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| Artificial Walls (Climbing and Abseiling) - Fact Sheet |
In managing climbing and/or abseiling activities on artificial walls or structures (both indoor and outdoor), the following need to be considered:
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the standards relevant to the design, construction and testing of the wall or structure | |
the procedures used to manage the operation of activities on the wall or structure (ie, the standard operating procedures). |
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The climbing or abseiling instructor or guide should possess the appropriate competencies as detailed within the National Outdoor Recreation Training Package (SRO03) (access from the website www.ntis.gov.au; search for SRO03 under Training Packages). Specifically, now that the National Outdoor Leader Registration Scheme (NOLRS) is being implemented, guides/instructors should as a minimum meet the competency and professional development requirements as detailed in the "Activity Clusters for Registration" document at http://www.oric.org.au/AccreditationRegistration.
Contact QORF to find out how you can be involved in a Skills Recognition process to enable you to achieve a Statement of Attainment for your competencies and gain registration.
Walls should be designed, constructed and tested in accordance with:
§ EN1252: 1998 Artificial Climbing Structures - protection points, stability requirements and tested methods
§ AS/NZ draft Standard SF47 - Artificial Climbing structures
With respect to operating procedures, in Queensland there are no specific Artificial Wall Standards or Guidelines developed by Workplace Health and Safety. However you should be aware of those that are applicable in other states. These could be used as the basis for your own standards and may be seen as a minimum benchmark:
§ Victorian Adventure Activity Standards (for Artificial Walls) accessed from www.orc.org.au
§ NSW Workcover Health and Safety For Artificial Climbing Structures and Operations (www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/Publications/OHS/SafetyGuides/default.htm)
In addition, depending on your client group, you should be aware of the Education Queensland requirements within the Department of Education Manual:
http://education.qld.gov.au/corporate/doem/printmod/hs-10-92.rtf
Other requirements and legislation may be applicable to your operations, including that which relates to employment, food handling, working with children, etc. It may also be relevant to consider accreditation of your facility (refer specific Accreditation Fact Sheet).
Finally, you should consider membership of the relevant industry association to keep you up to date:
§ Australian Climbing Instructors Association (http://www.acia.com.au/)
§ Professional Association of Climbing Instructors (http://www.paci.com.au/)
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