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26 hours (3 days)
1:6
3 years
Outreach Rescue Certificate of Achievement
Outreach Rescue, Tan-y-Bwlch Centre, Llanllechid, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales LL57 3HY
To refresh and re-establish competence for emergency responders in the advanced skills of water rescue, including rope systems, complex access, and technique limitations, enhancing their effectiveness and safety in challenging rescue scenarios.
Personnel requiring recertification of their award who continue to need to execute complex water rescues beyond the scope of the Water Rescue Technician
Comprehensive reassessment for advanced water rescue competencies.
Emphasis on rope-over-water solutions for complex access incidents.
Certification valid for 3 years, maintaining this advanced skillset.
BS 8454, Work at Height Regs
In-date Water Rescue Advanced Skills award (issued within 3 years)
Age 18+. Delegates must be fit for this physically demanding course requiring the ability to demonstrate all Water Rescue Technician (Mod 3) skillsets as well as Rope Operator skillsets.
Recertification is recommended every 2 years by means of re-attending this course.
- This is a predominantly practical course focused on scenario-based learning.
- Some basic legislative requirements are covered in classroom sessions.
- A course manual is issued.
- Practical sessions will be conducted across a multitude of venues each offering new and challenging rescue scenarios requiring different advanced skillsets.
- Sessions will include equipment familiarisation, rope rescue skillsets, releasability in systems near water, task management, cableways, tethered craft, stretcher attachments, lowers and raises.
- All technical equipment can be provided.
- This course is holistically assessed throughout.
This comprehensive 5-day course trains emergency services personnel and organizations involved in water rescue responses at the Water and Flood Rescue Technician (DEFRA Mod 3) level. Delegates learn to identify limitations and effectively use water rescue equipment and techniques while operating near, on, and in moving water.
This 2-day course is designed for Mod 2 instructors needing to recertify their Water First Responder Instructor award. It assesses delegates' competence in core instructional skills and associated knowledge required to instruct others in MOD 2 skillsets.
This 5-day course combines water rescue techniques with rope rescue techniques to enable operators to conduct safe rescues in complex and difficult access water environments where rope-over-water rescue techniques are required.
This 3-day recertification course ensures existing water rescue technicians with requisite peer led CPD maintain the necessary skills for safe and effective water rescue operations, following DEFRA Mod 3 and NFCC standards.
This 2-day course is designed for personnel holding Mod 2, Mod 3, or Mod 4 awards who are required to command a team in the operational area. The course teaches delegates to command a specialist rescue team at the operational level.