Rope access is one of the safest ways to carry out high access maintenance and repairs in the private sector as well as across a wide number of industries . Even though it may appear that rope access is dangerous, if it’s done professionally it is completely safe.
London Pro Abseiling ltd.
London Pro Abseiling ltd.
Your Local Rope Access Specialist
Health & Safety
London Pro Abseiling ltd. is committed to providing a work environment that is safe and healthy for all employees and everyone affected by our local rope access activities.
We carry out our rope access services following all Health and Safety regulations and we minimize disruption for the occupiers and traffic. We also follow the best practices therefore we have been externally vetted, approved and duly accredited to demonstrate the scale of our commitment.
Health & Safety for our rope access staff and technicians, customers and clients is in the core of our commitments, engrained in the culture of our business.
Our rope access technicians are trained to IRATA standard and all works are supervised by a Level 3 supervisor.
The breadth of our day-to-day Health and Safety discussions is exhaustive, having to cover:
Internal System & Procedures
Risk Assessments
Method Statements
Hazards
COSHH regulations
Asbestos Containing Materials
The following list shows examples of policies we must comply with; many have specific regulations:
Personal Protective Equipment
Manual Handling
Working at Height
Confined Spaces
Lifting Equipment
Working Near Water
Noise
Vibration
Smoking
Fire
Mobile Phones
Stress in the Workplace
Driving
Site Safety
Alcohol and drugs
Effective communication is addressed through disseminating key information to all parties arising from:
Inductions
Improvement Notices
Inspection Monitoring and Audits
Dissemination
Site Meetings
Staff Meetings & Notice Boards
Job Briefings
Toolbox Talks
Housekeeping related topics
Questions & Answers
Rope Access, how safe it is?
What does IRATA mean?
Industrial Rope Access Trade Association. IRATA is an acronym for the Industrial Rope Access Trade Association, that was formed in the UK in the late 1980’s. It’s major objective at that moment was to solve demanding maintenance challenges in the offshore oil and gas industry. Because of it’s hight standards of practice and positive results of decreasing work related accidents it had a quick spread among other Industries.
What Rope Access stands for?
Rope access or Professional Abseiling known aswell as industrial climbing, is a form of work positioning, initially developed from techniques used in climbing and caving. This activity applies practical ropework to allow workers to access difficult-to-reach locations without the use of other traditional methods i.e. cradles, scaffolding or an aerial work platform.
What jobs can you get with rope access?
What skill do you have? What do you know to do? Yes, based on your answer the offer of jobs is pretty diversified. You can work in wind towers, oil and gas, NDT, welding, insulation, infrastructure maintenance, but you can clean aswell windows or take care of other building maintenance tasks. It’s important to know that rope access is a way to further a trade.
How much money does a rope access technician make?
Rope Access Technician Salary. This depends on your experience and of course what skills you have. For example: as a level one rope access technician, you can expect to earn between £12 and £20 per hour. Level two rope access technician can earn between £17 and £40 per hour, while level three technicians can average £45 and above.
What is the difference between IRATA and SPRAT?
The main difference between IRATA and SPRAT on how fast you can move up levels. IRATA requires you to have 1000 rope hours and at least 1 year of work experience before upgrading while SPRAT requires 500 rope hours and 6 months of work experience.
Our Services
Façade Refurbishment
Repairs & Maintenance
- Pointing repair, re-pointing, damp wall issue
- Pointing tinting, brick dyeing
- Chimney pointing, flaunching repairs
- Brickwork and pointing restoration
- Rope access rendering, plastering
- External wall rendering, refurbishment
- Rope access concrete repairs
- Rope access GRC glass reinforced concrete repair
- Rope access concrete window sill repairs
- Repairing concrete walls
- Securing unstable concrete structures
- Residential property maintenance
- Block property maintenance
- Guttering, gutter cleaning
- Painting, re-decorating
- Leaking gutter system
- Leak inspection, survey and report
- Waterproofing & liquid waterproofing systems
- Abseiling leak inspection & repair, London
- Sealing of glazing systems
- Leak detection and mastic sealing repair
- Abseiler mastic man, mastic sealing
- Mastic application around window frames
- Mastic movement (expansion) joint of brickwork via rope access
- Abseiling property maintenance
- Cladding inspection
- Ceramic cladding system
- Aluminium cladding inspection, repair and waterproofing
- Water testing, building envelope testing and waterproofing inspections
Safety Netting
- FASET Safety Netting
- DEBRIS Netting
- Vertical Protection Nets
Painting
- Masonry painting
- Brickwork painting
- Window painting
- Graffiti removal
- Roof painting
- Windows repairs and painting
- Metal Structure painting
- Anticorrosive coating
Roofing
- Roofing & roof repair services
- Rope access roofing & repair services
- Leak detection and repair
- Liquid roof repair, waterproofing
- Roof and gutter cleaning, moss removal
- Slated roof repair
- Tiled roof repair
- Flat roof repair
- Torch-on-felt bitumen roof GRP fibre glass roof
Cleaning
- Window Cleaning
- Facades Cleaning
- Roof Cleaning
- Gutter Cleaning
- Cladding Cleaning
- Brick Cleaning
- Masonry Cleaning
- Conservatory Cleaning
- High-Pressure Cleaning
- Bird Fouling Cleaning
- Aluminum Cladding Cleaning
- End-of-Contract Builders Cleaning
- Planned Maintenance Cleaning
Media Abseiling
- Sign, banner cleaning, repair & maintenance
- Banners and signage
- Bespoke & Illuminated Signage
- Temporary installations on any structure or building fabric
- Large Format Wraps & Banners
- Vinyl Installation
- Vinyl application by rope access
- Bespoke & Illuminated Signage
- Sign installation
- Install large and unique shaped fabricated signs
- Corporate logos
- Repair and install illuminated signage
- Decommissioning & Maintenance
- Signage removal, inspection and maintenance
- One-off inspections
- Christmas and event decoration installation
Confined Space
- Silos
- Shafts
- Pits
- Industrial Vessels
- Air Vents
- Pipework
- Tanks
- Vessels
- Vaults
- Manholes
- Culverts
- Pipelines
Other Services
- Defect Survey
- Concrete Inspection
- Installation Of Large Banners
- Vegetation Removal
- Vents Installation
- Flashing Lights Installation
- Building Surveying
- Christmas Decorations
- Boroscope Inspection
- Anchor Bolts Installation and Testing
G. Liam
Project Manager"London Pro Abseiling ltd. are our trusted partners for a large range of services – from building repair and maintenance, roofing to painting and leak detection. The services that they offer are always tailored on our project specific requirements and budgets. Each and every job is well supervised and finished to the smallest detail. The constant optimizations of their techniques and materials that they use are keeping the results to the highest standards of quality."
D. David
Contract Manager"More than a year ago we received from London Pro Abseiling a rope access quotation. With some natural reticence to change the abseiling company we worked with, we accepted the challenge and thus we decided to use this local rope access company for our repair project. We are thrilled with the collaboration, their readiness to test new things, the results oriented mindset, and the fact that the promised standards have been delivered."
L. Giusi
Property Manager"Martin and his team from London Pro Abseiling came to fix the gutters in my property. I was very impressed for the quick response and the communication. from the first communication they come for quotation and start the work in less than 1 week. The work was impressive: from the 4th roof top floor they were able to access all the building. very efficient and clean work . I highly recommend !"
S. Alex
Quality Assurance Manager"Effectively, the ongoing collaboration has been a display of maximum professionalism from London Pro Abseiling Ltd. The promise of experience and knowledge, that prompted us to start the partnership, has been wholly fulfilled by the building repair results, high quality decoration finish , and special access solution. Having a partner that has set in mind the goal to find a solution for everything, concrete H&S standards and the experience to deliver every project in time it efficiently reassures us of their trustworthiness."
