This is an abseil briefing tool to use within a lesson plan for students abseiling at a tower.

3. Contents
- Equipment
- How to Abseil
- Safety Rules
- Abseiling Activities while you wait
- Information for teachers or instructors

4. Equipment
Clothing- What should you wear?
Flat boots or sports shoes must be worn
Comfortable clothing, not too loose to avoid getting it
caught
Long hair must be tied back
(www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au )

6. Equipment
Harness
(http://safety.theuiaa.org)
Purpose – to safely
attach a person to an
abseiling system
Question… How do you
know if your harness is
tight enough?

7. Equipment
Helmet
(http://safety.theuiaa.org )
Purpose – to protect
from falling debris and
protect face from
striking cliff
Question…What are
the 2 tests you do to
check your helmet is
on properly?

8. Equipment
Karabiner Figure 8
Hardware
(http://safety.theuiaa.org )
Purpose – to safely
attach a person to the
abseiling system
Question… How many
Karabiners do you get
with your hardware?

9. Equipment
Hand Gloves
(www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au)
Purpose – to protect
hands from cliff
surface and rope
burn
Question…Which
hand do you wear
your glove on?

11. Abseiling questions?
When is it ok for you to go through the gate?
Which side should your abseil line go down?
How wide do you want your feet when you are abseiling?
Which rope do you unhook from first?
What do you say when you have unhooked the safety line?
What do you say when you unhook the abseil line?

12. Rules for safety
Only stay in the safe areas that the instructor tells
you
Never enter a ‘no go’ zone
Keep your helmet on at all times
(www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au)

13. Lets go abseiling!!

14. Activities while you wait
The following are examples of a booklet I have made
for the teacher that accompanies the group to
abseiling. The Teacher is free to choose which
activity will suit the students best.

15. (www.foresteducation.org)

16. (www.foresteducation.org)

17. (www.foresteducation.org)

18. (www.foresteducation.org)

19. (www.foresteducation.org)

20. (Reid &Breidahl, p35 ).

21. ( Reid &Breidahl, p15 ).

22. Information for Teachers and
Instructors
This Power point needs to be used in conjunction with the
Department of Education Guidelines for Abseiling
http://www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au/spguide/abseilin.htm
Also, this slide show is not an entire lesson plan but
rather a visual aid for parts of the overall Youthworks
lesson plan.

23. References
DET Guidelines Abseiling n.d., accessed
29/04/2009,http://www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au/spguide/abseilin.htm
Forest Education Initiative n.d., accessed
30/04/2009,http://www.foresteducation.org/learning_resources.php
?id=88
Hardwaren.d., accessed
29/04/2009, http://safety.theuiaa.org/front/front_search_list.php
Harnessn.d., accessed
29/04/2009, http://safety.theuiaa.org/front/front_search_list.php
Helmetn.d., accessed
29/04/2009, http://safety.theuiaa.org/front/front_search_list.php
Reid, A &Breidahl, H Outdoor Environmental Games,The Gould
League of Victoria Inc.