CMC Arizona Vortex Workshop
Course Information
Duration: 3 Days [24 hours]
Certification: A CMC certificate will be issued to each participant upon successful completion of the course
Re-Certification: T’NT recommends an annual in-house practical evaluation
Evaluation: There is no evaluation for this course, as it is participation-driven
Course Description
The Arizona Vortex is a dynamic solution for industrial, tactical, fire, and rescue teams that face access or edge transition challenges. With countless configurations, the Vortex can be rigged and configured to offer effective solutions to problems that would otherwise slow down the team, or even possibly compromise safety and efficiency.
Our Arizona Vortex Training will be a hands-on workshop that focuses on practical uses and configurations of the Vortex. Principles learned may be transferrable to other Artificial High Directionals, but the workshop will bring to light the unique features and nuances of using the Vortex in various configurations and applications.
The same flexibility that makes the Vortex so useful can also make it overwhelming to the end user. We’ll work our way from simple to complex and start by using all three legs in the tripod or the easel-leg setup, and then work through a bipod before progressing to a monopod setup. The workshop will be custom-tailored to build confidence in the team so they may use the Vortex in configurations that help the team work quicker and safer in the environments and rescues they may be exposed to.
This workshop is part of our CMC ATP Program and is delivered using CMC curriculum.
//Course Content
TOPICS MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMTED TO THE FOLLOWING:
- Vortex hardware, options, and safety considerations
- Assembly (including A-frame head and AZORP kit)
- Configurations (including tripod, bipod, monopod)
- Modes of use (including easel leg, sideways A-frame, gin pole)
- Resultant forces and theory
- Foot hobbling and tie-back techniques
- Guy angles and anchoring
Prerequisites
Participants should be proficient with personal rope skills, but it is not mandatory.
- Comfortable with knots, bends, hitches
- PPE and Equipment use and inspection
- Ability to rappel, ascend, and self-rescue
- Proficient with simple mechanical advantage
- Patient Packaging
- Basic understanding of rescue forces
- Edge transitions with high points
- Capable of constructing and operating a TTRS
- Simple and Multi-Point Anchoring
- Pickoffs and Litter Rescues
Required Equipment
Each participant is required to bring the equipment listed below. Some equipment may be shared amongst team members. If you cannot bring the listed equipment, please contact T’NT so that we may try to make other arrangements.
- Harness, Helmet, Gloves
- 1x Descent Control Device
- 6x Auto Locking Carabiners
- 1x Belay Device
NOT REQUIRED, BUT PLEASE BRING, IF POSSIBLE:
- 4x more Locking Carabiners
- 1x Rig Plate
- 1x Rope Grab
- 2x Prusiks
- 2x Pulleys
- 1x 200 ft or more of rope sized to your Descent Control Device
- 1x Adjustable Lanyard
- Anchoring and Edge Protection Material