Who is this course for?
The Rope Rescue Operator course teaches the rope knowledge and skills required by personnel to operate safely and effectively as a member of a Rope Rescue Operator team.
Rescuers will be taught a range of core rescue techniques to operate safely. Techniques covered on the course include safe working at height, work restraint, fall arrest, casualty care and packaging, team-based pick-offs, and team-based raising and lowering systems, amongst others.
More advanced rescues, complexities and variations, are covered on the Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) and Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) courses.
What is covered on the course?
- About 40 North's Certification
- Training standards and legislation
- Medical considerations
- Personal equipment
- Technical and team equipment
- Introduction to pre-plans
- Risk assessments
- Incident management and site control
- Team roles
- Considerations for night/poor visibility operations
- Rope system design criteria
- System safety checks
- Loads and forces
- Arrival on scene/incident size-up
- Command and control of a rescue system
- Knots
- Anchor systems
- Rope protection
- Work restraint
- Fall arrest
- Introduction to horizontal lifelines
- Mechanical advantage
- Casualty care and packaging
- Personal ascending and descending
- Climbing over a 90 degree edge in ascent and descent
- Team-based pick-offs
- Fixed high directionals
- Team-based raising and lowering systems
- Tagline offsets
- Low and moderate angle stretcher transport
- Climbing with lanyards (if used by agency)
- Temporary artificial anchor points (if used by agency)
- Connecting a casualty on a line using a telescopic pole (if used by agency)
- Lifting and lowering a casualty using a pre-installed device (if used by agency)
- Artificial frames – easel leg tripods (if used by agency)
How long is the course?
The course is delivered over 5 consecutive days
Rope Rescue Operator
We are based at the following address:
N19A Tursdale Buisness Park
Tursdale
Durham
DH6 5PG
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