This one-day course is designed for personnel who may operate near water as part of their work requirement, and for personnel who will work in the warm zone at a water rescue incident.
At this level of operation it is not intended that personnel will enter the water, so a manual or auto inflation lifejacket is worn as PPE for accidental water entry only.
COURSE CONTENT
Includes:
- Water rescue hazards
- Basic water hydrology
- Dynamic risk assessment
- Risk zones
- Cold water immersion
- Personal protective equipment
- PFD types and standards
- Firing mechanisms
- Selection and correct fitting of lifejacket as part of PPE system
- Adaption for high risk areas
- Periodic maintenance/inspection regime
- Pre-use and post-use checks
- Accidental immersion and auto inflation
- Still water swimming drills
- Moving water swimming drills
- Manual inflation and deflation
- Rescue drills with lifejacket
COURSE PRE-REQUISITES
Confident swimmer
COURSE DURATION
1 day