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ANTENNA & TOWER TRAINING CENTER
 Andy Flageolle
Senior Instructor
Andy is a Lead Safety Coordinator for Tri-State Generation, a large utility company in the western United States. For over thirty years, he has worked and managed within the electrical utility industry. Andy is considered an expert among his peers in Antenna and Tower Climbing and Safety Training. He has spent thousands of man-hours climbing towers for maintenance and rescue. Andy has held a journeyman level certification for twenty-six years and has trained hundreds of students in the OSHA requirements for Antenna and Tower Safety. Andy is a certified Utility Safety Administrator with a CUSA designation. His other certifications include: First Aid/CPR and Defensive Driving. Andy is currently one of Safety One Inc.'s Senior Instructors in our Antenna and Tower Climbing Safety and Rescue course.
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 Nick Weighton
Assistant Director of Training – Snow Operations Training Center
Instructor – Antenna & Tower Training Center
Lieutenant Colonel, Special Forces, U.S. Army Reserve (retired)
Mr. Weighton joined Safety One in 1997 and is the Assistant Director of Training for the Snow Operations Training Center (SOTC) as well as an instructor for the Antenna & Tower Training Center. For SOTC, he specializes in mountain navigation and winter survival. Using hands-on teaching methods, he demonstrates map and compass techniques, survival gear and shelter construction.
Originally from Florida, Nick moved to Colorado in 1990. He has traveled to all 50 states along with 24 countries providing him with a wide range of practical experience in various climates, terrain and working environments. Mr. Weighton offers 36 years of professional experience as a military and civilian instructor in navigation, survival, climbing and a dozen other outdoor skills. He was a Field Artillery and Special Forces officer and presently a backpacking, mountaineering and survival instructor for the Colorado Mountain Club. Since 1966 Nick has worked, hiked, trained or taught in woodland, mountain, desert and swamp environments in all weather conditions, day and night. As an avid mountain climber, he has summitted 55 mountains over 14,000 feet high, including Mount Rainier. He enjoys outdoor sports such as hiking, camping, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Nick considers it a professional obligation to pass on his knowledge and experience to help keep our customers safe.
Relevant Training
- U.S. Army Infantry School
- U.S. Army Field Artillery Officer Candidate School
- U.S. Army Airborne School
- U.S. Army Ranger School
- U.S. Army Infantry Officer Advanced Course
- U.S. Army Special Forces School
- U.S. Army Command & General Staff College
- Basic Mountaineering School, Colorado Mountain Club
- Mountain Oriented 1st Aid, Colorado Mountain Club
- Intermediate Rock Climbing School, Colorado Mountain Club
- Avalanche Awareness School, Colorado Mountain Club
- Ice Driving & Trailering School: Safety One Inc
- B.A. Geography, Florida State University
- M.S. Human Resources Management., Chapman University
Teaching Positions
- Wilderness Trekking School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
- Beginner Rock Climbing School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
- Wilderness Survival School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
- Basic Mountaineering School Instructor, Colorado Mountain Club
- Director, Competitive Volleyball Program, Colorado Mountain Club
United States Army, Specialized Training
- Air Evacuation
- Air Resupply
- Camouflage Techniques
- Clothing & Individual Equipment
- Combat First Aid
- Combat Search and Rescue Operations
- Combat Tactics and Operations
- Communications
- Convoy Procedures
- Demolitions
- Evasion & Escape
- Field Hygiene
- Fire Direction Control
- Fortifications Construction
- Forward Observer Procedures
- Hand to Hand Fighting (Hapkido, 1st Degree Black Belt)
- Leadership
- Long Range Patrolling Techniques
- Maintenance of Equipment & Weapons
- Map & Compass Navigation
- Marksmanship and Weapons Employment
- Physical Training
- Pyrotechnics
- Rappelling
- Route Selection and Terrain Movement
- Survival Training
- Weapons & Vehicle Safety
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 Jeremy Raskin
Assistant Instructor – Antenna & Tower Training Center
Assistant Instructor – Snow Operations Training Center
Jeremy Raskin is currently a Firefighter/EMT with a local metro area fire departmentÊin Colorado. He's certified as a structural Firefighter I and II, Emergency Medical Technician – Basic, Hazmat Operations, Wildland Firefighter, and CPR for Healthcare Providers. Jeremy has been a commercial pilot for six years, and is a flight instructor specializing in training flight crews on how to deal with emergency situations in the Beechcraft 1900D Airliner. Jeremy joined Safety One in 2006 as an Assistant Instructor in our Antenna & Tower Training Center and Snow Operations Training Center. On a personal note, Jeremy enjoys hiking, mountain climbing, and camping in diverse terrains.
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For your Survival!
Safety One International, Inc.
7144 Reynolds Drive, Sedalia, CO 80135
(303) 734-0772 | (800) 485-7669 | (303) 734-0762 (fax)
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