Contacts and 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
- rock scaling and stabilization
- concrete repair
- security fence installation
- pipe and electrical conduit installation
- removing undesirable vegetation
- installing instrumentation
Basic Requirements for Rope Access Personnel :
All members of the Rope Access Team are required to complete the following training:
- SPRAT Certification (level 1 or higher) or equivalent
- First Aid & CPR
- 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
| Dom Galic | (303) 445-2961 | dgalic@usbr.gov | TSC Board Member |
| Jeff Ticknor | (406) 247-7628 | jticknor@usbr.gov | GP Board Member and Chair |
| Corey Dickson | (702) 293-8252 | cdickson@usbr.gov | LC Board Member |
| Steven Ferris | 509-633-9438 | sferris@usbr.gov | PN Board Member |
| Monte Brewer | (775) 884-8355 | mbrewer@usbr.gov | MP Board Member and Board VIce Chair |
| Mark Neeley | (801) 524-3705 | mneeley@usbr.gov | UC Board member |
