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Capstone Inspections have a highly qualified, experienced and personable team who are committed and passionate about the ropes course industry.

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Paul Capper Director

Inaugural & Annual Inspector

Paul is the Director of Capstone Inspections Ltd and is an Inaugural and Annual inspector. He represents the UK on the European Standardisation Committee and assisted in writing the EN: 15567 (Part 1 & 2) and the UK Ropes Course Guide.

Paul has worked in the ropes course industry since 1994 as a trainer, constructor and inspector and is one of Europe's leading ropes course inspectors.

With over 24 years’ experience of building, operating, training, maintaining and inspecting ropes course, he is highly qualified as an accredited wire rope examiner, qualified tree surgeon, PPE inspector and has an industrial ropes access qualification, pole inspector, scaffold inspector, BH Sala Safety Systems Inspector, ISC ALF Maintenance and visual welding inspector.

He also has a wealth of experience within outdoor experiential learning environment and is a qualified Trainer for traditional ropes courses and adventure parks and holds various NGBs within the sports, leisure and outdoor industry.

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Scott Troughton
Inspector

Scott Troughton is one of Capstone's Type C Inspectors.

He is based in the Lake District UK and carries out inspections all over the UK and Europe.

Scott has been working in the ropes course industry for over 18 years and has a wealth of experience and qualifications in the industry.

In addition to being a fully qualified inspector, Scott also works within the outdoor industry in the Lake District and is a senior instructor within an outdoor management training centre for corporate and youth work.

He is a fully qualified MIA Mountain Instructor and spends lots of time out on the mountains climbing, walking and mountaineering.

He is a qualified wire inspector, pole inspector, adventure activities height access and rescue at height.

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Jayden Capper Inspector

I've grown up in the outdoor industry and have been working since I was 16. I have been working at Go Ape and Zip World as an instructor. I am qualified as an inspector, ERCA trad and rescuer.

I love being surrounded by mountains, climbing and surfing, and have been doing pottery since 2020. I enjoy the travel opportunities I get from this job and am planning on exploring a lot of the world in the years to come.

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Danny Griffith
Inspector

Danny has been actively involved in the outdoors since a young age and has been working full time as a freelance instructor since 2000. He has a wealth of experience within the ropes course industry and has been constructing, maintaining and inspecting ropes courses since 2007.

As well as experience, he is a Type C Inspector, qualified in; ERCA Wire Rope, ERCA Wooden Pole, qualified PPE Inspector and certified to work at height on artificial structures and trees.

When he is not inspecting ropes courses, he works within the outdoor industry in North Wales, running his own climbing and mountaineering company called
Dannywg.com Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor so has a broad insight into the outdoor industry.

Danny is a qualified MCI (Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor), MLW (Mountain Leader Winter) and MIAS L3 (Mountain bike Instructor Award Scheme Level 3), DCA (Development Coach Award) as well as holding many other qualifications and is an approved provider for delivering Mountain Training qualifications, so plays a pivotal role in training and assessing the next generation of climbing coaches and instructors.

In his personal time Danny loves to climb, living in North Wales he is surrounded by world class climbing, but regularly takes month long climbing trips to Europe and further afield.”

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Keith Ball
Inspector

Keith has a breadth and depth of experience in the outdoor industry gained over a 30yr career. Employment includes activity delivery at LEA outdoor education centres, youth and corporate development work and instructor training and assessment delivery at The National Mountain Centre, Plas y Brenin. This has provided experience in delivery work on a wide variety of ropes courses throughout the UK.

He has considerable experience of the construction, maintenance and inspection of ropes courses to EN standards. As a Type C inspector he holds qualifications in wire inspection, pole inspection, PPE inspection as well as IRATA and Working at Height awards.

Keith is a committed climber and alpinist who has climbed extensively throughout the world. He also delivers instruction and guiding in the UK in both summer and winter. Outdoor qualifications include the Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and International Mountain Leader. Through his work on instructor training and assessment courses he has influenced the development of a large percentage of the UK’s climbing instructors.

As a long standing member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) Keith sits on the AMI committee with responsibility for Professional Standards.

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Ray Walsh
Inspector

Ray has worked in the ropes course industry since 2018 in Ireland and spent the most part of his life engaged in outdoor pursuits. Ray qualified college with business in sport and exercise, with sports science and coaching pedagogy as a major interest and merit.

Starting from a trainee level with a provider in Ireland, Ray progressed his skills learned in college and interest in the ropes course industry to become an ERCA Traditional High Ropes Trainer & ERCA Generic Rescuer Trainer in 2022.

Throughout 2023 Ray has dedicated his tuition and drive to become a qualified Type C inspector for ropes courses particularly throughout Ireland. This helps broaden Ray’s diverse skill set and further allows his trainer qualifications feed off his inspection certification in order to progress both!

Outside of inspecting ropes courses, Ray continues to work with an adventure company in Southern Ireland as an adventure manager with particular focus on training and development. Part of Ray's role with his company is staff training identification, implementation, reporting,
monitoring and program development. A new and pivotal part of Ray's role in the winter months with the company he is working for is co-ordinating and tutoring on an outdoor instructor course.

This course is now in its 2nd year and is 5 months in length, providing education for those who might be out of work, looking to be more employable or simply just wanting to experience a career shift into the outdoor industry.

In Ray's down time, he likes to keep healthy and active. Once a scholar athlete for sprinting and pole vault, then giving back to the sport as a coach for upcoming athletes in pole vault . Now he replaces the adrenaline uush of pole vaulting with enduro and downhill mountain biking. Most weekends are spent with 2 wheels on and off the ground.

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Kieran O'Donoghue
Inspector

I am a Type C inspector also with wire ropes and wood poles.

I have started my inspection pathway almost a year with Capstone Inspections. Been in the adventure industry for over 8yrs now and am the Adventure Manager in Ballyhass Adventure Group, Ireland.

I primarily work on inspections in Ireland but also the UK.

In addition to this I am an ERCA instructor, train the trainer & rescuer. I am also a FAR first aid responder trainer. I am very excited for the opportunity and this pathway with Capstone Inspections and what It will continue to provide in terms of gaining value knowledge and experience to help push the safety of the industry going forward.

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Helen Hoppe
PA & Operations
Co-ordinator

Helen deals with the pre-operational inspection process, client management and is the co-ordinator for inspection logistics with UK and international inspections.

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Louise March
Inspection Compliance Co-ordinator

Louise works closely with all inspectors and manages the post inspection process for reporting inspections, assessing documentation, issuing certification, and compliance checks for all clients.

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Charlotte Harris Business & Marketing Co-ordinator

Charlotte manages all our social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and Linked-In. Charlotte is also one of our qualified PPE Inspectors.

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Inaugural, Periodical and Operational Inspections on:
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Zipwires
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Training Courses

Operational inspection & maintenance courses, poles course inspection training and wire course inspection training.

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Risk Memo

Capstone Inspections endorses Risk Memo as a go-to check list software. This software was written by a ropes course operator for park operators.

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Drone Inspections

We are now able to offer drone inspections, please contact us for details.

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Our Expertise

28+ Years' Experience in all Sectors of the Industry We've been doing this for a long time!
Training Trainers with a wealth of experience.
Global Reach We have clients all over the world.
Inspection Types Operational, inaugural and annual.
Impartial and Independent We are not affiliated with any provider or other company.
Inspector Training Train to become a ropes course inspector.
Free Quotation Contact us for a free, no obligation quote.

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What Our Clients Say
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Nick MoriartyManaging Director - Ropes Course Developments

Paul Capper was a long serving employee of RCD. In addition to considerable experience as a constructor and trainer he was employed by RCD to oversee its inspection and maintenance requirements.

To this end, Paul is pragmatic in his approach, judicious in his judgements and brings with him a wealth of experience that is unsurpassed in his field. RCD recommends his services for all types of ropes course inspections.

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James MittinsDirector - JM Adventure

Capstone Inspections deliver a professional service, carrying out inaugural inspections post construction of our High Ropes Courses and offering sound, professional advice to ensure we conform to the relevant EN standards. 

With regular updates from Capstone Inspections we have been able to keep up to date with regulations and periodically review and improve our designs. We also recommend Capstone carry out the annual inspection to all our clients.

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Kees Jan VerwaalManaging Director - Funcha

As designer and builder of ropes courses regarding the standard EN 15567-1, -2, we found out that Capstone Inspections are the best party to find for Inaugural and Annual inspections.

Paul Capper is very dedicated to carry out his job, he is very sharp on safety and as we have seen due to his over 20 years of experience he is tremendously skilled to carry out inspections at all kind of ropes courses. I thoroughly would recommend one to hire the knowledge and capability from Capstone Inspections for your ropes course and high events!

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Steve WoodsDirector - Vertex Instructor Training

Vertex has worked with Capstone for many years and considers them to be the most experienced ropes course and adventure park inspection company in the industry. Paul Capper also undertakes Instructor & Rescuer Training as well as bespoke training on behalf of Vertex and is a highly regarded and excellent trainer. 

We worked together with Capstone to create the original Operational Inspection & Maintenance Training Course, designed for your staff to become qualified and competent in the operational inspections required for your course and facility to meet the requirements of EN 15567: 2015. We would have no hesitation in recommending Paul and his team for all your inspection needs.

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Johara Sykes-DaviesBrand Manager - Zip World

A ropes course should be both structurally sound and operationally safe. A structurally robust ropes course is not necessarily safe for use - a factor often overlooked by structural engineers. Safety is the number one priority for Zip World. Inspections ensure adventures are fit for purpose in every respect; however, this requires extensive experience on the part of the inspection body. This can only be achieved through many years of relevant experience combined with a high level of competence. 

Capstone’s inspectors have many years experience in ropes course construction, maintenance and operation. Capstone plays an important role in all of our inspection processes.

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Jonathan WalterManaging Director - Flying Fox - Kenya

Capstone provides more than just an inspection process, Paul Capper is a source of invaluable industry-specific advice on safe zip-line operations.

Contact Us

If you'd like to get in touch please see all our details on the contact page, you can call us on:

(+44) 07736 641 420

Risk Memo is an inspection, task management, equipment inventory and employee record-keeping platform, all rolled into one simple and easy-to-use system.

Our Locations

HQ Operations Team - Dorset UK
Inspection Team- North Wales, Cumbria, South West UK

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Registered Office: Bridge House, Court Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1DX
Company No. 06605269

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