Safety netting install under a roof, technician on rope

Specialist rope access. Engineered height safety. High-risk work at height across the UK

Glazing and façades, safety netting, fall-arrest systems, rescue cover and engineered rigging. Led by IRATA Level 3 technicians, with the paperwork done before we leave.

  • CHAS Accredited Contractor
  • Constructionline Gold
  • £5M public liability
  • £10M employers’ liability
  • £5M professional indemnity

England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland

Something come loose? Call now.

Storm damage, loose masonry, failed cladding. We deploy the same day in most UK regions, assess on arrival and make it safe.

Call 07724 093140What we do in an emergency
Technician on rope at night under a headtorch

The high-risk end of work at height.

Engineered height safety and glazing first: the work that needs a specialist team, planned, documented and supervised by IRATA Level 3.

All services

The paperwork’s already done.

Every job leaves with a full compliance pack. Your principal contractor, H&S manager or insurer gets what they need without asking twice.

  • RAMSSite-specific risk assessment and method statement, before we arrive.
  • LOLER & PUWER recordsEvery rope, device and harness inspected and in date.
  • Technician certificatesIRATA, FASET, FREC and rescue tickets for everyone on site.
  • Completion certificateSigned off for your CDM file, your H&S manager or your insurer.
Three RAT Work technicians in full rope access kit inside a barn

Run by technicians who still work on ropes.

RAT Work was started by two rope access technicians who kept seeing the same problems: clients who couldn’t find a reliable contractor, and compliance paperwork in a mess. We don’t manage from a desk. We rig, supervise and work in suspension ourselves, with 20 years’ combined experience on the ropes, which is why the RAMS make sense on site.

  • Phellan SudworthCo-founder, IRATA Level 3
  • James (Jay) LeeCo-founder, IRATA Level 2

More about us

“Jay and Phellan are incredible, incredibly knowledgeable, approachable, and always happy to help.”

Josh Leach · IRATA technician

Monthly technique days.

Hands-on sessions, open to any IRATA technician in the UK. Advanced rigging, rescue scenarios and time to set up systems there’s never time for on a live site. It keeps the whole industry’s skills sharp, including ours.

About the technique days

Technicians checking each other’s rigging at a technique day, with a third ascending the rope above

“I flew through my IRATA Level 1 as a result of attending the monthly training days.”

Niall Maxwell · IRATA technician

“These days give us the opportunity to set up complex rope access systems you’d never have time to experiment with on a live site.”

Josh Leach · IRATA technician

Scaffolding company? Put our netting in your bid.

We work as your safety netting subcontractor, with FASET-trained operatives on every install. You get a netting price to build straight into your bid, and an insured, documented install your client never has to question. No margin pressure. No territory conflict.

Rope access technician? Get the RAT Work app.

A digital cert vault and logbook, a live job feed matched to your profile, standby cover, gear room, reviews, and rigging and invoice calculators, plus a network of 1,000+ IRATA technicians and the employers hiring them. Free on iOS and Android.

The Jobs screen in the RAT Work app, listing active job postings

Tell us about the job.

The quickest way is a call. Speak to the team directly, and planned work is quoted within 24 hours.

07724 093140
phellan@ratwork.co.ukNationwide: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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