Search Reclamation

Search input Submit

Rope Access

Rope Access Board

Why Use Rope Access?

Contacts and Capabilities

Standards and Guidelines

Photos

Capabilities

Most of Reclamation's rope access involves inspecting “inaccessible” features.  Reclamation personnel have expertise and experience in:

Inspecting:

• spillways and spillway gates
• penstocks
• valves
• galleries
• rock slopes

Light maintenance:

• rock scaling and stabilization
• concrete repair
• security fence installation
• pipe and conduit installation
• removing undesirable vegetation
• instrumentation
  

Basic Requirements for Rope Access Personnel :

All members of the Rope Access Team are required to complete the following training:

• Advanced First Aid & CPR Certified training to include specific instruction in immobilization of spinal column injury and medical shock prevention techniques
• Permit Required Confined Space Training, including use of monitoring equipment
• Hazard Energy Control Program and Lock-out/Tag-out Training
• Electrical Safety Awareness Training
• Tool specific training for any equipment used by individual Rope Access Team members

• Rope Access Team Leaders

  Mark Neeley	(801) 524-3705	mneeley@usbr.gov	Chair
  Scott Foster, P.E.	(702) 293-8144	sfoster@usbr.gov;	Vice Chair
  Doug Bennett	(208) 378-5232	dbennett@usbr.gov
  Scott Boelman	(406) 247-7898	sboelman@usbr.gov
  Dom Galic	(303) 445-2961	dgalic@usbr.gov
  Reynaldo (Henry) Garcia	(530) 308-4794	rgarcia@usbr.gov
  Robert Lung	(303) 445-3190	rlung@usbr.gov
  Jeff Ticknor	(406) 247-7648	jticknor@usbr.gov

  Reclamation Rope Access Staff Roster

• Rope access team roster (pdf)