Welcome to IRATA International

IRATA is the sole global trade association in the work-at-height sector; it has member companies in every continent.

Industrial rope access has been developed by IRATA in the last 25 years to a point where it is the chosen means of access for much of the work in the offshore oil and gas industry as well as a range of projects in construction, civil engineering, the built and natural environment and much more. Its success is based on thorough training and strict work guidelines that deliver an unrivalled safe working record year after year.

PETZL SHUNT AS BACK-UP DEVICE

IRATA Statement see below for response to the Petzl 10th January 2012 statement on the use of the Petzl Shunt as a back-up device for industrial rope access.

IRATA Statement

Frequently Asked Questions [ FAQs ]
to be read in conjunction with the IRATA Statement

other NEWS

A Member Company has reported the death of a rope access technician working offshore on an offshore oil platform. The accident occurred during normal operations whilst conducting an overboard task and it resulted in a fall into the sea. More...

A long awaited and most thorough report created by Pye Tait Consulting for the Health and Safety Executive and Constructions Skills is fulsome in its praise and admiration of IRATA. In Annex 8 of the document a 700-word assessment of IRATA begins with the line - 'Perhaps one of the most demanding registration and certification schemes is that run by the Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA). More...