Rigging Lab Rescue Response Gear Rope Rescue and Rigging Level 1

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Exploring The Cornerstone: Knowledge & Perception

Team-building and metacognitive strategies help you become comfortable with certain strategies so that you can automatically apply them to learning tasks, focusing your attention, deriving meaning, and making adjustments if something goes wrong.

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RRG Elements of Rigging

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We caught up with Pat Rhodes to find out what makes up the Elements of Rigging.

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A Guide To Personal Skills & Climber Rescue

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Learn must-know skills on rappelling, ascending fixed lines, climber rescue, single body belay techniques, pick off skills, and rope management.

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A Look At Pickoffs

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Learn the ins and outs of Solo and Team Based Rescues, rope access, pickoffs, caving, and more inside this exclusive course.

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A Look At Litter Operations & Patient Evacuation

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Learn how to create litters that are strong, rigid, and adaptable to many different applications.

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A Look At Fall Protection and Belay Systems & Operations

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Join us as we examine both team and solo rescues, traditional belays, and lowering systems.

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The Conversations in Rigging

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Created by Richard Delaney, this course brings essential rigging concepts into discussion.

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A Look At Edge Safety in Search and Rescue

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Get an awareness view of the current problems we're seeing with edge safety in Search and Rescue as well as possible solutions to consider.

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A Look At Mechanical Advantage Theory

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Get an overview of what mechanical advantage theory is, how it works, and how it can be applied on the field.

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A Look At Force Multipliers

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It's no secret that there are many aspects to rigging theory. Join us as we dive into the world of vectors, scalars, and values.

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A Look At Anchors

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Learn the ins and outs of one of the most critical components of any rope rescue: anchors.

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A Look At Knot Craft

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This course will walk you through the most appropriate knots, bends, and hitches for the job at hand.

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A Look At Equipment

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Join us for an ever-expanding portrayal of not just gear and equipment, but gear and equipment in use.

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A Look At Gear In Use 5: Energy and Networks

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Energy and networks are characterized by structures such as towers, antennas, and windmills. The modes of progression are varied, and directly related to the structure itself.

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A Look At Gear In Use 4: Rope Access and Confined Space

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Rope access work situations often involve environments at a significant height. Work done in confined spaces carries additional difficulties related to the lack of space and lack of means of autonomous progression.

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A Look At Gear-In-Use 3: On-site Rescue

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If a victim is not able to self-rescue, the on-site work team has to respond immediately and move the person to safety. We'll look at gear for ready to deploy evacuation kits, advanced rope access techniques, and reducing risk of suspension trauma.

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A Look At Gear-In-Use 2: Technical Rescue

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The purpose here is to present a well-rounded "world view" of how Petzl gear (and gear in general) can or should be appropriated. Petzl is about Knowing, Understanding, and Sharing ~ Rigging Lab Academy feels exactly the same.

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A Look At Gear In Use 1: The Vertical Terrain

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Gear used throughout the RLA Courses and Demonstrations. Expertise in the vertical terrain happens through the melding of hard work, understanding, and knowledge. Excellence in equipment design takes your expertise to another level.