>>487810I tore down an old antenna/cabling that wasn't being used anymore (installed a diplexer in the doghouse and ran both signals up the tower on one coax) and swapped a couple bulbs/hatchplates for lighting.
OSHA does have tower certs... goes over safety, procedures, gear, etc. A lot of it's common sense. Comms director for the district knew i'm not an idiot (and a bit of a safety nerd) so I wasn't going to take chances anyways (I don't free-climb)... probably should have had the cert, but it wasn't a big deal that I didn't for him or the district. If I was working directly for them rather than on contract, things probably would have been different.
Basically,
>Make a plan when you're on the ground. What you're doing, tools needed, contingency plan, weather, equipment check, emergency plans, and make sure dispatch/command knows the plan as well (equipment downtime)>Lock-out/tag-out transmitting equipment in the doghouse, verify it's off>Gear: harness, lanyard, positioning ropes, gloves, hard hat, rad monitor, two-way radio, tool bag, sunscreen/sunglasses/bug sprayI ran a paracord loop through a lot of my tools, carried them up in a cheap motorcycle fanny-pack toolkit and clipped them onto a carabiner when they weren't in my hand. Only thing I ever dropped was my radio... fell about 40 feet into the rock ballast. Didn't miss a beat, and I still use it today. Still felt like an ass though.
