Working at Heights & Rescue Training – Toowoomba

This is a summary of our Heights Rescue Combination course

Training covers key aspects including required regulatory, patient care knowledge, how to access work position, rescue equipment such as ropes, lanyards, harnesses, Gotcha kits. You will also learn techniques such as rappelling, abseiling, self rescue and pick-off within scenarios that are realistic to confidently rescues from vertical / high locations. The accredited units included in the course explained in more detail on the following tabs are:

• PUAFIR210 – Prevent injury
• PUASAR022 – Participate in a Rescue Operation
• RIIWHS204E – Work safely at height
• RIIERR205D – Apply Initial Response First Aid

Participate In A Rescue Operation

• Receive Task And Rescue Information – Communicating rescue information
  organisational policies and procedures, legislation and regulation including occupational health and safety /work health and safety legislation and environmental protection requirements, code of practice and australia standards
• Rescue Equipment Type of & Selection – Ropes and knots, synthetic slings, preparing to use rescue equipment, select personal protective equipment, common personal protective equipment, wearing and using PPE
• En route to actual Rescue – Receipt of additional information, hazard related discussions
• Contribute To A Risk Assessment At The Scene – including conducting scene reconnaissance, risk management and communications through to implementing control strategies.
• Health and Safety and Security Procedures – manual handling, recognising your capabilities and limitations, report need for additional support
• Perform Rescue And Conclude Operations – locate and identify casualties, gain access to incident and casualties, carry out rescue procedures, applying safety precautions, maintaining communications including with other rescue services
• Prepare And Extricate Casualties – Triage, extricating casualties, handling and treating casualties, hygiene precautions, monitor the incident scene and conclude rescue operations, maintaining equipment, critical incident stress, effects and management, debriefing and documentation requirements

Prevent Injury

• Identify Workplace Hazards And Risks through to communications and escalating Factors
• Address Hazards And Control Risks
• Select And Check Equipment, PPE through to decontamination
• Manage Personal Health And Welfare including fatigue
• Occupational Health And Fitness incl Food And Fluid Requirements
• Monitor Incident Situation, Reporting during and after, Debriefings

Work safely at heights

• Legislation and rules – Responsibility for yourself and work colleagues
• Risk Assessment and Safe Work methods
• Hazard Identification and control.
• Safety equipment, systems and access – including rigging and anchor systems, safety harnesses and fall arrest equipment
• Work area – evaluation and minimisation of fall hazards through to the solid construction of areas in work areas

Apply Initial Response First Aid

• Plan and prepare for initial response first aid
• Situation assessment
• Apply first aid
• Record and report incident

The assessment for this course has been designed to assess you within the Australian Qualification Framework, relevant Training Packages for the units this course includes, 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 Harness Energy (RTO 40521).

The Working Safely at heights and Heights Rescue ‘Statement of attainment’ is for these Nationally Accredited Units of Competency:

• RIIWHS204E – Working Safely at Heights
• RIIERR205D – Apply initial response first aid
• PUAFIR210 – Prevent injury
• PUASAR022 – Participate in a Rescue Operation 

The Certificate may be needed as evidence for your employer for safety and compliance purposes.