Course launch

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FASET, the trade body representing the fall arrest and safety net rigging industry, has launched a training course for riggers needing to access open steelwork to rig safety nets for roofs and floors where other forms of access - such as ladders and MEWPs - are not practical.

The four-day Specialist Rigger Safety Net Course has been developed in collaboration with the National Access & Rescue Centre (NARC), a division of the Heightec Group, and with the cooperation of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The practical course allows qualified CSCS carded riggers who successfully complete the course to add the endorsement ‘FASET Specialist Rigger’ to their existing CSCS Safety Net Rigger Card. Delegates cannot be enrolled on the new course before a representative of the company has satisfactorily completed the accompanying one-day ‘Specialist Rigger Manager’s Course’.

Combining both classroom and practical sessions, and including a final assessment to test understanding, the four days of the Specialist Rigger Safety Net Course cover, amongst other things:

Day 1: The Work at Height Regulations, plus the equipment and its characteristics;

Day 2: Elementary rigging techniques and how to move safely along beams;

Day 3: Caring for and maintaining the equipment, including certification;

Day 4: Rescue methods and suspension trauma.

A complete course syllabus is available at: www.faset.org.uk

01948 780652tony.seddon@faset.org.uk