Discover Blade Repair Trends

The global fight to tackle the climate change crisis will be one of the defining events for humankind in the 21st century. The Paris Agreement highlighted the need to reduce global average temperatures to “well below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels while pursuing a more ambitious 1.5-degree temperature limit.” Achieving this target means global energy and land-use greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be net-zero by 2050.

There are various blade careers within the wind industry and even more routes into the field. While getting a degree is a popular way to enter the sector, it is far from the only way to get a job working with wind turbines.

Wind turbines are designed to capture the wind to make electricity. About a quarter of the UK’s electricity comes from wind energy, which is likely to continue rising to meet the country’s renewable energy targets.

Rope access allows employees practical access to hard-to-reach areas without cradles, scaffolding, or an aerial work platform.

The demand for renewable energy is here now and promises to grow rapidly over the next few decades.

Seven ActSafe Ascender accessories for advanced rope access technicians

Turbine rotor blade technicians have a pretty awesome job. Footage of technicians at work usually shows them doing amazing things on the end of a rope

Maintaining the World’s Largest Aircraft

Will Rowland, wind turbine rotor blade repair and maintenance technician recently spoke to us about his passion for rock climbing, his career before becoming a Blade Tech and his experience at the London Altitec Academy.

Inspection & Access 50m Below Ground

How to get into wind turbine rotor blade work from scratch