BCAP Basic Canopy Access Proficiency
Designed to get you up into the trees safely and teach basic climber rescue.
Syllabus:
1. Personal Protective Equipment operation/safe working parameters
2. Canopy line installation via catapults/crossbows
3. Basic rigging, including safe anchor point selection
4. Rope manoeuvres: getting around at height in the canopy
5. Rescue techniques including realistic role-play scenarios
6. Kit maintenance and work at height protocols including risk assessment
7. Visual tree assessment methodology
Five days including independent assessment on last day.
£595 + VAT per person.
**New 2015 Course Dates**
- 5th – 9th January
- Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire, UK [On-site accommodation available].
- 16th – 20th March
- Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire, UK [On-site accommodation available].
- 13th – 17th April
- Yorkshire Arboretum, UK – in partnership with Hull University
- April 27th – May 1st & May 4th – May 8th
- Tree Top Manu; Crees Foundation, Manu National Park, Peruvian Amazon.
- June dates tbc
- Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall – in partnership with Plymouth University