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Enquiries:
Telephone 00 44 (0)1454 633 082
Facsimile 00 44 (0)780 887 2370
mail@canopyaccess.co.uk
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Safety is our overriding concern at all times and all techniques taught are strictly compliant with British Safety Standard 7985:2002 and UK HSE law.
Trees - especially those in tropical forests - are dynamic structures and all climbers are taught to maintain two independent points of attachment at all times.
We have designed and regularly run a TOTALLY unique tiered Canopy Access Proficiency course system: CAP
BCAP: Basic Canopy Access Proficiency
Designed to get you up into the trees safely and teach basic climber rescue.
Syllabus:
1. Personal Protective Equipment operation/safe working parameters
2. Canopy line installation via catapults/crossbows
3 Personal rigging including safe anchor point selection
4. Rope manoeuvres: getting around at height in the canopy
5. Rescue techniques including realistic role-play scenarios
6. Kit maintenance and work at height legislation including risk assessment.
Five days including independent assessment on last day.
Price on enquiry- grants often available.
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Below: A BCAP in progress at Danum Valley, Borneo, 2005.
ACAP: Advanced Canopy Access Proficiency
Designed to build on BCAP knowledge; teach lateral movement around and between adjacent canopies along with advanced rescue techniques.
Syllabus:
1. Advanced rope manouvres
2. Advanced climber rescue techniques
3. Rigging for lateral canopy movement including tensioned cableways and traverses
4. Introduction to taut-line prussik techniques
5. Advanced rigging vector force analysis
6. Composite pulley systems
Five days including independent assessment on last day.
Price on enquiry- grants often available.
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Below: ACAP student Alex Karalus at 210 feet in a Dipterocarp tree. Danum Valley, Borneo 2005.
CAP Support
For non-climbing location ground crew. The UK Health and Safety Executive deem that climbing operations should only be undertaken in the presence of a colleague able to affect the rescue of an incapacitated climber. This support course is designed to teach a non-climber how to get a colleague down without having to leave the ground themselves.
Syllabus:
1. Personal Protective Equipment operation/safe working parameters
2. Canopy line installation via catapults/crossbows
3 Ground-based rigging including safe anchor point selection
4. Rescue techniques including realistic role-play scenarios
6. Kit maintenance and work at height legislation including risk assessment.
Three days including independent assessment on last day.
Price on enquiry - grants often available.
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All CAP instructors and climbing techniques have been independently audited by RIG Sytems Limited technical safety and rescue. RIG Sytems also provide us with independent candidate asessment at the end of each UK based CAP course.
FUTURE COURSE DETAILS
The worlds first internationally recognised courses providing an industry-based, professional approach to getting a difficult job done safely and efficiently!
2008 Course Dates
4th to 8th February - Oxford* UK Spaces available
11th to 14th February - National Arboretum at WESTONBIRT UK Spaces available
10th to 14th March - Oxford* UK Spaces available
14th to 18th April - Oxford* UK Spaces available
23rd to 27th June- Oxford* UK Spaces available
8th to 12th September- Oxford* UK Places Available
We are proud to be running regular CAP courses on behalf of Oxford University's Global Canopy Programme. Please contact Amy Hardingham at the GCP on +44(0)1865 724 333 for details on courses listed with *asterisk: or CLICK HERE to send her an email.
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