This course teaches students how to retrieve workers who have fallen from elevated work locations and are suspended from personal fall arrest systems.
The ability to rescue workers who have fallen is a requirement of OSHA regulations governing fall protection.
This course can be taught in eight to sixteen hours depending on the existing skills of the students and the desired training outcomes.
COURSE OUTLINE
Orientation
- Safety Procedures
- Fall Protection Review
Rescue Basics
- Types of rescues
- Risk and hazard assessments
- Teams and team roles
Rescue Equipment
- Software (Rope and Webbing)
- Hardware
- Safety Ratios
- Maintenance and inspection
Knots and Hitches
Rescue Systems and Procedures
- Anchors
- Mainlines
- Mechanical advantage
- Belays
Practice Rescues
