Our story
Rock Master was founded by Mariusz Gołkowski in 1990. The initial objective was, broadly speaking, to provide mountain training: both in the technique of rock climbing as well as mountaineering. The experience gathered in those fields as competitive sports as well as using climbing techniques for work at height in the 1980s, combined with several years of school teaching practice and a professional teaching qualifications as instructor of the Polish Mountaineering Association provided Mariusz Gołkowski with a solid basis for running a high-end training company. In 1992, Mariusz Gołkowski opened the first commercial climbing wall in Poland –"Wieża" in Krakow. In 1997, Rock Master expanded its operations and started providing the first trainings in the field of safe work at height for telecommunications, energy, construction, and manufacturing industry.
European standards!
Our training is conducted in accordance with European standards and directives, the Polish law, the ISO 9001 Quality Management System, Occupational Health and Safety regulations, and procedures based on British Standard BS 8454:2006 – Code of practice for the delivery of training and education for work at height and rescue.
Rock Master was the first company in Poland to be accredited by IRATA, back in 2006.
IRATA (International Rope Access Industry Association) is the accreditation body for companies training rope technicians. Rock Master is authorised to provide training in the working methods developed by this Association. Our instructors are highly qualified in accordance with the management system for rope access training drawn up on the basis of the British Standard, and renew their qualifications every six months, undergoing a rigorous internal assessment and every three years they pass an assessment by an external British representative of the organisation. In 2012, Rock Master was also the first company in Poland to be granted the opportunity to conduct trainings under the American SPRAT (Society of Professional Rope Access Technicians) system.
The level of quality provided by Rock Master is also evidenced by its good reputation abroad; this involves frequent business trips to Germany and many trainees coming to our Polish training venue from countries such as France, Czechia, Croatia, Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Spain, Macedonia, Albania, the UK, Dubai, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Belarus.
In 2017, we opened a Research and Development Centre, where we conducted research and testing on innovative solutions in regard to fall protection equipment; we also created dozens of VR-based WAH training courses.
Nowadays, Rock Master offers more than 40 types of WAH training courses; as well as:
- fall protection equipment
- inspections of fall protection equipment and systems
- audits and safety handbooks for industrial facilities przemysłowych
- design and installation of permanent fall protection systems,
- rescue and safe work at height presentations during Safety Days
- VR-based WAH training presentations
