The profession of steeplejack
Synonyms : Acrobatic worker, technician in access or support on ropes
A rope handler is a qualified technician who moves with ropes to perform work at height and difficult access work (confined space) without using scaffolding or other means of elevation (such as basket or crane) ).
Equipped with ropes, a harness and a helmet, this specialist must possess a technical expertise in building and endurance qualities sought.
A rope handler is a qualified technician who moves with ropes to perform work at height and difficult access work (confined space) without using scaffolding or other means of elevation (such as basket or crane) ).
Equipped with ropes, a harness and a helmet, this specialist must possess a technical expertise in building and endurance qualities sought.
Origin
Initially, climbing professionals and mountaineers, recruited for their ease in climbing, inaugurated the trade of cordist to carry out maintenance works on the glass surfaces of the skyscrapers and on historical monuments. Now skills in some building and engineering techniques are needed.
A double skill is needed
Faced with the precision and technical skills needed to work at heights, the tailor must have a double skill: mastering a specialty of the building sector (mason, painter, roofer, welder …), supplemented by learning the techniques of moving on ropes.
Sporty and cautious
Good physical condition is necessary to climb long distances and work outdoors in sometimes uncomfortable positions. People who are prone to vertigo are obviously excluded from this activity.
In addition to its sporting abilities, the cordist shows concentration, essential quality to prevent risks inherent to the job.
Various fields of intervention
Trained to intervene in places with difficult or even seemingly impossible access, Horizon Vertical’s teams proceed safely and efficiently in order to carry out the work entrusted to them with quality.
- ndustry
- Building
- Barrage
- Wind turbine
- Factory
- Mine
- Career
- Dam, penstock
- Drilling platform
- Construction site
- Signaling hyperstructure
- Bridge
- Fireplace
- Rocky touch, walls
- Tower
- roofing
- Gallery, silo, drilled pipe
- Tank
- River
- Closed space
- Tunnel
- A dual skill required
BE A PART OF OUR TEAM!
Vertical Horizon has over twenty employees and more than 600 achievements to its credit throughout Quebec.
We are constantly looking for skilled workers in various trades and construction professionals and technicians in engineering.
- welding
- coating
- handling
- mechanical
- electricity
- geotechnical
- civil Engineering
If you’re versatile, you have a good physical condition and skills for climbing, an analytical mind and an ability to visualize the work to be done and you want to join a dynamic and creative team, apply now !
We offer initial certification to become cordiste our training school.
