access candidate is trained by one of our in-house instructors, each will be independently tested by an external SPRAT evaluator on the final day of the course.
Fundamental skills taught on this course include:
Fixed rope ascent and descent
Edge negotiation
Rope deviations
Rope to rope transfers
Re-anchors (also known as re-belay)
Aid climbing technique for traversing structures
Basic two rope lowering and raising systems
Ascent based rescue of a suspended casualty
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Rope access training can be physically challenging and requires a good base of fitness and flexibility. We encourage all course participants to have had a physical screening within 6 months of the course date to ensure the rigors of the course are suitable to your level of health and fitness. A release of liability form is required prior to the commencement of the first day of class.
Those that are new to rope access tend to over-exert certain muscles groups in place of good technique. Overtime, as technique develops, you’ll learn to use your body more efficiently and with less strain on your body. During the first 2 days people tend to overuse the following muscle groups: biceps, hip flexors and core muscles. As people learn good form and balance this overuse of muscle groups will begin to subside. It does take time to develop proper technique but our instructor team will guide you through the process of developing the correct form and technique.
All rope access equipment and PPE is provided to each student and is included in the course fee.
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A full refund will be given to students that cancel prior to 20 days before the course start dates. After 20 days a 50% discount will be given. Cancellations within 7 days of the class will be charged the full course fee. All registration and course fee’s will be charged on the first day of the course
