MATS Initial Basic Tower Climbing & Rescue
Location:
Middlewich
Start Date:
Tue 14th Apr 2026 09:00
End Date:
Thu 16th Apr 2026 16:30
Available Places:
4
Course Overview
This MATS Basic Tower Climbing & Rescue course provides delegates with the essential knowledge, understanding and practical skills required to work safely on towers and masts within the telecommunications and broadcast industry.
Delegates will learn the correct use of personal fall protection equipment, how to operate permanently installed fixed safety systems and additional fall prevention equipment.
It is a mandatory requirement that anyone working on telecoms towers and masts is competent in the use of rescue equipment to recover an injured colleague. This course includes tower, mast and structure rescue training using the SpanSet SHARK rescue kit. Alternative rescue equipment can be included if advised.
The course content is recognised by MATS and quality assured by EUSR as part of a person’s competence framework.
Course Content
- • Legislation and safety standards
- • Assessing risk and managing common hazards
- • Using harnesses and fall arrest lanyards
- • Selecting appropriate anchor points
- • Using fixed fall arrest and work positioning systems
- • Using additional fall prevention equipment
- • Developing rescue plans and inspecting rescue equipment
- • Managing suspension intolerance (syncope)
- • Selecting rescue techniques
- • Using knots and off-weighting techniques
- • Climbing techniques and emergency evacuation procedures
- • Descent rescue from permanent guided type systems and work position lanyards
- • Descent rescue of a suspended casualty using fall arrest lanyard
- • Rescue from permanent guided type systems using pulley “off-weighting” techniques
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for anyone required to climb and work on towers, masts or similar structures within the telecommunications or broadcast industry. It is suitable for new climbers or those who need to refresh and demonstrate their competence in tower climbing, fall protection and rescue procedures in line with MATS and EUSR standards.
