3M™ Work At Height Course ©€“ Height Safety Rescue

Course Overview

Designed for those working at height, this course focuses on rescue situations from a range of scenarios typically found in the workplace. Attendees are taught to assess the situation and consider all the available options before attempting a rescue. The key techniques taught on this course are designed to be simple, user friendly and easy to remember while not putting the rescuer in any potential danger. The training focuses on lowering and hauling techniques but does not cover abseil rescues.

Course Prerequisites

Attendees must be medically fit and should have the required training allowing them to work at height within the environment the rescue equipment is to be used.

Who Should Attend?

This training suitable for personnel who use personal fall protection equipment such as harnesses or lanyards to work at height in a range of different industrial environments such as rooftops, workshops, factories, quarries and in

Course Objectives & Content

• General requirements for rescue
• Rescue plans and risk assessment
• Emergency procedures
• Casualty care/syncope (suspension trauma)/casualty stabilisation
• Rescue equipment characteristics and limitations
• Equipment inspection and care
• Workmate rescue of a conscious casualty
• Workmate rescue of an unconscious casualty
• Workmate rescue of a casualty in-reach and out of reach
• Avoiding obstructions during rescue