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Rope Rescue Technician (RRT)

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Rescue 3 UK Rope Rescue TechnicianCourse outline

This five day course provides an understanding of the concepts and techniques to enable small teams to undertake technical rope rescues. A building block approach is used throughout the course so that delegates can progress from key concepts through to rigging and operating full systems.

Course content

Includes:
- Working at height regulations
- Knots & technical gear
- Anchors
- Belays
- Mechanical advantage systems
- Ascending & descending
- System checks & commands
- High angle raising and lowering systems
- Pick off rescues
- Casualty care and packaging
- Low & high angle litter management
- Highline rope systems
- Passing knots

Rescue 3 UK Rope Rescue TechnicianCourse pre-requisites

Although there are no formal pre-requisites, in order to gain the most from the input we recommend delegates should have some prior experience of working with ropes.

 

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The National Whitewater Centre
Frongoch, Bala
Gwynedd, LL23 7NU
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