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This course is applicable to personnel who are required to participate in a rescue using, or assisting others to use, a pre rigged rescue or recovery system / kit, or for those required to supervise, manage, or provide safety role support to those workers.

It is delivered at your work location, subject to risk assessment.

The course is delivered in a 2 hour timeframe, where the focus is on the care, use & maintenance of the pre rigged kit

This course addresses rigging checks and the operation of a nominated first responder rescue/recovery/pre rigged rescue kit in your nominated rescue scenarios.

It includes information on casualty management including suspension trauma management.

Training is contextualised for rescue using your particular pre rigged rescue kit and is site / work environment specific. 

This is a competency-based industry training course which may provide PCBU’s and principal contractors with evidence of meeting parts of their general duty to ensure the workplace health and safety of themselves, workers, and other persons. 

This duty includes ensuring any person required to operate a pre rigged rescue kit or assist as first responder in a rescue using a pre rigged rescue kit is deemed competent through provision of sufficient information, instruction & training. 

The skills taught and assessed in this course are applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation & guidance, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.  

Units Delivered

The following units will be included in your certificate:

P00055 - Pre rigged Rescue Kit Operator - 2 Hour

Course Delivery

This course can be delivered/assessed in the workplace or at facility organised by the training provider.

Course Durations

Course durations can vary for multiple reasons, so the durations below are the minimum possible amount.

Face-to-Face Face to Face contact time of at least 2 Hours

An individual undertaking this course with Heightsafe Solutions will need to demonstrate the following to be eligible for entry: 

● Physical capability to be able to meet the demands of the practical demonstration skills  

● Capable of working under supervision in a team while being physically able to complete individual tasks relating to conducting a first response rescue operation, in a range of scenarios 

● English language communication skills in reading, writing and spoken language equivalent to ACSF L1 – to find more information on the Australian Core Skills Framework Levels go to https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=transitions_misc  for assistance with Literacy go to The Reading writing Hotline:  https://www.readingwritinghotline.edu.au/ 

This certificate does not require renewal

Practical assessments

Performance Tasks – Prepare for, undertake & complete first response rescue using prerigged kit 

Recognises, selects, correctly sets up and nominates maintenance requirements for nominated kit

Uses a documented rescue plan

 Engages in a team safety meeting to plan the rescue scenario

Nominates local team and site safety personnel / rescue team leaders / external rescue & emergency services

Communicates understanding of signs of operational stress in self and others

Nominates appropriate risk controls for identified hazards and uses risk controls in rescue scenario

Responds to internal & external situational cues before, during & after rescue scenario

Contributes as part of a rescue team to recover an incapacitated worker/mannequin in rescue scenario(s) using a pre rigged rescue kit in nominated scenarios

 Applies basic casualty management & movement as part of first responder rescue team

Uses spoken communication to effectively communicate before, during & after rescue scenario

Uses two-way radios (trunked or UHF) to effectively communicate during rescue scenario - optional

Uses hand signals to indicate stop, raise & lower during rescue scenario

Recover rescue equipment / makes rescue scene safe 

Participates & contributes to a rescue scenario debrief and report 

Written assessments

Uses a documented SWMS / rescue plan