Industrial Rope Rescue

Course Objectives
On completion of this course successful participants will be able to:

• Successfully negotiate a 15m ascend and descend off a double rope system
• Demonstrate a rescue rope pick off
• Demonstrate a cut away rope rescue
• Apply first aid
• Direct in a leadership role, rope emergency response
• Demonstrate rope access

Course Content

• Health and Safety in Employment Act
• Legislation affecting Rope Rescue
• Rescue kit, gear set-up for personal protection
• Knots for rescue, understanding of strength/weakness and application
• Signals for rope work
• Two point philosophy – when to use and why
• First Aid
• Anchor vectors/deviations
• Ascending and descending for Industrial Abseiling NZ/AS Standard 4488 1997
• Rigging set-ups for rescue
• Pulley systems – simple, compound and complex
• Belays and rescue archetypes

Who Should Attend
People involved in rigging, rescue team members, leaders and instructors

NZQA Unit Standards
If employees are not hooked onto NZQA there will be a charge of $25 per employee for the NZQA hook-on-fee. There will be an additional charge of $4.00 for the registering of credits. Employees will receive a certificate to show they have attended this course.

Disclaimer
Adventure Southland Ltd reserves the right to alter course start dates or amend course content as required. Commencement is subject to sufficient enrolments.

Date: Various
Times: 8.00am – 6pm
Course Duration: 4days
Venue: Various
Investment: $650+GST

Cancellation Policy
Should an employee be unable to attend, a substitute is welcome at no extra cost. Regrettably no refund can be made if the cancellation of a registration is less then 5 working days prior to the start of a course.

Prerequisites

• Unit Standard 15757 – Working at Heights
• Basic 2 day First Aid Certificate