Progress within the IRATA system

[Paul Smith]

My understanding is you get a basic ticket then you can work under supervision. How do you get the experience to progress to do your own work?

 

Has anyone thought of doing a course and is it worth doing? Diversification and all that?

 

I would imagine it would be better to have an engineering qualification for inspections etc?

 

Thoughts please.

[Frankie Lawrence]

I looked into it not long ago as another string and all that but seems to be difficult to get into without a trade like you said.

 

There's a good forum for it though with plenty of info like this.

[Paul Smith]

Frankie, what's the forum?

[Jamie]

Rigg Access is the forum.

 

The Best way in for wood cutters is to get into Geotechnical squad, the ones i know are CAN, TRAC, Rock Solutions, Geo Rope and QTS group. you'd pretty much need a PTS ticket as well for the railway but your employing company needs to sponser you.

 

You can get in as just a rope tech, you can end up painting and cleaning stuff. I've been silo cleaning (with a confined space ticket), bird netting, gutter fixing........

 

You start off the IRATA system as a Level 1. you are trusted with very little until you can prove yourself. Level 2 deems you competant and level 3 makes you a supervisor.

 

You don't have to be an IRATA company or work within IRATA guidelines, but like everything it shows competance and training.

 

How's that?

 

Jamie

[Paul Smith]

Thanks Jamie, very helpful!

[Frankie Lawrence]

Thanks Jamie, very helpful!

 

Oops sorry mate didn't see this til now think that is the forum I was on about. Good luck

[Paul Smith]

Oops sorry mate didn't see this til now think that is the forum I was on about. Good luck

 

An old post, what's the forum, just looking into this again!

[munkymadman]

rigg access, is the forum as jamie said. lacks the answers that maybe arbtalk would provide. a lot of questions like 'I'm a level 1 can't get work' makes the whole prospect disconcerting. i started training up as an industrial rigger, as a lot of it is applicable to what we do. wind turbine work also seems a growth sector. it has the catch 22 problem of can't get work without experience can't get experience without work

[Jamie]

If you can get on with a Geo company they'll give folks tons of chainsaw work.

 

QTS work all over the country and the tree boys go ahead of the rock squads. I've heard Geo Rope have a contract out in Afganisthan if that appeals.

 

Jamie

[munkymadman]

i guess its a good way to get your level two. will they sign off your hours? did a bit over rail ways in oz. some good views. pretty repetitive. i can only assume the money is probably less than tree work as its not as technical