This City & Guilds course aims to reflect the national occupational standard for directing emergency rescue and recovery of casualties from confined spaces. It covers both water and non-water industry areas. 

Water: this may include working with potable water, sewage treatment processes, drain and sewer cleaning operations, where the operative is working in or near water or where a confined space is subject to surface water flooding. 

Non-water: this may include pharmaceutical, petrochemical, asbestos removal, vehicle manufacture and servicing, aeronautical, construction, communications, power, utilities, gas, electrical and mechanical engineering and some elements of work operations in mines, quarries and tunnelling. 

This City and Guild’s course is endorsed by Energy and Utility Skills. 

The course is delivered through a combination of classroom-based tutorials and practical assignments. Delegates will be assessed through a mixture of theory and practical tests. 

Agenda:  

• Planning and preparing emergency operations for a rescue team 
• Mobilising a rescue team and direct entry and exit to the confined space 
• Monitoring a rescue team to ensure procedures are followed 
• Understanding the principles of working as rescue team leader 
• Understanding rescue team leader duties and responsibilities 
• Assessments – both practical and written  

This one-day course is suitable for anyone who directs or is preparing to direct the activities of a team for rescue or recovery in confined spaces. This may include the rescue team leader, coordinator, entry controller/top person, or supervisor in relation to rescue and recovery of casualties, planning and preparing for emergency operations, mobilising rescue teams, directing and monitoring rescue activities and reporting and securing sites after incidents or emergencies. 

If supervising teams performing rescue and recovery, learners must also hold the City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Working as a Member of a Rescue and Recovery Team in Confined Spaces qualification (6160-08) or an equivalent qualification*. 

*Equivalent qualifications must cover the same content as the current National Occupational Standards and be confirmed by the City and Guilds Quality Team.

Due to the nature of confined space work and the emphasis placed on communication, there is only the provision for the practical and knowledge assessments to be undertaken in English. City and Guilds do not permit interpreters for this course.

Following successful completion of the course, delegates' results will be audited by a City & Guilds quality assurance process. On completion, a Level 3 Award in Direct Emergency Rescue and Recovery of Casualties from Confined Spaces (6160-07) certificate will be issued (please note the quality assurance process may take up to 12 weeks).