SCA - Rope Access Service
Rope Access, as an innovative access solution, has grown in recent years, and is now not limited to the offshore environment, where this type of access has been used extensively for several years and can now been seen under a number of different guises onshore. All manner of work is now undertaken from high-rise window and façade cleaning, and general maintenance, to repair, geotechnical and inspection work, as well as de-vegetation and landscaping.
The Rope Access division operates from our Head Office location in Dorset but offers a service provision UK-wide. SCA’s highly skilled technicians can carry out a proven system of achieving a safe and cost-effective work position at height or in areas of complicated access where heavy machinery or equipment can be costlier and logistically challenging. Rope Access allows access to areas that would normally appear to be inaccessible.
Providing access to areas from above means that other trades on site can continue working unhindered, and without jeopardising their safety. SCA Rope Access is a full member of IRATA, the World’s governing body for rope access activities, and undertakes an extensive array of projects including cleaning and maintenance, devegetation and landscaping, surveying, painting and non-destructive testing.
- Our rope access workers work from two ropes, a working rope and a back-up safety rope, permanently attached to both
- Each rope has a separate anchorage point
- In the unlikely event of the working rope becoming damaged or unusable, the safety rope prevents a fall
- To prevent accidental dropping all tools, a suitable weight are attached to the technician at all times. Heavier items are independently suspended
- Minimum of two technicians required for any job so as to enable mutual surveillance
- All our technicians receive extensive training and independent assessment and are required to undergo re-training every three years