A dozen technicians on ropes at different heights inside a purpose-built rope-access training hall, wearing helmets and full harnesses.
Training centres

Certifying the people who do this work, including Global Remote’s own.

Purpose-built centres in Chennai and Abu Dhabi, and courses at your own site where the guidelines allow it. IRATA rope access, GWO basic safety training, work and rescue at height, API inspector qualifications, ASNT methods and ASME code overviews.

The interior of a rope-access training centre, with steel training frames, anchor points and rigged ropes.
A purpose-built rope-access hall, rigged for training and for rescue practice.
How it is run

Six days, plus a day of assessment.

Global Remote is a specialist provider of height-safety training and consultancy for the energy, civil, marine and geotechnical sectors, and as an accredited trainer it delivers the syllabus of the IRATA-approved industrial rope-access courses.

The course runs to six days plus an additional day of assessment. That extra day is deliberate: it covers syllabus items beyond what IRATA requires, rather than teaching to the minimum.

The programmes comply with the guidelines set out by IRATA, the British Health and Safety Executive, and the British Advisory Committee for Work at Height Training syllabus.

The full portfolio runs from purpose-built facilities in Chennai and Abu Dhabi, or at a client's preferred location nationally or internationally, provided compliance with the IRATA guidelines can be met.

The courses

Grouped by the body that awards the certificate.

Which body awards it is the first thing a candidate's employer checks, so it is the first thing this list says. There is a growing international demand for IRATA-qualified riggers, NDT inspectors, welders, painters and blasters.

IRATA training

Industrial Rope Access Trade Association

Delivered at Global Remote’s own centres as an IRATA operator and trainer. Levels 2 and 3 each require an approved certificate at the level below, 12 months of experience and 1,000 logged hours.

IRATA Level 1
Introduction to the IRATA industrial rope-access system. Works under the supervision of a Level 3.
IRATA Level 2
Rigging working ropes, undertaking rescues, and work tasks under Level 3 supervision.
IRATA Level 3
All rigging requirements, supervision of personnel and management of projects.

Send the level, the month and how many people.

Courses run at Chennai and Abu Dhabi, and at your own site where IRATA compliance can be met. Say which certificate your people need, roughly when, and how many are coming, and the reply comes back with dates.

An IRATA certification improves employment prospects on its own, and it compounds when it sits alongside an existing industrial qualification: there is a growing worldwide demand for IRATA-qualified riggers, non-destructive testing inspectors, welders, painters and blasters.

Training schedule

Next IRATA dates: on request. Send the month you have in mind and how many people, and the dates follow.

Ask about dates

GWO training

Global Wind Organisation

GWO Basic Safety Training, delivered at the fixed training facility in Chennai. TÜV India certifies Global Remote against the GWO criteria for training providers.

Working at Height
GWO Basic Safety Training module.
Fire Awareness
GWO Basic Safety Training module.
First Aid
GWO Basic Safety Training module.
Manual Handling
GWO Basic Safety Training module.

Training schedule

Next GWO dates: on request. Send the month you have in mind and how many people, and the dates follow.

Ask about dates

NON-IRATA WAH training

Work at height, outside the IRATA scheme

Height-safety training for people who work at height without being rope-access technicians.

Work at height
Height-safety training for personnel who work at height without being rope-access technicians.
Rescue at height
The recovery half of the discipline, which is what makes a rope-access team self-sufficient on site.

Training schedule

Next work at height dates: on request. Send the month you have in mind and how many people, and the dates follow.

Ask about dates

Other trainings

Inspection, testing and the codes
A classroom of candidates seated at desks with course notes, an instructor standing at the front.
The theory half. Inside Exploration Technologies is accredited by API, ASNT and ASME as a training provider.

API inspector qualifications

American Petroleum Institute. The certifications a plant asks for by name when it appoints an inspector to a vessel, a line or a tank.

API 510
Pressure vessel inspector.
API 570
Piping inspector.
API 653
Storage tank inspector.
API 571
Damage mechanisms affecting fixed equipment in the refining industry.

ASNT methods, Levels 1 and 2

American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Method by method, taught by a department whose group manager has held ASNT NDT Level III for over twenty years.

Ultrasonic testing (UT)
Sound through steel: flaw sizing, location and thickness measurement.
Eddy current testing
Weld scan and conductive-material inspection.
Magnetic particle testing (MT)
Surface and near-surface crack detection in ferromagnetic materials.
Penetrant testing (PT)
Surface-opening defects in non-porous metallic and non-metallic materials.
Visual testing (VT)
Direct and remote visual examination, the method inherent in most of the others.

ASME and API code overviews

Shorter overview courses for engineers who have to read, apply or argue with the code rather than sit the inspector examination.

ASME Section V
Non-destructive examination.
ASME Section VIII, Division 1
Design and fabrication of pressure vessels.
ASME Section IX
Welding and brazing qualifications.
ASME Section II
Selection of materials.
API 579
Fitness for service.
API Spec 6D
Pipeline valves.
API 6A
Wellhead specification.

Training schedule

Next course dates: on request. Send the month you have in mind and how many people, and the dates follow.

Ask about dates