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Rope Access Training and Certification Courses
ATS provides rope access training and certification courses. Candidates enroll in these programs to pursue or further a career working at heights. Each of our five-day classes is SPRAT-compliant. We break them up into four sessions for hands-on instruction and one day for evaluation. Candidates that complete our class and pass examination receive certification as a technician. Having done so earns SPRAT’s approval, qualifying them to perform rope access work professionally.
SPRAT
Level I
Introductory course in which candidates can expect to learn the fundamentals of rope access techniques, equipment use and maintenance, safety procedures, and industry regulations.
SPRAT
Level II
Course that prepares candidates for work as a Level II technician, in which they will gain experience performing more advanced rope access techniques, safety evaluations, and rope rescues.
SPRAT
Level III
Advanced course qualifying students for work as a Level III technician; they can expect to learn how to design and implement a rope access system, supervise Level I&II technicians, and perform advanced rescue operations.
Rope Access Complements Other Skills
While rope access is quite a valuable skill, most employers treat it as an ancillary technique. It is, after all, only a method to get to an elevated workspace and cannot replace the technician’s knowledge of how to perform the type of work required once they get into position. That said, having a rope access certification can make you much more valuable to employers seeking the following types of work:
- FILMING - Taking Aerial Shots or High-Angle Photographs Without Using a Crane
- PAINTING - Buildings, Bridges, Tanks, Vessels, and Other Large Structures
- INSTALLATION - Windows, HVAC, Trim, Gutters, Satellite Dishes, Solar Panels, Set Pieces
- FACADE ACCESS - Inspections, Certifications, Design, Analysis, and Maintenance
- REPAIR - Concrete Repair for Infrastructure, Commercial Buildings, etc.
- ROCK SCALING/ANCHORING - Removing or Securing Rock on Cliff Faces
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - Assessing Rock to Determine Its
Stability - PRESSURE WASHING - Removing Scale and Dirt from Inaccessible Areas
See Our Facility
We understand candidates need to get the most practical benefit out of their limited training time. As such, our teacher hosts as much of instruction as possible out of the classroom and in the obstacle course. Our custom-built, brand-new, indoor facility gives students an ideal space to gain some hands-on experience, applying and perfecting the skills they will need in this career path. Here, students will tie the knots, assemble the rope access systems, and perform the rescues they will use on the job — as befits the level of their training.
Meet our Instructor
After a lengthy career as a Firefighter/Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Brandon took his passion in specialized technical rescue and transitioned into Industrial Rope Access. As a Vertical Caver in the Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia (TAG) area, Brandon continues his emergency services as an active member of the Hamilton Co Cave/Cliff Technical Rescue Team, located in his hometown of Chattanooga, TN.
As a lead instructor for the Special Access Services division, Brandon’s passion for knowledge in his expertise has motivated him to obtain numerous certificates related to rescue and rope access techniques. Students truly benefit when the instructor enjoys sharing their knowledge.