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Advanced Rope Rescue Skills

The Advanced Rope Rescue Course is ideal for rescue team members, leaders and instructors wanting to expand into demanding rope rigging and rescue practices. The course covers the majority of what wilderness, emergency services and industry rope rescues demand.  The course covers a range of rigging principles that can be employed in many other rope disciplines not just rescue. As an active course, participants are constantly required to test techniques and strategies explored in theory sessions.

Unique to rope and rescue courses, the Advanced Rope Rescue Course focuses on why we do something as a fundamental to the techniques we employ. The course includes sessions on intermediate physics and how it relates to rope rigging as well as in-depth exploration of advanced rope rescue techniques.

Working in teams, participants explore how to build seemingly complex arrangements to reach, treat and extricate a patient from a vertical, high angle environment. These systems are sketched and analysed during the course so that participants truly understand what they are doing.

Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on rope rescue solutions using tools that most teams have on hand: rope, carabiners, pulleys, accessory cord, webbing and know how. The Advanced Rope Rescue Course is a rigging-intensive course that reflects the realities of the real world.

The Advanced Rope Rescue Course is not a beginning rope rescue program meaning experienced practitioners need to be prepared to work hard to get the most out of sessions. The Advanced Rope Rescue Course is New Zealand’s leading edge rope rescue course – it is a thought-provoking and captivating look into rigging and rescue systems.

Key points:

As NZ’s leading edge rope rescue course we explore over 8 days:

• High Directionals
• Complex Pulley Systems
• Rescue Belay Systems
• Advanced Anchor Systems
• Major Offsets
• Analyse Rope Rescue Systems
• Function In Key Roles During A Technical Evacuation

Duration: To successfully pass the course you will need to complete a:

• Introductory Assignment
• Two Workshops for Theory and Practical elements (5 days and 3 days)
• Post Course Assignment

Course recommended for: personnel very experienced in rope rescue skills.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of the Vertical Rope Rescue course.

Venue recommendations: Will be discussed on application.

Participant requirements: Harness, helmet, selection of hardware and software.

 A complete list of equipment will be supplied upon application for this course.

Additional costs: This course attracts a surcharge of approximately $1100 incl GST. Participants will also need to meet their accommodation and meal costs for the course.

Course Numbers: minimum 10 maximum 16

Seen the website, read the flyer, still have some questions?

Email rescue@sarinz.com and someone will be in touch with you asap.

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