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Description: All work at height equipment requires
inspection prior to, during and after use. All personnel who work at
height must be able to undertake their own pre-use checks. This course
covers legislation, equipment selection and hands on inspection in
order to fulfil this requirement.
Type of course: Pass/ Fail/ Defer
Duration: 1 Day
Dates:
TR01: Sun, 28/Nov 2010 (10.00-17.30)
TR02: Mon,29/Nov 2010 (10.00-17.30)
Cost: £125 (ERCA saving participants £25
off normal charge)
Maximum Participants: 10 people
Course Provider: Lyon Eqipment Ltd
Lyon
Equipment Work and Rescue is the leading provider of training and
equipment for work at height and rescue in vertical, steep and
difficult-to-access environments. They are the sole distributor of
Petzl products in the UK. Their customers include fire & rescue
services, arborist equipment suppliers, theatrical companies, rope
access companies and mountain rescue teams to name but a few.
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Description: Reviewing (debriefing) is also an
opportunity for new and significant experiences. Reviewing can
take learners back into the experience of the activity while
reinforcing learning and bringing out new learning. An effective
review can also respond to participants' developmental needs,
such as the needs for belonging, recognition, respect,
responsibility, creativity, challenge, power and fun.
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You will be able to learn
and take part in a range of fully engaging reviewing techniques.
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You will learn how to
create a lively and supportive learning environment that
enhances the value of activities.
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Much of the workshop will
be specific to the reviewing of ropes course activities.
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Most of the techniques can
also be readily adapted to the reviewing of other challenge activities.
For more information please
explore Roger Greenaway's website at
http://reviewing.co.uk
where you will find a number
of articles about reviewing outdoor activities and ropes course
experiences.
Type of course: Attendance
Duration: 1 Day
Date: TR03: Tue, 30/Nov 2010 (10.00-17.00)
Cost: £85
Maximum Participants: 20
people
Course Provider: Roger Greenaway
Further Course Details:
Reviewing_Ropes_Course_Activities.pdf
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Description: To provide people with a working
knowledge of wire ropes who are involved in the inspection, statutory
examination, and / or safe use of wire rope in service. It is
also suitable for those who are involved with, or give advice to,
users of wire rope and associated equipment / products. A
multiple choice test follows course.
Type of course: Pass/ Fail.
Duration: 2 Days
Date:
TR04: Sat, 27/Nov (10.00-17.30) - Sun, 28/Nov 2010
(9.00-17.00)
TR05: Mon, 29/Nov (9.00-17.00) - Tue, 30/Nov 2010 (9.00-17.00)
Cost: £295 (includes £10 certificate
fee). ERCA saving participant a mighty £535 off normal charge.
Note: Attendees should come equipped with safety
boots and gloves.
Maximum Participants: 12 people
Course Provider: Carl Stahl Evita Ltd - Roy
Fulthorpe
Carl Stahl Evita Ltd is part of a multinational
enterprise specialising in the supply of industrial lifting equipment
and provision of high quality training courses with a particular
emphasis on wire rope. The course will be led by their leading
trainer – Roy Fulthorpe.
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Description: This course has been designed for
inspectors of personal fall protection equipment, buoyancy aids and
water helmets used in the adventure activity workplace, including
climbing, mountaineering, caving, gorge scrambling and coasteering
equipment. The course covers current legislation, management systems,
equipment selection, equipment inspection, storage, repair, disposal
and written examination reports. It is aimed at providing you with
information and techniques to enable you to:
- undertake pre-use checks, interim inspections and thorough examinations
- identify damage and defects that would require the item being
taken out of service
- produce a management system and specify an examination scheme
- produce written examination reports and specify any actions required
Also included is the opportunity to view and analyse destructive
tests on damaged items of PPE
Type of course: Pass/ Fail. Please note this includes
a three hour assessment which is both practical and theoretical.
Duration: 4 Days
Date:
TR06: Sat, 27/Nov - Tue, 30/Nov 2010 (Sat: 10.00-17.30; Sun,
Mon, Tue: 9.00-17.00)
Cost: £395 (ERCA saving participants over
£155 off normal charge)
Maximum Participants: 8 people
Course Provider: Lyon Eqipment Ltd
Lyon
Equipment Work and Rescue is the leading provider of training and
equipment for work at height and rescue in vertical, steep and
difficult-to-access environments. They are the sole distributor of
Petzl products in the UK. Their customers include fire & rescue
services, arborist equipment suppliers, theatrical companies, rope
access companies and mountain rescue teams to name but a few.
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Description: The emergency first aid course is
designed to introduce a systematic way of first aid for managing
casualties. Topic learning and practical sessions intermixed with
scenarios of real situations. Nick Banks is undoubtedly the most
engaging first aid trainer in the UK. This is a fun and
informative course from beginning to end.
Type of course: Pass/ Fail.
Duration: 2 Days
Date:
TR08: Mon, 29/Nov (9.00-17.00) - Tue, 30/Nov 2010 (9.00-17.00)
Cost: £97 (ERCA saving participants over
£40 off normal charge)
Maximum Participants: 12 people
Course Provider: Nick Banks
Nick Banks has
expedition experience on all of the continents with numerous first
ascents worldwide. He has 40 years expedition medical experience
and is the co founder of the British UIAA Diploma of Mountain
Medicine. Nick is an outstanding instructor with a most engaging
and entertaining style of delivery.
Further Course Details: Emergency_First_Aid.pdf
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Description: The aim of this 2 day event is the certification
of instructors for Traditional High Ropes Courses who
have already been trained according to ERCA standards or a
comparable training course meeting the criteria and job
descriptions of Traditional High Ropes Course
Instructor described in the ERCA Training Syllabus 2009.
Day 1:
- The ERCA training system
- Overview and up-to-date look at the ERCA standards for
permanent ropes courses
- Instruction and Supervision
- Rope Acces and working at height
- Rescue
Day 2:
- Rescue methods (Examples)
- Written Exam
- Practical Assessment (rescue)
Requirements: Qualification
for Traditional High Ropes Course Instructor (see ERCA
Training Syllabus 2009) or Traditional High Ropes Course
Instructor conforming to ERCA training standard (you will
be asked to provide information and evidence regarding your
training and this will be evaluated to ensure it conforms to
ERCA training standard).
Practical experience, good
knowledge of knots, ropework, climbing and abseiling with
ease, in good health.
Course participants must
register by 2010/11/14. Please send your training
paperwork or certificate to the office. Before
the exam a rescue method will be trained and later
on assessed. Further information will be given in
the workshop documents.
Type of course: Pass/ Fail/ Defer.
Duration: 2 Days
Date:
TR09: Sat, 27/Nov (10.00-17.00) - Sun, 28/Nov 2010
(9.00-16.00)
TR010: Mon, 29/Nov (9.00-16.00) - Tue, 30/Nov
2010 (9.00-16.00)
Cost: £59 (ERCA saving participants over
£75 off normal charge)
Maximum Participants: 20 people
Course Provider: ERCA - Steve Woods and Ian
Roberts
Steve Woods and Ian Roberts are ERCA’s leading
ropes course trainers. They have had extensive experience of
training people to instruct on ropes courses in schools, colleges,
outdoor centres, military units and on adventure parks (recreational
ropes courses). Between them they have trained over 6000
instructors. Each of them has their own, well established, ropes
course training company that runs all types of ERCA instructor
courses. Steve and Ian will be working as a team on this course
which means attendees will benefit from their combined knowledge and experience.
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