Those looking to scale new heights in their career could look to a new training centre for inspiration.

Belay Rope Access is teaching people the exciting industrial rope skills in a growth industry after opening in Shoreham.

The start-up wants to raise awareness of rope access as the safest and most cost-efficient method of working at height.

Belay hopes to show what a fantastic career rope access could be to young people – especially those leaving the military looking for a job less ordinary.

Iain Tindall and Chris Stone are behind the company and have 32 years’ combined experience.

Iain has spent the past ten years working offshore on oil rigs in the North Sea and West Africa and has worked on Norman Faster’s holiday home in France and Anish Kapoor’s Tate Mordern sculpture.

He is also a volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officer and a volunteer with Brighton based charity Adventure Unlimited.

Iain said: “I want to make people aware that there’s huge demand for these skills, and it’s an exciting way into all sorts of opportunities around the world.

“Buildings are now being designed around rope access so there’s more and more need for it.”

Caving and climbing techniques were first used to access tricky spots on oil platforms in the North Sea almost 30 years ago.

Industrial rope access is now a world-wide industry with applications in offshore wind energy, window cleaning, confined space access, rescue, structural painting, nature conservation as well as the TV, film and music industries.

Graduates from Belay are already working on the Spinnaker Tower, major London buildings, offshore wind turbines, oil rigs in the Middle East and skyscrapers in Australia.