“高新匠”是什么组织？
“高新匠”是什么组织？经常有新朋友这么问我。我说，“高新匠”是一个群体、一个品牌、一个公司，是空调安装工人的图腾，也是团结高处作业工匠的一面旗帜。
一、我是一名空调工
2003年，就是非典那一年，我在东莞最大的家电卖场学会了装空调。从那以后，陪伴我11年职业生涯的，是一条胸式安全带和一根棉绳——这也是中国空调工人最常用的安全装备。
工作了11年，我很平安。直到2014年6月的一天，我在11楼维修空调外机时，被上方掉落的百叶窗砸到了，瞬间坠落到9楼，又被弹回了10楼……当时，一辈子的经历，就像幻灯片一样，在脑子里飞速播放……奇迹的是，我居然没有受伤！我知道，再这么干下去，我迟早会摔死。同一批的工友30几位工友，在这十来年里，坠亡1人，植物人1人，伤残5~6人。这也是中国空调工人的现状，到2024年的今天也没有大的改变。
二、绳索技术启蒙
事故之后，我就尝试寻找安全的解决方案。那个年代，短视频还没有兴起，看视频还是上优酷网。2014年7月，我搜索“上升器”时，找到了重庆洞穴探险队的单绳技术入门教学视频，我觉得它非常适合安装空调，于是我又在当时很火的8264户外论坛翻帖子，学习单绳技术，就是这些将我带入了绳索技术的大门。
三、高新匠微信群
2016年，我们的“报告师傅5群”微信群分家了。愿意学习使用绳索技术的工友，加入到了我的微信群里。我当时想：中国不缺乏匠人，但缺乏创新的匠人，正好我们是做高处作业工作的，微信群的名字就叫“高新匠”吧。
那个时候，群友们对绳索技术是很痴迷的。我们那一批工友，也许是中国空调工里最早使用双绳技术的。当时我们到处闯祸，我们觉得其他空调工人都是在玩命，还不思进取，就我们这群人最厉害。加入“高新匠”微信群的人，如果3个月还没有进步，就会被踢，所以群里基本上保持六七十个人。
四、团队发展壮大
我们的群里可以聊高处作业事故，这是对工友的警醒。正因为如此，一些绳索技术专家爱好者、教练员，以及为高处作业提供保险的安全管理专家，也慕名加入到“高新匠”微信群里。在各自发光发热的氛围下，形成了良好的学习氛围和商业生态，队伍也越来越壮大。新冠疫情这几年，“高新匠”从只有几十人的一个群，发展出若干个四五百人的群。
五、启动商业运作
一个人的力量有限，一群人才能走得更远。
——2022年，我们以“高新匠”的名字注册了公司，也申请了注册商标。
——2023年，我们发布了“阿瓦赫Z2多功能滑轮”，一款电钻驱动的绳索吊装工具。“Z2”这个响亮的名字，不但受到了国内空调工人的追捧，还火热销往台湾地区，以及泰国、美国、挪威、法国、俄罗斯等国家。
——2024年，我们开发了新一代电升缓降器——小飞侠，将以扶危济困的侠客形象，解决高处作业工人和产品吊装的难点和痛点问题。
六、未来发展方向
Artisans Working At Heights，是“高新匠”的英文名称，翻译为“高处作业的工匠”。其实Artisan的本意是拥有独特技艺的匠人，更趋向于艺术家，也就是说，我们不会仅仅满足于成为工匠，而要成为高处作业的艺术家……
2024年2月19日
张枫 中国•东莞
AWAH: What is it?
AWAH—what is it? New friends frequently ask me this question.
I explained that AWAH is a brand, a company, a totem of air conditioning workers,
and a banner of unity for workers working at heights, in addition to being a WeChat group.
1. I am an air conditioning worker
In 2003, which was the year of the SARS pandemic,
I learned how to install air conditioning at the largest home appliance store in Dongguan.
Since then, what has accompanied my 11-year career has been a chest belt and a cotton rope -
which are also the most commonly used safety equipment for Chinese air conditioning workers.
I had been working for 11 years and I was very safe.
One day in June 2014, when I was repairing the outdoor unit of the air conditioning on the 11th floor,
I was hit by a blind window falling from above.
In an instant, I fell to the 9th floor and was bounced back to the 10th floor...
At that time, my life experiences flashed through my mind like slides...
Miraculously, I was not injured! I knew that if I kept doing this,
I would eventually fall and die. Over the past decade, over 30 workers from the same group had lost one person,
one became a vegetable, and injured disabled 5-6 people.
This is also the current situation of Chinese air conditioning workers,
and there has been no significant change until today in 2024.
2. Enlightenment of Rope Technique
After the accident, I tried to find a safe solution. In that era, short videos had not yet emerged, and watching videos was still on Youku. In July 2014, while searching for "Ascender", I found some introductory teaching videos on Single Rope Technique from the Chongqing Cave Exploration Team. I thought it was very suitable for installing air conditioning, so I flipped through posts on the popular 8264 outdoor BBS at the time to learn the Single Rope Technique. It was these that brought me to the door of rope technique.
3. AWAH WeChat group
In 2016, our "Report To Master 5" WeChat group split up. Some colleagues who were willing to learn how to use the rope technique joined my WeChat group. I thought at that time: that China does not lack craftsmen, but there is a lack of innovative artisans. Coincidentally, we did work at heights, so I gave a name to our WeChat group - "Artisans Working At Heights".
At that time, group members were very obsessed with the rope technique. Our group of workers may be the earliest among Chinese air conditioning workers to use the Double Rope Technique. At that time, we were causing trouble everywhere, and we felt that the other air conditioning workers were all risking their lives and not making progress. This group of people was the most powerful. People who joined the AWAH WeChat group would be kicked out if they didn't make progress in three months, so there were sixty or seventy people in the group.
4. Team development and growth
In our WeChat group, we can discuss accidents at heights, which are warnings to our colleagues. Because of this, some rope technique enthusiasts, coaches, and safety management experts who provide insurance for workers working at heights have also joined the AWAH WeChat group. In the atmosphere of each shining and heating, a good learning atmosphere and business ecology have been formed, and the team is also growing stronger. In the past few years of COVID-19, the AWAH has developed from a group of only dozens of people to several groups of four or five hundred people.
5. Start commercial operations
One person's power is limited, a group of people can make us go further.
- In 2022, we registered our company under the name of "Artisans Working At Heights" and also applied for a registered trademark.
- In 2023, we released the AWAH Z2 - Multi-functional Pulley, which is a lifting device working with rope and driven by an electric drill. The resounding name "Z2" has not only been sought after by domestic air conditioning workers, but has also been popular in Taiwan, as well as countries such as Thailand, the United States, Norway, France, and Russia.
- In 2024, we are developing a new generation of electric lift and descent device - knight-errant, which will solve the difficulties and pain points of workers working at heights and cargo lifting with the image of a hero who helps the needy.
6. Future development direction
AWAH is the initial abbreviation of Artisans Working At Heights. In fact, the original meaning of Artisan is a craftsman with unique skills, more inclined towards artists. That is to say, we are not only satisfied with becoming craftsmen, but rather artists working at heights...
February 19, 2024
Zhang Feng, Dongguan, China