Rope Access Tips, Tricks & Chats

Time for a chat with a Sydneysider rope tech, Sarah worked in Sydney through the 2000 Sydney Olympic building boom when rope access was just becoming established in Australia, She chats about what sh…

Jackie Dodd is a long time serving level 2 who has worked in the North Sea, Norway and Australia, she is also a NDT expert and legend.
If you want to know what its like being the only female on a 150 …

IRATA have sent out a request for applicants who wish to become an Assessor under the IRATA banner to put an application in. We let you know where they are looking at appointing new Assessors and the…

Time to head to Melbourne, Australia and speak to Nicky Gregoire, Nicky has been hanging on the ropes since the mid 90's.
Have a listen and see how the number 9 can get you into rope access and what i…

As we continue Ladies of the rope we have a chat with Laura Mroz . Laura is a Vancouver based Rope tech, who moved from standard construction into rope access, have a listen to the places this crazy …

Milena Kovatcheva is one of the 8 female instructors under the IRATA system. Milena has been working in Bulgaria and Dubai as an instructor and consultant for many IRATA companies.
you will hear the p…

We are starting a month of chats with various Ladies in rope access.
This week we chat with Leslie the face behind Women in Rope Access Facebook group, we chat about how she got into rope access and t…

This week we sit down with  'Douggs' Chris Mcdougall.
Douggs got into rope access back in the mid 2000's to help fund his passion for sky diving and Base jumping.
Douggs is now a professional base jump…

This week is a nice little episode on how I have my harness set up and why. I chat about what I'm using at the moment and the reasons why. 
Some of my chooses may be different to your set up, but i wo…

This week we answer another common question we get asked, How can I get involved in IRATA training and work my way towards becoming an instructor and then an Assessor.
We work through how the process …

We have been asked the questions, Let's hear Leigh's story? what has he done? where has he been? How did he go from Kent to Australia and become an Assessor and and Auditor for IRATA?
With the help of…

This week we had an opportunity to speak to Ben Eke. Ben has been working on the ropes since he was a teenager, He has ran IRATA member companies, became an IRATA Assessor, sat on the Executive Board…

This week we run through how to complete an IRATA logbook correctly. Don't be the Technician who is panicking on the upgrade course to get the logbook uptown date.
Listen in to make sure you are compl…

This week we catch up with Mark Lea, with over 20 years of experience in Rope Access, coming from a Arborist background, with Geotechnical expertise, Mark is now a Heath and Safety expert having spen…

This week following on from our 20 top tips, we have 10 top tips for supervisors.
We hop this helps keep you all safe.
Let us know on our Facebook page, what top tips you would add to the list.
if you h…

In our quest to have chats with members of the 500 club, Thats individuals with an IRATA number lower than 500, we managed to line up a chat with Karl Raby. This interview was done just as Australia …

This week we are having a chat, well maybe a bit of a rant about things we don't like in Rope Access and a a few things we do like.

Be great to hear what you think, find us on Facebook at Rope Access …

This week we have a chat with Andre from Just Get It Done, we chat about the path he has traveled to get to where he is today and have a chat about the amazing software that can make any rope access …

This week we run through the process of converting your rope access qualification to IRATA, we start with SPRAT and SOFT. its easier than you might think.

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