Description
Course syllabus
- WASART – a brief introduction
- Rigging terminology
- Introduction to rigging gear/equipment
- Common knots used in rope rescue rigging
- We will be tying all of these during the class
- Different personnel positions used in rescue (Control, Safety, Incident Commander, Team Lead, Rigging Lead, Operator, Technician, Edge Attendant, Attendant, Rope Manager, Haul Team Lead, etc.)
- Safety issues
- Working near the edge
- Working around tensioned ropes
- Environmental awareness
- Lowering systems
- Friction devices
- Methods, setups
- Raising Systems
- Pulley Systems
- Mechanical Advantage (MA)
- Methods, setups
- Basic rescue physics
- Loads and Forces (pounds vs. kg vs. Newtons)
- Force Multiplication (how angles and vectors affect forces)
- Friction
And Much More!
