Professional and interest group for rope-assisted work techniques

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The professional and interest association for rope-assisted work techniques eV - FISAT (founding name: professional association for industrially applied rope and anchorage techniques ) was founded on January 15, 1995 in Wunsiedel and sees itself as a lobby group for all users of rope-assisted work processes. This includes classic rope-assisted access techniques , rigging , rope-assisted tree care ( rope-assisted tree climbing technique) and rope techniques in experiential education .

Board

The board elected on March 4, 2016 consists of:

  • President: Eric Kuhn, Leipzig
  • Vice President: Peter Biegel, Bad Kreuznach
  • Secretary General: Frank Seltenheim, Berlin
  • Head of Security & Training: Roland Klampfl, Cologne
  • Advisory boards: Tom Nickel, Armin Ilgenfritz, Marcel Hurras

Legal

The registered association was entered in the register of associations at the Charlottenburg district court on September 29, 1997 under the number 17757 Nz and has its seat in Berlin.

Extract from the statutes

The association pursues the purpose

  • to improve the state of safety and health in rope-assisted work processes in the Federal Republic of Germany and in Europe in agreement with the members and associations that make up it.
  • to perceive and promote the common interests of the users of rope-supported and secured work and rescue techniques. While maintaining the independence of its members in the performance of their tasks, the association performs joint tasks in the areas of safety and health protection as well as in related subject areas. When performing these tasks, the activities of its members have priority; the association supports these activities within the scope of its possibilities.
  • To create guidelines for the execution of rope-supported work, the execution of certifications and for training and to update them continuously in accordance with technical developments.
  • To formulate requirements for the equipment of the users and to introduce them into the work of the national and international standards committees.
  • Elaborate proposals for accident prevention regulations, elaborate statements on existing regulations and enforce these in cooperation with the accident insurance carriers.
  • To advise and inform the members on all relevant questions, to exchange experiences and to advise on legal problems, as well as to create forums for the exchange of experiences and information.
  • To provide advice on the development of rope-supported and secured work and rescue techniques as well as the equipment used.
  • To disseminate information about rope-assisted and secured work and rescue techniques and the association through appropriate media.
  • Establish and maintain contacts with domestic and foreign associations with the same objective.
  • to coordinate the activities of all interest groups for rope-assisted and secured work and rescue techniques in Germany, with the aim of merging under the umbrella of FISAT.

history

In West Germany , climbers , riggers and, above all, cave explorers developed into a new trade. Industrial climbers or commercial climbers who work with highly specialized equipment in heights and depths. In the GDR , the industry was called techno athletes , who since the 1980s have been rehabilitating church roofs and cracked joints in prefabricated buildings using rope . After 1989, the industry experienced a brief boom in the area of reunification , which came to a temporary end in 1994 at the latest, when the employers' liability insurance association banned work on the rope and closed construction sites where height workers were working. Then, on the initiative of Knut Foppe, Uwe Kleebaum and Mike Gimmerthal, users of rope-assisted work techniques met for a strategy discussion, at which it was decided to found a professional association. The association set itself the goal of asserting the interests of the users as a legitimate contact person and making the work process approvable.

The founding meeting took place on January 15, 1995 in Wunsiedel (Bavaria). The fifteen founding members from the field of working at heights, mountain sports, caving, height rescue , rigging and tree care give the association the name of the Association for Industrially Applied Rope and Attachment Techniques, FISAT for short. First of all, FISAT initiates the Expert Council for Rope and Safety Techniques (SVR), a group of experts from industry and business, the accident insurance carriers, the height rescue groups of the fire brigades , the cave rescue groups, the DAV and from abroad. This committee is developing the first training guidelines for rope-assisted work processes in Germany. In the same year Frank Seltenheim obtained an exemption from the employers' liability insurance association on behalf of Christo for the wrapping of the Reichstag with rope-assisted working procedures. In 1989 FISAT and the Fachverband für Spezialbausanierung (FSBS), both of which deal with rope-assisted access techniques, started negotiations in order to promote the development of recognized rules and regulations at the construction committee of the building trade association . In 1996 a working group “Abseilverfahren” was set up at the construction committee of the Bau-BG in Hanover, 5 years later the set of rules “Berufsgenossenschaftliche Information 772” (BGI 772) was passed. FISAT carried out pilot training for users of rope-assisted working methods until 2002, during which time more than 400 users were trained.

In 1997 the association was renamed the professional and interest group for rope-assisted work techniques in order to cover all areas of work on the rope. From 15.-18. In September 1998 the International Fall Protection Symposium (IFPS '98) took place in Wuppertal, organized by the security center of the Bau-BG in Erkrath. At the symposium, FISAT presents itself to an international specialist audience as a national organization with one of the world's highest safety standards. From 1997 FISAT expanded its field of activity and its influence on rope climbing technology in tree care (SKT) and in 1998 to the areas of rigging and rope technology in adventure education (StEp). Rescuing from highs and lows remains a focus of FISAT , which is continuously processed and developed. In 1998 the association sent a representative to the standards committee for personal protective equipment (NPS 31) of the German Institute for Standardization ( DIN ) and in 2000 it was delegated by DIN to the "Rope Access" working group of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In 2003 the office moved to Berlin. In 2004 the certification team worked out a new 3-stage training structure that met international requirements. Training companies that are economically independent from the association offer the training and appoint a FISAT certifier on the day of the test. This guarantees an objective assessment and independent personnel certification. The office has been based in Leipzig since 2010. In addition to the regular association work, the certification body is also looked after here.

In 2012 the boards of the associations ANETVA (Spain), SFETH / DPMC (France), SOFT (Norway) and FISAT set up the European Committee for Rope Access (ECRA). The working group signs a declaration in which the four associations recognize each other and describe minimum standards for safe rope-assisted work, training and independent certification. ECRA represents around 15,000 height workers worldwide (www.ecra.biz)

Cooperation and collaboration

  • VPLT - The Association for Media and Event Technology
  • BASI - Federal Working Group for Safety and Health at Work
  • DGUV - Central Association of the German Statutory Accident Insurance
  • ECRA - European Committee for Rope Access
  • Partner of the research project "European Professional Certificate for Rope Access" within the framework of the Lifelong Learning Program "Leonardo da Vinci", funded by the European Commission.

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