WHY ACRABAT?
An estimated quarter million Building Inspection Trades Professionals in this country are without organized leadership on how to manage personal risk when performing high angle job related responsibillities.
ACRABAT Mission Statement
The Association of Certified Rope Accessed Building Assessment Technicians (ACRABAT) is a professional organization dedicated to reducing the threat of personal injury for all building inspection trades workers by promoting uniformity standards for practitioner skills and knowledge at a minimum level. ACRABAT seeks to establish professional consensus on Personal Fall Arrest System assisted roof inspections for front line workers, the instructors that train them and the operations administrators that create and maintain such programs.
ACRABAT Vision Statement
The Association of Certified Rope Accessed Building Assessment Technicians (ACRABAT) is recognized as the leading professional resource for the facilitation of safe building inspection practice, programs and learnings based on the sound educated consensus among all leaders of the building inspection trades industries.
SPECIFICALLY WHAT DOES ACRABAT DO?
- Identifies and establishes complete and ethical standards for Personal Fall Arrest System assisted roof inspection training. (Training standards are updated annually and published in the "Personal Fall Arrest System Assisted Building Inspection" Operations Standards Manual)
- Assists employers to identify and assemble a properly trained front line workforce capable of making competent risk management decisions without compromising the quality of their work product.
- Collects and distributes organized injury data narratives to openly illustrate and monitor the type and level of risk experienced by today's front line building assessment workforce.
- Provides accreditation to companies, trainers and individuals who are willing to demonstrate compliance to ACRABAT standards.
- Publishes an annual newsletter ("The Curator") that addresses high angle roof inspection risk, new PFAS procedures, emerging products, governmental regulations and patterns of personal injury.
WHAT ARE ACRABAT's GOALS FOR THE FUTURE?
- Drastically reduce the number of incidents, injuries and fatalities within the building inspection industry.
- Recognition by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a standards developer.
- ACRABAT sponsored insurance programs.
Warning:
The information contained within this website represents guidelines that are the result of a great deal of time, research and practice. These guidelines are intended for use by professionals within the Building Inspection (Non-Construction related) Trades Industries who have specific experience and training in the process of lifeline assisted roof inspection. Improper interpretation and/or misuse of these guidelines may result in incident, injury or fatality. No liability for loss or damage, direct or consequential, to readers or others from the use of standards contained herein will be assumed by ACRABAT, its administration, members, partners, or contributors.
