Job Performance Requirement 15-8 Tying a Basic Figure Eight

that both sides of the bight are hanging parallel. A Form a bight in the working end of the rope, holding the bight out in front of you by the apex so that both sides of the bight are hanging parallel. JPR 15-8A

B Take the short end (working end) of the rope and wrap it around the standing part from front to rear, JPR 15-8B

C After the working end comes around the standing part, you will have formed an eye. Now take the working end through the eye from front to rear. JPR 15-8C

D If you are joining two ropes, at this point you will take the working end of the second rope and, coming from the opposite direction, trace the path the original rope as it flows through the knot. You should end up with both working ends lying parallel to the opposite rope’s standing part. JPR 15-8D

E Finish with a safety knot with each working end around the opposite rope’s standing part. JPR 15-8E