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15 hours (2 days)
1:12
3 years
Outreach Rescue Certificate of Achievement
Any suitable classroom
To teach delegates to command a specialist rescue team at the operational level.
Personnel holding Mod 2, Mod 3, or Mod 4 awards who are required to command a team in the operational area.
Learning outcomes align to DEFRA for operational team commanders.
Combines case studies with practical classroom-based exercises for realistic command training.
Online support materials and knowledge confirmation assessments are included.
DEFRA Team Commander
In-date Mod 2/ Mod 3 OR Mod 4 compliant award. The Team Commander must remain in-date in the award of the team they command. It is beneficial to have access to Resilience Direct and the Met Office Hazard Manager online facilities.
Age 18+. Delegate will require a laptop computer
Reassessment is recommended every 2 years by means of attending a 1 day recertification course
- Classroom lectures and presentations covering incident management considerations, roles and responsibilities, risk management, PPE, search management, the Civil Contingencies Act, incident planning including interpreting weather forecasts, media management, night operations, the challenges of risk appetite and mission creep, communication, incident response and stages, briefing and debriefing, welfare consideration and issues around scenes of crimes or body recoveries.
- Delegates are issued a workbook and a personal reflection which is completed throughout the course and is assessed along with a short written examination.
Whilst this course is classroom based, practical table-top exercises are conducted to put the theory into practice through simulations to confirm learning.
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