Safety Training
GWO Advance Rescue Refresher Training / V5 02052025
112) The participants can perform rescue operations using safe and suitable (certified or structural) anchor points, lifting angles, deviation, and edge protection for the rescue equipment (Skills, intermediate level) 113) The participants can explain how to assess and determine rescue strategy (relevant rescue method, technique, certified equipment, and required personnel) in a crawl space scenario (Knowledge, intermediate level) 114) The participants can explain the proper utilisation of a specific lowering/raising rescue system: incl. how to properly attach, rig and secure the system; requirements, applications, limitations and the maximum raising distance possible for the system (Knowledge, intermediate level) 115) The participants can explain how to identify and control common risks of hazardous energies and common hazards of crawl space areas in a WTG, when performing rescue operations (Knowledge, intermediate level) 116) The participants can perform how to apply rescue methods and techniques in performing a rescue operation, from a crawl space, covering efforts with and without rescue equipment to ensure the most optimum result (Skills, intermediate level) 117) The participants can take initiative and take responsibility to prepare the injured person for safe transportation, by doing regular checks, using rescue equipment such as rescue head support and avoiding head down configuration of the unconscious injured person (Ability, intermediate level)
The use of a rescue sling as an improvised harness is only to be used in an enclosed space where it is not possible to fit a full body harness on an injured person.
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The improvised harness must only be used as a means of extricating an injured person from an enclosed space horizontally. An improvised harness must never be used for lifting or lowering an injured person.
118) The participants can explain how to determine and select the suitable attachment point on the injured person and/or transfer board/rescue stretcher, e.g. harness front or back attachment point and in the top or bottom of the transfer board/rescue stretcher (Knowledge, intermediate level)
An injured person must always be attached to an approved attachment point.
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119) The participants can perform the rescue operation from the incident scene fully aware of where the injured person is stuck and how to slowly lower/raise the injured person and carefully manipulate them out, constantly evaluating the rescue efforts (Skills, intermediate level)
120) The participants can perform rescue operations, using the casualties personal fall protection on the injured person, as additional fall protection, if required (Skills, intermediate level)
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