ISO 22846-1:2003给出了高空作业绳索进入方法的基本原则。它适用于使用绳索进入方法的雇主、雇员和个体经营者，以及委托绳索进入工作的人和绳索进入协会。ISO 22846-1适用于在建筑物、其他结构（陆上或海上）或自然特征（如悬崖面）上使用绳索进入方法，在此期间，绳索悬挂在或连接到结构或自然特征上。本标准适用于绳索用作进出或支撑的主要方式，以及防坠落的主要方式的情况。 ISO 22846-1不适用于休闲活动、植树、一般高空作业方法或紧急个人疏散系统中绳索进入方法的使用，也不适用于消防队和其他应急服务机构在救援工作或救援培训中使用绳索进入（绳索救援）技术。

ISO 22846-1:2003 gives the fundamental principles for the use of rope access methods for work at height. It is intended for use by employers, employees and self-employed persons who use rope-access methods, by those commissioning rope-access work and by rope-access associations. ISO 22846-1 is applicable to the use of rope-access methods on buildings, other structures (on- or offshore) or natural features (such as cliff faces), during which ropes are suspended from or connected to a structure or natural feature. It is applicable to situations where ropes are used as the primary means of access, egress or support and as the primary means of protection against a fall. ISO 22846-1 is not intended to apply to the use of rope-access methods for leisure activities, arboriculture, general steeplejack methods or emergency personal-evacuation systems, or to the use of rope-access (line rescue) techniques by the fire brigade and other emergency services for rescue work or for rescue training.