Responsibilities:The Antenna Rigger assists in the development, installation and maintenance of all guyed towers, freestanding towers and antenna support structures in the USAP (United States Antarctic Program). Installs and performs maintenance on various solar and wind-turbine power generation sites throughout the Antarctic continent.
Additional Responsibilities Include:
- Installs and maintains USAP HF, UHF/VHF, microwave & satellite antenna systems
- Installs and maintains solar and wind-turbine power generation systems
- Installs and maintains antenna radomes
- Develops and fabricates systems for securely installing antennae and other tower-mounted hardware
- Designs and installs technical rigging and rope-access systems
- Performs annual inspections and maintenance on antenna systems at USAP facilities: Palmer, South Pole, McMurdo, and deep field sites
- Maintains inventory and assists with re-supply
- Ensures that work areas meet all RPSC and USAP safety standards
- Frequently climbs towers up to 150' feet in height to perform all normal rigging duties as required
- Frequently lifts 40 pounds
Putting together my tool kit:
Glad you made it safe, should be a great season! Maybe if no one shows up to be your roommate I'll send you a little photo and you could just tuck it into the spare bunk... top of course. Have a great time and say hi to the Carp shop boys for me.
ReplyDelete150 feet? regularly? And probably it's really cold and windy up there! By what standards is this the second-best job in antarctica? What do the other people do? I would want to be the soup-stirrer, standing over a steamy pot of lentil soup all day....
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