Apprentice Event: Obstacle Course

                                  Drop Dead Time: 12:00                                 
 

Event Summary:

This is a deenergized event.  Each apprentice will climb a 40’ pole equipped with 3-8’ crossarms.  The bottom crossarm will be mounted at 21’ (from ground) and will be equipped with a post-type polymer insulator on one side.  The middle arm will be mounted at 27’ (from ground) and will be equipped with a lightning arrestor on one end (copper will be attached to bottom of the arrestor).  The top crossarm will be mounted at 33’ (from ground) and will be equipped with a non-load break cutout mounted on both ends. A fuse barrel will be in the closed position in one of the cutouts. Each apprentice will be required to do the following:

Bottom Arm: relocate the post-type insulator assembly to the opposite side of the arm.

Middle Arm: relocate the lightning arrestor to the opposite side of the arm and connect the copper ground.

Top arm: relocate the fuse barrel from one cutout to the other with the provided shotgun stick and close.

**Note: All L-brackets in use for the arrestors and cutouts shall remain stationary throughout the event. Lock nuts will not be used in this event.**

Event Rules:

  1. The apprentice will have 5 minutes to observe the event site and ask questions.
     
  2. Time will start on the judge’s signal.
     
  3. A handline will be available for rescue purposes, but climbers will not carry a handline with them during the event. If an item is dropped, the climber must come to the ground and retrieve it.
     
  4. The shotgun stick will be hanging at the top arm.
     
  5. The apprentice shall run the event from bottom arm to top arm.
     
  6. The arm mounted device may be positioned on either side of the arm at the beginning of the event.
     
  7. Fall restraint devices and climbing belt will be allowed to be attached to the pole before the climber begins the event.
     
  8. Time stops when the apprentice closes in the fuse barrel, hangs the shotgun stick in its original position, and calls "TIME."
     
  9. Judging will continue until the event site is restored to its original condition and the apprentice has left the event site. Points can be deducted after time stops.
     
  10. All general rules apply.

 

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