NATE Unveils New Rigging Training Standard
Online Version of NATE Signature Resource Available for Free to NATE Members; Digital Download Available for Purchase for Non-Members
(Watertown, SD) – NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association today announced that a new Rigging Training Standard (RTS) is available to members and industry stakeholders. The NATE RTS is available in electronic format for free to NATE member companies and for purchase for stakeholders representing non-members.
The NATE RTS is intended to establish a minimum baseline of knowledge and skills needed for employees performing material rigging operations on antenna supporting structures.
The RTS offers support to an employer’s development and maintenance of its Rigging Training Program to comply with the ANSI/ASSP A10.48-2023 standard. The RTS document presents a series of training topics, establishing a minimum baseline of knowledge and skill that a technician engaging in material rigging should possess.
The NATE RTS training topics include an evaluation example, which is intended to assist an employer in documenting a student’s written performance and practical skills. The RTS also offers guidelines to support an employer’s development and maintenance of its Rigging Training program to comply with the ANSI/ASSP A10.48-2023 Standard.
“NATE is thrilled to offer this new RTS resource to better facilitate and standardize material rigging training and ultimately improve safety in the industry,” said Director of Safety, Health & Compliance Kathy Stieler. “This new RTS document instantly becomes the Association’s signature safety resource and provides an invaluable tool in the toolbox to ensure that material rigging training is consistent regardless of who is conducting the training.”
“The development of the NATE RTS is a by-product of hundreds of hours of sweat equity from some of the industry’s most prominent subject matter experts,” said OSHA Relations Committee Chair member Justin Miller, who presided over the Ad-Hoc Committee that produced the new resource. “I would encourage all NATE member companies and industry stakeholders to obtain a copy of the RTS today and incorporate the material rigging training requirements into their respective training programs,” added Miller.
The Association would like to thank the following subject matter experts for their contributions in helping develop the new RTS:
John Paul Jones (Safety LMS)
Justin Miller (Ontivity)
Brian Bicknese (NATE Director of Safety & Education)
Jeremy Darby (Crown Castle)
Josh Case (Crown Castle)
James Ruedlinger (FullWave Tower & Broadcast, LLC)
Reagan Holley (American Tower Corporation)
Gregg Fehrman (FDH Infrastructure)
Donny Randall (Green Mountain Communications)
Bryan Lee (Lee Antenna & Line Service, Inc.)
Jordyn Ladner (MILLERCO)
NATE encourages members and non-members to obtain the new RTS. This edition is available online as a free resource for member companies in the member login section of the NATE website. The RTS is also available for purchase as a digital download for non-members. To purchase a download of the NATE RTS, click on the button below.
