News And Information
Well, it’s been a busy start to the Winter! We have built a brand low ropes course at Thurston Outdoor Education Centre on the shores of Coniston Water, Cumbria (thurston-oec.co.uk), carried out major structural works to the ropes course at the MacMillan Academy...
THIS POST IS NOW OUT OF DATE – JUNE 2015 NEW EN 15567 PART 1 and PART 2 UPDATED 01.06.15 EN 15567 is a European Standard created in 2007 it governs the safe construction and use of high ropes courses within 30 European countries, including the UK. The...
General advice on inspection regimes for personal equipment used to provide protection against falls from a height and is intended to give information on the frequency, procedure and level of detail of inspection and the type of records which must be kept. It does not...
There is irrefutable evidence that ultra-violet light (UV) weakens many man-made fibres. It is recommended to check with equipment suppliers that equipment made from textiles, e.g. polyamide, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, aramid, is protected from the...
Useful information for the running and managing of adventure education and high ropes facilities. Regulations and information are available to download from the following links. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 LOLER 1998 and how it applies...
There are many regulations governing the adventure industry, from the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) which affects all businesses to the more refined and specialised Work at Height Regulations (2005) and the Load Operating and Lifting Equipment Regulations...
EN, CE and UIAA Numbers Simplified This section is a simplified explanation to some of the EN numbers. EN numbers are the European Norm standard that something has to meet for a particular job. There are two different regulations most items of this specialisation will...
