Our ITEC 2015 was held in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Over the course of the event our committees presented their work undertaken over the past year and their plans for the year ahead. Meetings were held at the Double Tree Hilton Aberdeen City Conference Centre and our Technical Day at the Transition Extreme climbing wall. The event was closed with our AGM, followed by our eagerly awaited Annual Dinner and Annual Awards ceremony, after which our members danced away the evening to a traditional ceilidh band.
The following awards were then presented during the Annual Awards ceremony:
Outstanding Achievement in Rope Access Award
‘Alan’ Richard McHardy, IRATA Assessor
Longstanding Contribution to Rope Access Award
Graham Burnett, IRATA Chair of Equipment & Standards / Total Access UK Ltd
IRATA International Volunteer of the Year Award
Barri Marshall, RAC Chair for South East Asia / Dive-Marine NDT Inspections Pte Ltd
Posthumous Awards
David Gordon Somers, IRATA Assessor
Paddy Morris, IRATA Assessor
Special thanks go to our ITEC 2015 guest speakers:
Paul Denning, Edson Tiger
Paul Seddon OBE
Announcement of the first ever Volunteer of the Year Award
Members enjoying the ITEC 2015 Annual Dinner
IRATA Executive enjoying the ITEC 2015 Annual Dinner
Members enjoying the ITEC 2015 Annual Dinner