To teach the essential technical rope skills required for those working in professional rescue applications.
Meets the requirements of "Operations Level" in NFPA 1670 Standard on Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue Incidents 2004 Edition
Duration
5 days
Pre-course requirements
Delegates must be fit and be prepared to work in exposed environments.
Certification
Valid for: three years
Course Timetable
DAY ONE
Objectives
1. Understand complexities of planned rescue operations
2. Learn basic rope procedures
3. Learn basic knots and rigging
Presentation
- The need for rescue, rescue considerations - first aid, suspension trauma, twin rope procedures.
- Rescue equipment, care and maintenance.
- Harness fitting and equipment racking.
Practical
- Introduction to rope procedures.
- Descending and Ascending
- Knots and rigging
DAY TWO
Objectives
1. Consolidate rope access skills
2. Learn simple snatch rescue of casualty suspended from ropes or lanyard
Practical
- Rope procedures: rope transfer
- Rope rescue I: Snatch rescue - rescue strop and casualty pulley system
- Snatch rescue continued
- Twin line Cableways
DAY THREE
Objectives
1. Learn technical handling of casualty and litters
2. Learn about hauling and casualty manoeuvring
3. Introduction to the Tripod/Quadpod
Practical
- Single-point stretcher rescue: rigging/ balancing/ lifting/ attachment to rescue system
- Single-point stretcher to cableway
- Hauling systems
- Quadpod for use in edge situations
DAY FOUR
Objectives
1. Consolidate rescue skills
2. Learn the benefits of twin-point stretcher systems
3. Become more technically aware of rescue systems and hauling capabilities of team
Practical
- Twin point (Barrow boy) stretcher
- Rescue scenarios involving descent with twin point stretcher
- Raising a casualty with winches/ capstan winch
- Rescue scenarios
DAY FIVE
- Skills refresher
- Rescue assessment scenarios
- De-brief, results and close
Past Clients
- Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
