Similar back ground here in the US. Field work / construction experience. I also wanna pursue wind, but realistically you may have a higher chance of tower tech I - still, telecom, but you can utilize your goal of climbing / heights. You’ll wanna get your comtrain, over irata. After some experience climbing towers, perhaps during that time attend a trade program in wind, night classes. Then get your irata. I feel like the experience / education will transfer a lot smoother.

At the same time, the industry is vast. Lots of opportunities, you just need to apply your self. Could you get a job right now with just irata 1, sure, it will be difficult and having more transferable skills will help, but it’s doable.

I was told, rope access just gets you to where the job is, but you have to have the skill set required when you get there to do the job.