# NEC3 ECC: Should Employer pay for specialist rope access equipment, e.g. ropes, karabiniers etc. used by IRATA qualified operatives?

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**Created:** [13 February 2017 11:11 UTC](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec3-ecc-should-employer-pay-for-specialist-rope-access-equipment-e-g-ropes-karabiniers-etc-used-by-irata-qualified-operatives/3949 "2017-02-13T11:11:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![brianbge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@brianbge](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/u/brianbge)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2017 11:11 UTC](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec3-ecc-should-employer-pay-for-specialist-rope-access-equipment-e-g-ropes-karabiniers-etc-used-by-irata-qualified-operatives/3949/1 "2017-02-13T11:11:20Z")

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No mention of this equipment in the SoCC. The Equipment is a fundamental necessity to deploy the specialist skill.

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**Author:** ![dave\_bates](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/reachback.builtintelligence.com/dave_bates/32/55_2.png) [@dave\_bates](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/u/dave_bates)\
**Post date:** [14 February 2017 10:59 UTC](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec3-ecc-should-employer-pay-for-specialist-rope-access-equipment-e-g-ropes-karabiniers-etc-used-by-irata-qualified-operatives/3949/2 "2017-02-14T10:59:02Z")

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I would consider the items to be Equipment (SCC). I presume that they have not been listed in CD2 and would therefore fall under either component 21, 22 or 25.