LadyLuck 0 #1 February 12, 2009 Hey all! So i've been scouring the internet for a way to get a riggers ticket in Canada, but all to no avail! So here I am! For the summer I'm going to be heading down to the San Francisco area for some diving, but I'm also willing to travel a little bit if it means I can get my ticket! I can already pack a main at a decent time but am really looking at reserves. I can already sew something fierce! Does anyone know anywhere around Alberta (or anywhere in Canada), or a long the west coast that I could work towards getting a ticket? Or even better! Is anyone looking for an apprentice for about 20 or more chutes? Pack for free with training! Anyone? Let me know if anyone has any ideas! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydude89 0 #2 February 12, 2009 Hey Ladyluck i no riggerrob from pacific skydiving in pitt meadows b.c. holds rigger courses u can pm him on dropzone.com or phone him at pacific skydivers if u like.There phone number is 604 465 7311. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blink 1 #3 February 13, 2009 QuoteHey Ladyluck i no riggerrob from pacific skydiving in pitt meadows b.c. holds rigger courses u can pm him on dropzone.com or phone him at pacific skydivers if u like.There phone number is 604 465 7311. Translation: Hey Ladyluck, I know RiggerRob from Pacific Skydiving in Pitt Meadows, B.C. He holds riggers courses. You can try sending him a private message or calling him at Pacific Skydivers, their phone number is (604) 465-7311. I hope you're lazy, and your grammar isn't really that bad. I know it's the internet but c'mon, that's pathetic. Sorry, had to rant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyLuck 0 #4 February 13, 2009 Haha thanks! I was having a terribly hard time translating that myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hackish 8 #5 February 13, 2009 I took riggerrob's rigging course. It was intense. Just bring the old guy a bag of apples on the first day and you'll be good :P Seriously though, there is a lot of material to cover so I would suggest buying Poynter I and Poynter II. Read and study them before the course and it will give you a lot of the basics and background. If you could get a copy of the CSPA rigger info pack before the course that would be good as well. It's about 3" thick and there is a lot of good stuff inside. -Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g2gjump 0 #6 February 13, 2009 I'm a CSPA rigger that lives in the seattle area. PM me if you need someone to help you do the pre-course work. You have to do ten inspections and repacks prior to the course under the supervision of a Rigger "A" or "B" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LadyLuck 0 #7 February 14, 2009 Awesome! Tips for the win! I found the riggers manual and am starting to read it. Evert Poynters manual I come across is like 60-100$! Do you know of anywhere I can find it cheaper? Im willing to fork out that much if I have to, but man am I poor! :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #8 February 15, 2009 Far less expensive to down-load manuals. I do not care if you arrive in class with paper or electronic manuals .. as long as you look at them repeatedly. Electronic manuals can even be used during the final exam. ... at least the Canadian Rigger A final exam .... It is actually a three-part exam. The first part - on regulations and general knowledge is "closed book." The second section - on materials identification - is "open book." The third section - aka packing test - bleeping well better be "open book" because if I never see you look in the manual, you fail your packing test. Was that blunt enough? The best single manual is the new (2005) FAA Parachute Rigging Manual. The (300 page) FAA Manual was written by my old boss: Sandy Reid who runs Rigging Innovations and the American Academy of Parachute Rigging (in Eloy, Arizona) and designs containers (Aviator, Flexon, Genera, Intruder, Talon, Telesis, Voodoo, etc.) in his spare time. Sandy's manual contains fewer antiques than Poynter's Manuals (last published in 1991). You can also down-load a 600 page manual in french. The French manual was published (on-line) by Eric Fradet, former world champion and technical director for the French Parachute Federation. It may contain too much detail (hint: lots of pretty pictures) for young riggers, but fascinates us old gear freaks ... er ... Master Riggers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #9 February 15, 2009 Bret Chalmers (DZO from Vernon, BC) asked me to teach a CSPA Rigger A Course in March 2009. I have to remind him to collect the four candidates - he promised - and the $500 head course fee ... some time soon ... like a month before the course. The first candidate who announces firm dates sets the course dates ... usually six days (Monday thru Saturday). I am guessing the last week of March??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
