Evaluate whether a US building owner or general contractor's rope-access technician requirement can be satisfied by SPRAT certification, IRATA certification, or either, before staffing a job
domain: sprat-irata-us-recognition · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Review the specific contract, RFP, or building owner specification language to see whether it names SPRAT, IRATA, or 'an internationally recognized rope access certification' generically
If only one body is named, confirm whether the owner or GC will accept the other body's equivalent level as a substitute before assuming interchangeability
Where the specification is generic, document which certification the assigned technicians actually hold and confirm it meets the stated intent (third-party assessed, level-based, logbook-verified)
Avoid asserting a fixed market-share or preference statistic for either body in proposals; verify any such claim against sources published by SPRAT or IRATA themselves rather than repeating unsourced industry claims
Record the accepted certification body and technician levels in the job's qualification file for audit purposes
Known gotchas
SPRAT and IRATA are both third-party rope-access certification schemes but are not automatically interchangeable in every contract; a client's or owner's insurer may specify one by name
Avoid repeating unverified percentage claims about which body 'dominates' the US market - such figures could not be confirmed against either body's own published data
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