Safety Harness Rescue Course - SHARK Kit

Name: SHARK Rescue Training | Sunbelt Rentals
SKU: 10002867

The SHARK Rescue Course is an essential training programme designed for those working at height. This comprehensive classroom-based course equips participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to safely rescue individuals using a safety harness. Delivered externally, this course is perfect for construction professionals seeking to enhance their safety protocols and ensure compliance with industry standards. Gain confidence in rescue techniques with the SHARK Kit, and empower your team to respond effectively in emergency situations. Product ID: 10002867

Safety Harness Rescue Course - SHARK Kit

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Essential training in using the Gotcha SHARK Kit for rescue and evacuation.

The Gotcha SHARK kit is designed for the rescue and recovery of a fallen or injured person from high structures.

The course will enable you to use the kit to lower a casualty to ground level or descend to a suspended casualty and perform an assisted descent to ground level.

This technique is normally employed on Towers, Masts and structures where direct intervention by the rescuer is necessary.

Course Syllabus:

Theory

Understand the implications of being suspended in a harness and the importance of rescue provision when working at height.
A basic understanding of the different approaches to rescue and how the rescue kit fits into a hierarchy of options, e.g. improvised planned and emergency services.
Understanding the importance of personal safety whilst carrying out rescue.
The importance of casualty management and the application of temporary aids.
Post-rescue care and handover to a first aider or the emergency services.

Practical

Correct fitting and adjustment of a fall arrest harness.
Correct use of double and single fall arrest lanyards for personal safety whilst traversing and rescuing.
Identification of the key components of the rescue kit and their strengths and limitations.
The ability to assess the situation and select the appropriate recovery technique, i.e. anchor point selection and suitable points of safety harness attachment.
All delegates will be fully conversant with an appropriate rescue system.
The use of a self-locking descender to abseil.
How to free the casualty from suspension with the minimum exposure to risk.
The use of a rescue kit containing a self-locking descender to access a casualty and evacuate them down to safety.

Delegates must be 18 years and over, and all delegates must be able to certify they are physically fit and have no medical conditions that might prevent them from working at height prior to the commencement of training.

Designed to make operatives fully conversant in the operation of the S.H.A.R.K. for rescue and evacuation.

Enable operatives to use the rescue kit to lower a casualty to ground level or descend to a suspended casualty and perform an assisted descent to ground level.

This technique is normally employed on Towers, Masts and Structures where direct intervention by the rescuer is necessary.

This training is intended for operatives who are already conversant in using their personal fall protection equipment.

During training, delegates will be expected to carry out activities at height. This will provide insight into the delegates’ ability to operate in such conditions. This only indicates their capability, as it is impossible to recreate exact working environments.

The actual height and exposure will be set out on the certification, but this is only to show what was included in the training. The height shown on the certification is not intended to limit the height at which the delegate can operate.