Mariusz Majchrowicz

Mariusz Majchrowicz began his mountaineering career and rope access work in 1983. Since then he has been continuously involved in the rope access industry, climbing, rock and mountaineering training, rope, rescue and height training, as well as the distribution of climbing and height equipment.

For over 28 years he has climbed in the rocks and mountains of Europe, Asia and Africa, and gained experience in rope access work on industrial facilities in Poland, starting as a rank-and-file technician and progressing to management positions.

Since 2001 he has run rope access, work at height, rescue, and rock and mountain climbing training in Poland through the company ASCENT. Since 2006 he has delivered training as an IRATA rope access trainer and supervises rope access work on land and at sea as a Level 3 supervisor in Poland, the United Kingdom and Norway.

From 2007 he worked as a full-time IRATA trainer as well as a work at height and rescue trainer at the Scottish company BIS Salamis, training mainly in Scotland and England, as well as in Poland and Germany. He has trained more than 250 IRATA rope access technicians assessed by 17 IRATA Assessors.

In the United Kingdom he has trained more than 3,500 technicians on various work at height, rescue and breathing apparatus courses in hazardous environments, for companies including BP, Shell, Chevron, Total, Maersk, Marathon, CAN, RBG, Wood Group, Seawell and Salamis. He has delivered work at height management training for supervisory and management staff of oil industry and offshore companies.

Since mid-2010 he has worked for numerous companies in Western Europe as an independent work at height and IRATA trainer, and as a rope access supervisor on land and at sea. He also delivers IRATA rope access, rescue and work at height training, as well as consultancy services, in Poland.

Key qualifications

• Assessor IRATA (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association)
• IRATA Level 3 Trainer
• SOFT Level 3 (Norwegian Rope Access Association)
• National professional trainer qualification; SVQ Units L10 Presentation, L11 Demonstration, L12 Coaching, L13 Group Learning, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Glasgow, UK
• National SVQ Rope Access Level Three qualification, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Glasgow, UK
• Working at Height Trainer, BIS Skills Centre, Aberdeen, UK
• Management of Working at Height Trainer, BIS Skills Centre, Aberdeen, UK
• High Mountain Climbing Instructor, AWF Kraków, Ministry of Sport
• Mountaineering Instructor, Polish Mountaineering Association