SERVICE / TOWER TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

With the wireless communication industry growing at an ever increasing rate, demand for installation and maintenance of surveillance, UHF/VHF, Microwave, Television, and Communication Towers is also growing. In order to answer this industry need, PKMM  Incorporated provides a 3 day training class (minimum) where successful students are awarded a Certified Competent Climber classification. The class consists of two academic training days followed by a written examination. Upon completion of the exam (with a passing grade), students mobilizes to a 180’ tower, located about an hour’s drive from the classroom in order to complete a practical exercise of what they learned in the classroom. An instructor and assistant ensure that a checklist of all required tasks are safely completed prior to certification. Students who pass the class requirements, receive an ID card and text book. The Tower Climbing certification is for life, but annual refreshers are recommended. The subjects taught in the classroom and tested at the tower include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

 

• First Aid

 

• Hold an on-site safety meeting and conduct risk assessment

 

• Become familiar with OSHA/NATE safety standards and regulations

 

• Inspection of climbing gear and tower condition

 

• Show competence in rigging and knot tying at heights

 

• Working with tools on the tower

 

• Maneuver and descend from the tower in a safe, controlled manner

 

• Perform a buddy and a self rescue on the tower

 

• Inspect, inventory, and re-pack climbing gear and ropes

 

• Participate in a post training meeting

PKMM Incorporated provides a 3 day training class where successful students are awarded a Certified Competent Climber classification. The class consists of two academic training days followed by a written examination. Upon completion of the exam, students mobilizes to a 180’ tower, in order to complete a practical exercise of what they learned in the classroom.

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