ROPE ACCESS INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND PARTNERS

Industrial Rope Access Trade Association

IRATA is now recognised as the world’s leading authority on industrial rope access. It has over 400 member companies around the world and has trained in excess of 100,000 rope access Technicians worldwide. IRATA directs and regulates, through its members, the training of all workers seeking its qualifications. 

Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians

The Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians (SPRAT) is a member-driven organization that advances the safe use of rope access through education, standards development, and certification administration.

IRATA - Work and Safety Analysis Report

This annual report is the best industry specific data set available. The question of choosing which work at height method to employ for your project requires a level of detail we lack in US industry statistics. The WASA report illuminates the answer to many questions, Most importantly, "how safe is rope access?"