Staff Bio - Walter W. Want

Walter W. Want, of Norwest Marketing, Inc., has worked as a manufactures' sales representative in the safety industry for over 25 years. As a training and application specialist for fall protection and rescue and retrieval, Mr. Want has developed and presented fall protection, confined space retrieval, and personal protective equipment programs throughout the United States. He is a professional member of ASSE and active in MANA, SEMAA and the International Society of Fall Protection. Mr. Want is a graduate of New Mexico State University and a former Air Force pilot specializing in search-air rescue.

Mr. Want’s experience includes speaking at conferences and seminars for Fall Protection. He is a Certified OSHA Trainer at National and State levels, and has trained State and Federal OSHA employees in Fall Protection and Personal Fall Arrest Systems. Mr. Want helped to write and develop Fall Protection Manuals for the states of Oregon and Idaho.

Mr. Want has worked at elevation in television towers, microwave transmission towers, cell communication towers and wind generator systems. He was involved in constructability studies of significant structures including the King Dome, Tacoma Dome, Blazer Arena, Seattle Space needle, and many major interstate and railroad bridges.

Along with his work in Fall Protection, Mr. Want also works as a fire training instructor. This course includes regulations, hazard assessment, climbing, restraint, working at elevation, fall and rescue, both down only and up and down techniques.