BS EN 15567-1:2007 pdf free.Sports and recreational facilities – Ropes courses – Part1: Construction and safety requirements.
Ropes courses vary considerably and may be used for education, recreational, training or therapeutic purposes.
Ropes course activities involve risks that should be managed by the operators. This is achieved through careful supervision, training, instruction, information etc.
Ropes course activities should only be taken by those who are physically and mentally able to comply with the safety requirements specified by the operator.
The various safety devices (for protection against falling from a height and collisions) consist of equipment designed to limit the consequences of falls or collisions. There are inherent risks associated with ropes courses. These risks should, however, be appropriately managed and minimised by the ropes course operator and his staff; it should be understood that they can not be eliminated altogether.
On the basis of a risk assessment, operators should take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety of participants. This means that the degree of risks in a particular job/work place/facility need to be balanced against the time, trouble, cost, benefits and physical difficulty of taking measures to avoid or reduce the risk.
Ropes course operators should also consider EN 15567-2, when carrying out risk assessments.
BS EN 15567-1 applies to permanent and mobile ropes courses and their components.
This Part 1 of this standard specifies safety requirements for the design, construction, inspection and maintenance of ropes courses and their components.
This Part 1 of this standard does not apply to temporary ropes courses (see 3.3) and children’s play grounds (see EN 1176 all parts).
For the use of ropes courses part 2 applies.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard the following terms and definitions shall apply.
3.1
ropes course
constructed facility consisting of one or more activity systems, support systems and, if needed, belay and/or safety systems, see Figure 1. A ropes course is distinct from playground equipment in that it has restricted access and requires supervision.BS EN 15567-1 pdf download.