Category: Training

Rope Access By Joel Schwarcz What is Rope Access and why should I care? Need to inspect the suspender cables on a suspension bridge without closing down traffic? Perform repairs on a dam’s tainter gate? Powerwash the Space Needle? Clean the windows of a skyscraper? Or repair a wind turbine blade? Then you need to…

The 411 on Compatibility By Kevin Denis The sentence …”to any object that is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned…” appears frequently in occupational health and safety regulations and many organizations fall protection policies. It’s very easy to say “all connections must be compatible”, but what does that mean? To put it as simply as possible, compatible means…

Are you missing a Key Player? By Jim Costello Too often, the importance of a Program Administrator is overlooked when creating a Managed Fall Protection Program (ANSI Z359.2). Many companies wrongly believe that just because they’ve got a competent Trainer or Qualified Person on staff, that that’s good enough. The problem with that thought process…

It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill By Wilo Castillo, Training Advisor Due to increased regulations and release of voluntary consensus standards more and more employers are addressing fall protection and rescue training. Employers have many options and methods to deliver training and our Train the Trainer program is one of those options. Fall protection training (like…

Stay Warm & Safe at Height We talk so much about fall protection, but how about winter protection? Here in Northwest Washington its that time of year again, freezing temperatures, ice, and even a little bit of snow. Cold weather conditions can affect your body and equipment severely if special precautions are not taken. It…

Who does OSHA say your Fall Protection & Rescue Trainer should be? By Kevin Denis, Director of Special Projects This title is a little misleading, but the OSHA hook usually gets people to look twice. OSHA requires a Competent Person (construction) and Qualified Person (General Industry) to conduct your fall protection and rescue training. I’ve…

Understanding the Basic Principles of a Primary and Secondary in Fall Protection Here it is. Whenever a person is working at height, they should have a primary and a secondary means of protection. A “primary” layer of protection is what supports their weight. The “secondary” layer of protection is the backup if the primary fails.…

Gravitec is Going Where It’s Never Gone Before… E-Learning We understand educational needs are not black and white. With each student comes a different learning pace, varying knowledge retention, availability of time, and location constraints. That’s why we created a series of online, fall protection e-learning courses for you to take. Any time. Any place.…

Why Choose Engineered Anchor Points? What deems an anchor strong enough? Unless you test or calculate it out you can’t answer these questions, you can only form an opinion. Non-engineered anchors pose obvious risks when all you have to go on are assumptions. Suggestions are always given on how to select a non-engineered anchorage. “Hook…