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40 hours (5 days)
2:8 or 3:12
Unlimited
This course is dual certified as a Search Technician and a Search Team Leader with joint Outreach Rescue and L&MPS International Certificates of Achievement. Search Technician is also accredited by the Institute of Search and Technical Rescue
Outreach Rescue, Tan-y-Bwlch Centre, Llanllechid, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales LL57 3HY
To enable delegates to function as operationally competent search technicians and search team leaders when undertaking duties during operational searches for the location of lost and missing persons. Ideally suited to those who require an accelerated learning to be effective in Search.
Emergency services personnel and individuals from organisations involved in search and rescue (SAR) activities at operator and leadership levels.
Dual certified, with the Search Technician element accredited by the Institute of Search and Technical Rescue
Delivered at the Outreach Rescue training centre which has a diverse range of environments for practical drills, including quarries, woodland, open land, thick undergrowth, crashed vehicles and more making this an immersive training experience.
The combined course fast-tracks the consolidation allowing the Search Technician to progress to the Search Team Leader course over 5 days.
This course, based on the Police Search Governance Board Lost and Missing Persons Search Learning Descriptors and is accredited by the Institute of Search & Technical Rescue.
For search technician training, no specific knowledge or experience is needed, but a foundation level of search and rescue skills (communications, navigation and first aid etc.) would be useful. Prospective search team leaders will be expected to have successfully completed the search technician elements of this course. As this is an accelerated course, a background in supervising colleagues, leadership roles or technical rescue disciplines will provide a distinct advantage.
Age 18+. Delegates must be fit for physical training requiring the delegates to move at a moderate pace over difficult terrain and within structures whilst carrying rescue and first aid equipment.
Successful completion allows entry to: Lost Person Behaviour and Search Coordination courses which are independently delivered by L&MPS International. Contact L&MPS International for further details.
- Classroom sessions cover the theoretical elements of search techniques & practices, leadership and prepare candidates for the practical elements of the course.
- A written exam paper confirms learning.
- A Search Technician post-course training guide is provided for ongoing CPD sessions.
- Over 50% of this course is practically based and includes teaching sessions and scenario-based learning covering search and rescue skills including hasty, open, closed, thorough and vehicle search types, searcher techniques, casualty handling and crime scene management.
- Delegates must come suitably prepared with relevant workwear (uniform if appropriate) to include full-length robust clothing for operating in undergrowth and abrasive environments, robust footwear (work or mountain boots) as well as waterproof clothing and layering for inclement weather, as well as a torch and backpack to remain independent as a Search Team Leader for a minimum of 8 hours.
- PPE is required and can be provided by Outreach Rescue including helmets, gloves and eye protection or delegates can provide their own subject to serviceability.
- The course is holistically assessed throughout.
This 2-day course prepares delegates for the role of Search Team Leader in lost and missing person incidents. Covering planning, leadership, team briefing, and search execution, it ensures leaders can manage search tactics, evaluate progress, handle crime scene procedures, and oversee team welfare while maintaining best practice and search effectiveness.
This 2-day course provides SAR team members with essential skills for lost and missing person searches. Delegates will learn search techniques, spacing, detection vs. recognition, and Missing Person Behaviour. The course also covers information recording, debrief communication, crime scene procedures, and mitigating external influences while ensuring health and safety compliance.
This 3-day course equips delegates who are experienced as High Risk Confined Space entrants with the knowledge and skillsets required to execute rescues from within Confined Spaces (both water and non-water industries). This is the industry standard for standby and on-call Confined Space Rescue Team members.
A bespoke service offered to UK organisations to ensure compliance with legal obligations in the workplace.