5 Must Haves By Collin Kupers, Fall Protection Training Instructor When you spend more nights in a hotel bed than your own, it is important to prioritize your traveling supplies. Finding the right balance between too much and too little takes time and purposeful planning. I’ve made the mistakes of bringing more than I need and the greater mistake of not bringing what I would later need. Being stuck on a cold MSC ship in northern Germany with only jeans and t-shirts was a lesson hard learned. Having learned from my lessons, here are 5 items I always have with me on the road.  1. We ..read more

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5 Must Haves By Collin Kupers, Fall Protection Training Instructor When you spend more nights in a hotel bed than your own, it is important to prioritize your traveling supplies. Finding the right balance between too much and too little takes time and purposeful planning. I’ve made the mistakes of bringing more than I need and the greater mistake of not bringing what I would later need. Being stuck on a cold MSC ship in northern Germany with only jeans and t-shirts was a ..read more

The Gravitec Difference: Testing By Joshua Mills, Engineered Systems and Testing   Why Test? Manufacturers have a legal and moral obligation to their customers to ensure their products are safe. That is even more true in our industry, where failure can make the difference between life and death. There’s no room for guesswork in fall protection.   Most manufacturers have their own internal testing process and procedures, but independent third-party testing is essential. Th ..read more

WHY YOU NEED A G4 KIT By Caitlin Bearman When minutes matter, seconds count. In the event of a fall, time is working against you from the first moment. Risks of suspension trauma and other injuries only increase the longer the worker (and rescuer) are suspended. Having the right tools on hand will significantly reduce unnecessary delays in your rescue plan. The G4 kit is a universal rescue and evacuati ..read more

Perspective on Engineered Safety Solutions By Joshua Mills, Engineered Systems At Gravitec we focus on a singular objective; protecting workers at height. For hundreds of years of architectural history, fall protection amounted to little more than a worker’s healthy fear of falling. The Empire State Building was designed more than 40 years before the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970, which itself is decades removed from current fall protection regulations and st ..read more

The Gravitec Difference: Training By Kevin Denis, Director of Special Projects It’s always a little awkward to talk about yourself without coming across as boastful or arrogant. So I will do our best to explain our training philosophy and how we stack up against our competition without tooting our own horn, too much. Gravitec Systems started in 1986, running rescue courses throughout western Canada and is now the longest-running fall protection and rescue training company ..read more

PAID TO CLIMB? HECK YES! By Joel Schwarcz, Lead Rope Access/Fall Protection Training Instructor Enjoy going rock climbing with nothing but 300 feet of air beneath you, a light breeze blowing through your hair, descending a rope, listening to your favorite tunes, and working as a part of a tight-knit team? Rope acce ..read more