Confined Space Rescue Training

Confined Space Rescue Training is a comprehensive and involved course. The aspects you will learn about include:

How to prepare and plan for confined space rescue operations which includes

• Aspects of identifying and selecting suitable equipment as directed by supervisors,
• Briefing and communications of required tasks in line with organisational procedures – before and during rescue operations.
• As a rescuer, you learn to not endanger yourself. This means knowing how to evaluate personal protective clothing and equipment suitable for rescue operations. It also means using knowledge of your working environment to handle actual and potential hazards associated with the tasks and people involved.

Develop practical insights and methodologies to assess and manage a confined space rescue operation. For example, you will learn

• Evaluating the space for hazards and risks from different environments helps you gain more from the training.
• Assessing and applying appropriate control and monitoring processes as well as communications with others throughout a rescue operation.

Theoretical and practical rescue-drill based approaches to help participants learn how to determine the location and condition of casualties in a confined space rescue operation.

• Understand how you should assess an incident scene in the confined space to determine the possible location of casualties,
• Learn about the equipment to help locate those needing confined space rescue as well as
• Undertake proper reporting including relevant condition of the casualties – as required. 
• Practice the access and removing casualties from confined spaces along with knowing appropriate first aid approaches in consultation with medical personnel and organisational procedures
• Your practical activities in the confined space are practiced to preserve incident scenes

Complete your rescue operations you will learn to

• Recover, clean and service equipment per standard organisational procedures and manufacturers’ guidelines.
• Extend this approach towards hygiene control both precautionary and for decontamination.

Your confined space rescue training concludes with you learning relevant documentation and post incident reporting.

December 2023 sees the inclusion of a change with the inclusion of this unit of competency – RIIERR205D – Apply Initial Response First Aid. This covers the following learning:

1 Plan and Prepare for Initial Response First Aid .

•  Access, interpret and apply First Aid documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant.
• Obtain, read, interpret, clarify, and confirm work requirements.
• Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues and implement control measures
• Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities.
• Identify, establish and maintain communication systems with other personnel during the emergency .

2 Assess the situation.

• 2.1 Identify risks and hazards.
• 2.2 Minimise immediate risk and implement control measures.
• 2.3 Assess Casualty’s vital signs and physical condition.

3 Apply First Aid.

• Provide First Aid Management.
• Reassure casualty in a caring and calm manner and make them comfortable.
• Identify, obtain and apply use of First Aid resources and equipment and appropriate to the identified
  risks and hazard controls.
• Finalise Management of Casualty and Convey Details to Emergency Services
• Verbal Report of the Incident.

4 Record and report incident.

• Record details of casualty’s condition and prepare written incident reports.
• Record and Report Use of First Aid Resources

The assessment for this course has been designed to assess you with the Australian Qualification Framework, relevant Training Package, Australian and Industry expectations, as well as Commonwealth and State Legislation. If you successfully complete this course, you will receive a certificate which indicates the Statement of Attainments as recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework. This is a nationally recognised certification. The Statement is issued by us, Harness Energy (RTO 40521).

The Confined Space Rescue Training ‘Statement of Attainment’ is for the Nationally Accredited Units of Competency – 

• PUAFIR210 – Prevent injury,
• PUASAR022 – Participate in a Rescue Operation,
• PUASAR025 – Undertake Confined Space Rescue
• RIIERR205D – Apply Initial Response First Aid

Notes:

PUASAR025 replaces and is equivalent to PUASAR025A Undertake confined space rescue | PUASAR022 replaces and is equivalent to PUASAR0225A  | PUAFIR210 replaces and is equivalent to PUAFIR215