Perform tower rescue

Course Currency Status: (Release 1) Current

Course Overview: This course is designed for Transmission workers who are required to act as Safety Observers/ Rescuers of injured personnel from a tower structure.

It includes the organisational workplace requirements for the inspection and use of tower rescue equipment, and how it applies to ESI workers to meet work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS), mobility and mutual aid requirements.

Target Audience: Transmission workers performing works or acting as Safety observers / Authorised persons / Spotters where works are being performed up to the defined safe approach distance near energised electrical apparatus (transmission towers).

Participants must provide a USI number on enrolment and provide photographic identification on enrolment. Participants must provide and wear their own PPE for this course. This course contains safety critical information requiring participants have the ability to read, write and understand English and basic calculations.

Pre-requisites:

HLTAID009 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Delivery Mode: This course may be delivered by face to face delivery or blended learning

Duration: Initial Training: 2 Days                     Renewal Training: 1 Day

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit of competency, you should be able to demonstrate the ability to:   

Types and application of PPE

Organisational procedures for tower rescue including:

• inspection and placement of rescue equipment
• assessment and control hazards to rescuer, casualty and others
• isolation procedures, where appropriate
• safe approach distances (SAD) appropriate to tower rescue
• assessment of situation
• activation of emergency response
• tower access
• attachment of rescue equipment
• lowering casualty safely to ground
• removal of casualty to safe location
• assessment of casualty
• incident site security
• reporting requirements.

Assessment is a combination of written questions/answers and practical demonstrations.

On Completion: Participants will be issued with a nationally accredited Statement of Attainment for UETDRMP020 Perform Tower Rescue

$375.00 per participant

Course dates arranged on demand. (Group bookings available on request)