TOMORROW’S CLEANING MARCH 10
Advance reach new
heights with IRATA training
AS THE ONLY CLEANING COMPANY IN THE SOUTH EAST TO HAVE ACQUIRED
IRATA MEMBERSHIP, ADVANCE SHOW THAT THE SKY’S THE LIMIT WITH
THE RIGHT SKILLS.
Working at height is enough to make anyone through IRATA training, the better the service
weak at the knees. Despite what people think, that we can offer to our clients’.
it doesn’t just involve a quick trip up the
Becoming an IRATA-trained technician is an
ladder with your cleaning products of choice.
intensive process. There are three stages of
Some heights aren’t exactly easy ones to
training to complete before achieving the
scale; presenting dangerous obstacles in an
highest status – Level 3. It takes a year and
already unstable environment. This is why
1000 hours of experience to learn the necessary
training is essential, both to ensure that you do comprehensive assessment and registration
skills for each stage. This is followed by five
your job correctly, and you stay safe. process for operatives.
further days of training and an IRATA
When it comes to working at height, Advance Established in the late 1980’s by a number of assessment in the Lake District. For Level 3
takes a unique approach. Whilst they are still companies that used industrial rope access technicians, refresher courses and assessments
experts in more traditional methods, Advance techniques, IRATA have seen no major or fatal are held every three years. Advance currently
also offer rope access, allowing them to easily accidents amongst its members in the decade has four level 3 technicians, and it is constantly
scale any tall, awkward or delicate structure. they have been collecting safety statistics. training other employees to this standard.
Advance is the only cleaning company in the Pat Coffey, Managing Director of Advance, Advance Cleaning Services are experts at
South East to have acquired IRATA (Industrial pioneered the use of rope access in the 1980s, working at height and have cleaned many of the
Rope Access Trade Association) membership gaining his first abseiling qualification in UK’s biggest landmarks such as 30 St Mary Axe
and working with the Health and Safety 1990. Speaking on the IRATA training, he says (the ‘Gherkin’) and the Emirates Stadium.
Executive, they aim to provide a safe working ‘the training is intensive, but it is undoubtedly
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environment for the industry. Since its what we need to make sure rope access is as
formation, they have worked to improve safety, safe as can possibly be. Rope access is one of
produce an industry standard set of guidelines the most flexible methods for cleaning at
and training requirements, as well as provide a height and the more we develop our team
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