Arborist Training 2023 - ROANOKE, VA

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 7:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Fallon Park

1900-1944 Dale Ave SE,
Roanoke, VA 24013

1900-1944 Dale Ave SE, Roanoke, VA 24013

Technical Rigging: Speedlining and Span Rigging
Similar to an “Advanced Rigging” seminar.

This one day seminar will provide participants with training and practical use of specialized equipment and techniques employed in safe rigging techniques used in arboricultural operations. By the end of this seminar attendees will be able to identify hazards and risks associated with rigging and tree removal. They will be able to identify and inspect rigging equipment that is in compliance with the work to be performed, as well as the equipment’s limitations. A basic knowledge of physics, forces and loading involved with rigging will be provided, along with rigging methods that can mitigate those forces. The second half of the day will feature the advanced rigging techniques of span rigging and speed lining. When each method is used, what gear is involved, how to set the system up and operate it.

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Vermeer All Roads One Day Demonstration with North American Training Solutions:

Registration is at 7:00am
Day ends at 4:00pm
Seminars are held RAIN or SHINE
Bring lawn chair, hard hat, and safety glasses

Free Lunch is Provided
Earn up to 6.5 ISA CEU's or CTSP CEU's

Course Topics:
Job Safety Analysis, Emergency Planning, & PPE

Job Safety Analysis
P.P.E. (personal protective equipment) including inspection, fit, care and limitations
Planning and emergency response (Emergency Action Plan)
Hazard identification and mitigation
Aerial lift and climber self rescue assistance and preparedness
Establishing work zones and drop zones and communication protocols

Identifying, Establishing, & Securing Anchorage Points

Visual tree inspections including inner and outer perimeter surveys
Certified and non-certified anchorages
Canopy and basal anchors, load testing, and friction management

Rigging Gear Identification & Inspection

Define limitations of rigging equipment with MBS, WLL, safety factors, bend radius, and compliance
Shock loading and the equation to calculate it
Rope selection, care, maintenance, and inspections including splices
Blocks, pulleys, carabiners, rigging rings
Different slings including dead eye, loopie, whoopie, ultra, webbing straps
Lowering devices such as port-a-wrap and GRCS
Mechanical advantage systems

Physics, Rigging Forces, & Tree Loading

Tension and compression forces on wood fibers
Demonstration of snap cuts, an alternative to one handed chainsaw use
Definition and visual example of torque
Considerations and examples of static and dynamic loading
Differences in positive rigging and negative rigging and when to use each method
Angle of deflection and multiple rigging points
Situational uses of butt tying, tip tying and balancing limbs
Spar rigging set up and forces
Applying aerial and rigging forces to the role of the ground worker

Emergency Response

Aerial rescue planning, traumatic tree worker injuries and first aid
Self-rescue and ground assisted lowering techniques

Knots, Hitches, Prussics, & Terminology

Bight, bend, loop, turn round turn, tail, lead, fall, standing parts, working & running end
Rigging knots and hitches; figure 8, slip knot, cow hitch, timber hitch, running bowline, half hitch, clove hitch, single/double sheet bend, girth hitch, prussics
Selecting and matching sling size and construction to rope diameter

Speedlining

Purpose of using speedlines and their limitations
Speedline set up to reduce torquing and improper loading of the tree and the forces involved
Equipment required for safe and efficient speed lining
Demonstration of speed line set up

Span Rigging

Purposes of span rigging and when it can be utilized
Forces involved with span rigging and how to reduce improper loading of the tree
Equipment required for safe and efficient span rigging
Demonstration of span rigging set up

Applicable Standards:
This course meets the ANSI / ASSE Z490.1 Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety Health and Environmental Training as well as ANSI Z133, ANSI Z359, and CSA Z259.

Disclaimers:
All seminars are demonstration only. For hands-on opportunities, please inquire with North American Training Solutions.

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