Rope Access Tips, Tricks & Chats

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 haven't checked out 20 top tips, have a listen to episode 1.

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 was closing its borders due to Covid 19 and Karl was trying to get back to his family in the UK. The sound plays up a bit in places due to the signal, we hope it doesn't ruin the experience.  With...

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 Tips Tricks and Chats.

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 company's day a lot easier, from quoting, to kit lists, SWMS, rescue plans and even sending the final invoice. If you are keen to find out more about the product JGID are offering RATTAC friends a...

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. check us out at Rope Access Tips Tricks and Chats on Face book.

Time for a chat with Denis Belliveau. Denis is based in Perth, Australia. originally from Canada and one of the founders of Vertech Group. We chat about a near death experiences that helped shape the man we see today and a funny chat about the biggest contract meeting, where someone turned up in odd shoes. Denis has now founded Discovery Development Partners Organisation to support leaders and bus...

This weeks episode is all about cowstails and the knots that we use in them. When I say cows tails, i am talking about a section of dynamic climbing rope cut into short sections. We also have a chat about the photo i chose on this podcast and where it came from. We also chat about IRATA safety bulletin 8. https://irata.org/downloads/2022

This week we catch up with Dirk Dorenbos from Canada, we get to chat about his time in rope access and find out about his new edge management products, The Edge and The Vortex, and new products he has planned. Check them out here. https://www.5thpoint.com.au/product/the-edge-rope-protector-new/ https://www.5thpoint.com.au/product/the-vortex/ Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RopeAcces...

This episode is all about the new descenders that have come out in the last year or so, and our thoughts on each of them. here are some links to the products for a closer look. Petzl ID, https://www.5thpoint.com.au/product/petzl-id-s-new/ Petzl Rig, https://www.5thpoint.com.au/product/petzl-rig-new/ CT Sparrow, https://www.5thpoint.com.au/product/ct-sparrow-200r/ ISC D4, https://www.5thpoint.com.a...

This is a call to action, we want your input, IRATA has asked its members what should and shouldn't be in an IRATA assessment at all levels. We want to know what the techs on the ground think. Let us know what you think, we will name drop on a future episode. send us a message on Facebook, Rope Access Trip Tricks & Chats

It's time to get the chat bit going, this week we get to chat to Mike Knight, (no not that one, no K.I.T.T, sorry) Mike is a highly experienced rope tech based out of USA and will share some great stories on his favourite projects and give some good advice, watch out for the B/A job that you wouldn't think needed it. Let us know on Facebook what you think, Rope Access Tips Tricks & C...

In this episode we will be chatting about all of the updates that IRATA have done with the TACS document, many of these have been around for a while, but the latest version of the TACS has taken them all into the document.

In this episode we are going to chat about how assessment day can be run on an IRATA course, we get asked a lot "how does the assessment run". Different assessors have different approaches to the day, with over 20 years of running IRATA courses all over the World, we hope to give you an in-site. Find us on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/RopeAccessTTAC/

Hi Folks in this episode we will be chatting about 20 top tips for rope access, what you should do before you get on those ropes.

Hi Folks, this is a quick intro into how we can what we are looking at doing with this pod cast, it's basically what it says on the can, some rope access tips, trips and some chats with some great individuals from the rope access world.