Undertake Confined Space Rescue
Duration:
5 days - Max 8 Students
Designed for:
This course is designed for students who are required to operate as part of an emergency response team for purposes of confined space rescue.
Pre-requisites:
PUASAR001B Participate in a rescue operation (delivered during the conduct of the course)
PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit (delivered during the conduct of the course)
Co-requisites:
PUAFIR307B Monitor hazardous atmospheres
Description:
This course covers the competency to undertake rescue in confined spaces as a member of a single agency or multi-disciplinary team.
Content:
- Legislation
- Definitions
- Planning the confined space rescue
- Risk assessment procedures
- Communication systems
- Roles and responsibilities
- Establishing the rescue team
- Safety of the atmosphere
- Selection and operation of atmospheric monitoring devices
- Ventilation systems and method of control
- Insertion and recovery equipment
- Stretcher and immobilisation techniques
- Respiratory protection
- When to wear protective equipment
- Types of respiratory protection
- Breathing apparatus safety
- Conduct of confined space rescues
- Problem solving exercises involving insertion and recovery
Units of Competency
PUASAR005B Undertake confined space rescue
PUASAR001B Participate in a rescue operation
Pre-entry Requirements:
Language Literacy and Numeracy are required to work in an emergency response team and for the completion of appropriate workplace documentation. Students must be physically capable of participating in the training. It is expected that students be qualified in HLTFA301B Apply First Aid.
Assessment:
Students learning outcomes will be assessed using practical activities designed to simulate the extrication of casualties in environments with varying atmospheres that require the use of atmospheric monitoring equipment. Underpinning knowledge will be assessed through the use of theory assessments.
Delivery Method:
Theory will be delivered in a classroom using PowerPoint presentations and the practical component will be delivered using activities simulating confined space rescue situations.
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