PMI Webinar on how to use and retire a rope

Everyone should watch this video to make sure they understand their ropes and when to retire them!
Sure it’s a push for PMI ropes, but the Webinar was worth the effort and the advertising was non-existent. It was good!

Seriously, when to retire ropes is a big risk management issue. Retiring ropes too early costs you money, retiring them too late may cost you everything. This webinar covered everything from how to unroll or un-spool your rope to throwing it away.

The original talk was a webinar. You have to download a small software program for the webinar to work, but if it was very easy and not a problem. After the webinar was done the entire thing was put online. To see the webinar as a show go here and click on the button Watch It Now.

Some of the things I learned:

· What to do when you un-spool a rope
· What is on the label?
· That the rope has a marker tape on the inside of the mantle of the rope?
· What damages a rope?
· Chemical damage may not be visible on a rope.
· Ultra violet light issues, what is real and what is not.
· How important is the compatibility of the gear you use on the rope to the rope.
· Sharp edges and ropes.
· Temperature and ropes.
· Rope storage.
· How long it takes to dry a rope and how.
· Effects of concrete and water on ropes (and other things).
· Loading, what is what is not and how much.
· How easy it is to cut through a stationary rope with a moving rope.
· Rope Inspection.
· How to make sure your rope does not get put back into service (rope recycling).
· When to retire a rope based on age.

If you run a business, this is a great example of how to inform, advertise and protect yourself.

To see this webinar Go To Here.

To sign up for future webinars contact PMI Ropes. There is supposed to be one a month.

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