Rope Park Head Operator in Interlaken
31 March to 1 April 2027
Rope Park Head Operator training
Date: 31 March to 1 April 2027
Location: Seilpark Interlaken
Meeting point: 09:00, at the entrance Seilpark Interlaken / Google Maps
Course language: German, English
Course coordinator: tbd
Price:
SOA members CHF 530
Non-members CHF 630
Registration deadline: 21 March 2027
Course content
Practice
- Organising the work
- Questions in case of problems
- Working with the management
- Difficult rescue
- Minor repairs
- Filling in the various reports
Theory
- "Trip leader" knowledge
- Recovering a casualty in an exceptional situation
- Supporting rope park staff in difficult situations
- Organising a difficult rescue
- Rope installation/repairing the installation
Exam content
- Theory technique
- Difficult rescue (2 exercises)
- Repairing the installation
- Organising a rescue
Required equipment
Clothing:
- Mountain boots
- Gloves (leather, for handling steel cables)
- Outdoor clothing
Technical equipment:
- Climbing harness (with chest harness)
- Helmet
- Y-lanyard with 2 karabiners for self-belay
- Zip-line pulley with sling and karabiner
- ID or similar (descender used in your park)
- Accessory cord 2 metres
The rescue bag (one per two participants) and the pulley system are provided.
Miscellaneous:
- Small first aid kit
- Writing materials
Prerequisites
- Minimum age 18
- Head for heights
- Moving safely at height
- Good general health
Supporting documents
- First aid and BLS-AED-SRC complete courses or First Aid Level 1 IAS (IVR) (all max. 2 years old)
- Proof of private accident insurance
- Proof of experience: at least 40 days of experience as a rope park staff member
- SOA course Rope Park Operator
Copies of all supporting documents must be handed to the course leader on site. SOA cards are only issued once all documents have been received.
Courses/exams are only considered passed once all documents have been submitted; certificates are issued only then. Missing documents (e.g. BLS/AED, first aid, logbooks) can be submitted up to 3 months after completing the course/exam – after that, any claim to certification of the training/exams/courses lapses. The same applies to any resits, which must also take place within 3 months of the exam date. For later certification, the training/exams/courses must be repeated in full. This rule applies from the 2024 course year onwards.