Guides the reader in the development and maintenance of a rope access program

• Provides comprehensive guidance for employers, safety managers and rope access technicians to develop, maintain, and manage a rope access program
• Offers specific guidance for writing a comprehensive managed fall protection plan that includes rope access
• Thoroughly describes how to perform specific rope access maneuvers that can be used to offer greater safety when working at height
• Shows how a well-managed rope access program can be used as a tool to get more work accomplished at a lower cost and with greater efficiency than conventional methods can achieve
• Discusses and clarifies unique distinctions of equipment for rope access, as compared with equipment for fall arrest, positioning, and restraint