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Best practice guidelines now available
Best practice guidelines for the industrial rope access industry have now been published by the Department of Labour. The guidelines are available on their website:Â Industrial Rope Access in New Zealand: Best Practice Guidelines. The guidelines have been designed to provide best practice advice for safe rope access techniques, the [...]
Certificate of Competence under review
The requirements for renewing Certificates of Competence issued by IRAANZ are currently under review. The focus of the review is particularly on what verification of current competence the applicant needs to include when applying to renew their Certificate of Competence. The Certificate remains current for a period of three [...]
New Certificate of Competence criteria
The review of IRAANZ Certificates of Competence (CoC) is now complete. All NZQA-qualified rope access operators and technicians are able to obtain a Certificate of Competence, which identifies their current proficiency to work in New Zealand. Additionally, rope access operators with internationally-recognised qualifications may also be able to obtain [...]