About ARAA

Written by admin

Thu 14th Dec 2006

Welcome to the website of the Australian Rope Access Association.

The ARAA is an association of rope access professionals and interested parties. It has been formed to:

Enhance levels of expertise and professionalism among members in particular and the rope access industry in general
Create standards that will provide a safe working environment for rope access professionals
Give members access to the latest industry information
Liase with governmental regulatory bodies
Promote use of rope access as a fast, safe and frequently more cost-effective alternative to traditional access methods

ARAA Proposed Procedure - Poor Anchor Point Sites

Written by admin

Tue 21st Oct 2008

Issue Date 21/10/2008 - Version Number A

The ARAA has identified that many sites continue being fitted with poorly designed, installed, documented and marked anchor installations.

This leads to significant issues for our industry and we have acted on this by running public information sessions and by developing an anchor code which has since been freely available to the general industry.

Even with this ba ...

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ARAA Site Anchor Compliance Pack - Ver A

Written by admin

Tue 21st Oct 2008

Issue Date 21/10/2008 - Version Number A

As the rope access market gets larger and extends to more places we find that many anchor design and installation companies are entering the market with too little information on what safe and usable anchor system for rope access use 'looks' like.

Additionally, many building and facility managers, logically, require guidance on how to go about a competent design and installation.

The ARAA has great concerns on behalf of the industry as we are inc ...

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ARAA Counterweighted Needles for Rope Acccess

Written by admin

Tue 21st Oct 2008

Updated 21/10/2008 - Version Number A

October 2008 - this paper was originally written in 1998 in response to a request from WorkCover Vic that the ARAA should provide the market with some clear guidance on the correct setting up and use of counterweighted anchors.

The document has been repeated below with MINOR changes and comments.

Download document here

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ARAA Proposed Procedure - Poor Anchor Point Sites

Tue 21st Oct 2008

ARAA Site Anchor Compliance Pack - Ver A

Tue 21st Oct 2008

ARAA Counterweighted Needles for Rope Acccess

Tue 21st Oct 2008

ARAA Statement - Recent Assessment Issue

Wed 15th Oct 2008

We recently had a hiccup at an assessment of 4 x L3s in Sydney. This note is to inform all members of what happened and what action we have/are taking.

An assessment was carried out by an ARAA Assessor the day before he headed off interstate for an extended period of work. The assessment was als ...

Lanyard extension hazard alert - Fallright

Sun 31st Aug 2008

A recent report has revealed that a Fallright Lanyard Extension fitted with a tear away energy absorber has rolled out of its attachment point releasing the wearer of the harness which may have resulted in a fatal or serious injury incident.

FYI - these hooks are used around the world - in my tra ...

ARAA: Next Assessor intake - December '08

Thu 28th Aug 2008

A quick heads up to all members; the next assessor love in and of course, assessor intake, is going to be in Sydney on 6/7th of December this year.

PLEASE put this in your diary and if you are thinking of (or know someone else who is) putting their hand up to be an assessor, please contact [url=m ...

USA International Technical Rescue Symposium - '08

Mon 25th Aug 2008

November 6-10, 2008

The Albuquerque Marriott, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

ITRS is the leading forum for up to date, state-of-the-art, technical rescue information. Rescuers representing mountain, cave, fire, industrial, and swiftwater gather to discuss ways to improve safety and performance, and a ...

First Aid for Rope Access

Wed 06th Feb 2008

The Association has been looking at appropriate first aid for our members for some time plus we have had recent requests regarding our recognition of existing specialised first aid qualifications held by intending applicants for assessment.

The following sets out our current position, however we ...

ARAA Code - Permanent Anchors for Rope Access Use

Wed 07th Nov 2007

Version #1e ? 22/10/07

This code of practice has been developed by the ARAA to clarify the requirements for permanently installed anchor systems for rope access sites. Increasingly, buildings are having anchor systems designed and installed by specialist companies, with the installed system provi ...

ARAA Assessor applications now being accepted

Thu 10th May 2007

The ARAA are now accepting applications for assessors. If interested, please download the assessor pack.

Please click here to access the download.