RAS - Company Profile

Rope Access Specialists has been a full member company of the internationally recognised Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) since 1992.

As full elected members we abide by the Association standards, rules and regulations in all related work. To gain membership our ‘ Work Details, Standard Practices and Safety Procedures ‘ have been audited by external assessors. These procedures are in line with ‘Guidelines on the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes’ issued by IRATA and BS7985:2002 ‘Code of practice for the use of rope access methods for industrial purposes’.

All our technicians are IRATA trained and qualified. All our equipment is subject to stringent inspection and logging.

Rope Access Specialists holds Combined Liability Insurance for rope access operations, training, auditing and technical consultancy.

Directors: (click for CV)

Rope Access Specialists Ltd. | Enniskillen, Co.Fermanagh, BT92 1FW - tel.02866 348443

Our clients include:
Belfast City Council; National Trust; Harland and Wolff; Larne Harbour Authority; Tara Mines; Dublin Corporation; Northern Ireland Electricity; Sports Council for Northern Ireland; Guinness; The Meteorological Service, Dublin; Old Bushmills Distillery; Harp Ireland; NIGEN, Kilroot Power Station; Construction Service, D.O.E. N.I.; Environment and Heritage Service, Countryside and Wildlife and Buildings and Historic Monuments.

TV and Film clients include:
BBC London productions:
Seven Ages of Britain
History of Climate Change, Greenland
BBC, Natural History Unit productions:
Sof Omar, Ethiopia and Dragon’s Breath Cave, Namibia, Africa
Chimps of the Lost Gorge, Natural World
Greenland ice cap, Frozen Planet
Lost Land of the Tiger
Madagascar, Red Ruff Lemurs ,Masoala and Goshawks of Ranamofana
Human Planet, Rivers: Mekong fisherman, Laos
Human Planet, Jungles: Biaka Honey Gatherers, Central African Republic
Great Rift : Nesting chimps, Uganda
Lost Land of the Volcano
Autumnwatch
Fossil Detective
Lost Land of the Jaguar (BAFTA nominated)
Ultimate Caving
Life: Monarch Butterflies, Mexico and Khao Yai, Thailand
Wild China: Swift Cave, Guilin Crown Cave and the Nujiang River Crossing
Springwatch
Expedition Borneo
Natural History of Great Britain, New Forest
Natural World: Redwood Trees, California and Icebergs, Norway
Planet Earth: Caves, Forests, Mountains and Jungles.

BBC Scotland productions:
Kasugai, Kenya, The Green Planet

Great Ape Productions:
Camera dolly rigging, Gabon

Ammonite:
Santa Rosa, Costa Rica, Jaguars

NDR German Television:
Camera dolly rigging, Bad Shandau, Saxony

BBC, Belfast productions:
SkinTight; Adventures of Flash McVeigh ; Murder in Eden ; Give My Head Peace; Off The Beaten Track; Springwatch 2011

Diverse/Discovery: Fixers for Man vs. Wild III, Ireland

RDF Media: 'Wild thing I love you'

First City Features Ltd. Dublin: 'Hear My Song'

G and H Film and Television Services: 'Jumpers'

Chameleon/National Geographic: ‘Deep into the Labyrinth,
Voyager 3’

Recent Projects:
Work at height training, Tristan Da Cunha, South Atlantic for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Jebel Hafit Cave Project, UAE

TIM FOGG

Managing Director of Rope Access Specialists Ltd since 1989.

QUALIFICATIONS
B.Sc. Hons. in Environmental Science
Postgraduate Certificate in Outdoor Education
Industrial Rope Access Trade Association, Level Three, Trainer, Approved Assessor
Cave Instructor Certificate
Mountain Leadership Certificate (Summer and Winter) and Rock Climbing Endorsement
Rescue Emergency Care First Aid

CAREER
Prior to establishing RAS, Tim Fogg spent a number of years in the Antarctic with the British Antarctic Survey, and then worked as an outdoor education teacher.
He is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, a member of the British Cave Research Association and Irish Cave Rescue Organisation.
He has climbed and caved in many parts of the world, and has been a member of 18 major cave expeditions, including Arctic Russia, China, Uzbekistan and Brazil.
His publications include:
'Review of all karst geomorphological sites in Northern Ireland for the Department of the Environment'. 1995
Co-author ‘The Caves of Fermanagh and Cavan’. 1997
Co-author 'Beneath our Feet - the caves and limestone scenery of Northern Ireland'. 2001.
He was awarded the Tratman Award 2002, awarded annually by BCRA for the best contribution to British speleology.

PAM FOGG

Managing Director of Rope Access Specialists Ltd since 1989.

QUALIFICATIONS
B.Sc.Hons in Geography,
PGCE Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Geography and Art)
Postgraduate Diploma in Outdoor Education
IRATA Level 2 (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association)
Mountain Leadership Certificate Summer ( MLC Scottish Training Board).
Cave Leadership Certificate
Rescue Emergency Care First Aid .
U.K. Restricted Certificate of Competence in Radio Telephony.

CAREER
Prior to establishing RAS, Pam Fogg worked as an outdoor education teacher.
She is a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, a member of the British Cave Research Association and Irish Cave Rescue Organisation.
She has climbed and caved in many parts of the world, and has been a member of 15 major cave expeditions, including Arctic Russia, China, Borneo and New Guinea.
She contributes articles for specialised journals, had edited a number of cave expedition journals, and co-authored 'Beneath our Feet - the caves and limestone scenery of Northern Ireland'. 2001.
She was awarded the Tratman Award 2002, awarded annually by BCRA for the best contribution to British speleology.