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This course equips personnel to execute, assist, or manage emergency evacuations using pre-rigged Controlled Descent Devices (CDD) or Emergency Descent Devices (EDD).

Who Should Attend

  • Workers: Anyone required to self-evacuate or perform rescues from elevated equipment or structures.

  • Supervisors & Safety Personnel: Anyone responsible for managing high-risk work, overseeing emergency response, or providing safety support for Tower Crane workers.

Applicable Worksites & Structures

Training is tailored to specific operational environments on Tower cranes including:

  • Hammerhead Tower Crane, Flat Top Tower Crane, Luffing Jib Tower Crane, and Self-Erecting Tower Crane

Key Takeaway for Safety Officers

Every training scenario is risk-assessed and contextualized to your specific site, ensuring your team learns the safest, most efficient evacuation methods for your workplace layout and equipment.

Evacuation training is conducted using backup safety systems under direct supervision.

Units Delivered

The following units will be included in your certificate:

P01061 - Tower Crane Emergency Evacuation

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 4 Hours

An individual undertaking this course 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 evacuation / 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 has an industry recommended renewal period of 12 months

Performance Tasks – Prepare for, undertake & complete evacuation / emergency descent using pre rigged kit 

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

Identifies and follows a documented evacuation rescue procedure

 Engages in a team safety meeting to plan the evacuation / 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 evacuation / rescue scenario

Prepares for emergency evacuation

Communicates intentions to nominated team members

Conducts dynamic risk assessment of situation

Inspects EDD/CDD for correct setup

Checks path of descent for hazards, takes appropriate action

Undertakes emergency descent / controlled descent

Uses appropriate descent & landing techniques

Assists team members to land and move to safety

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

Contributes as part of a rescue team to recover and move to safety an incapacitated worker / mannequin in evacuation/  rescue scenario(s) 

 Participates & contributes to an evacuation /  rescue scenario debrief and completes incident report 

Written assessments

Uses a documented evacuation / rescue plan and completes an incident report

This course does not lead to a nationally recognised certificate