Nationally Recognised Training
Undertake
Vertical Rescue
3–4 Days
Heights Recommended
Advanced Rescue
Industrial Rescue Teams
3
3–4 Days
2 yrs
RII
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Undertake Vertical Rescue is the advanced vertical rescue qualification for industrial rescue teams — covering the rope systems, anchor rigging techniques and casualty management skills required to recover an incapacitated person from a height.
This course is designed for workers who may be required to rescue a colleague suspended in a harness, stuck at height or incapacitated on an elevated structure. It covers lowering and hauling systems, patient packaging and safe vertical movement of casualties.
A current Work Safely at Heights qualification is strongly recommended before undertaking this course. Participants should be comfortable working at height before attempting vertical rescue training.
Units of Competency
What’s Included
Your Statement of Attainment will cover the following nationally recognised unit:
What You Will Learn
Course Content
- Rescue planning — roles, equipment staging and communication before the rescue
- Anchor rigging — building anchors for lowering and hauling rescue systems
- Lowering systems — controlled lowering of a casualty from height
- Patient packaging — securing a casualty for safe vertical movement
- Litter and stretcher rigging — packaging a casualty in a rescue litter
- Injury prevention — protecting both rescuer and casualty during rescue operations
- Low angle rescue — managing rescues on slopes and inclines
- Rope systems — selecting, inspecting and rigging rescue rope systems
- Mechanical advantage — 3:1 and 6:1 hauling systems for vertical rescue
- Patient assessment — assessing an incapacitated person at height
- Suspension trauma — recognition, prevention and post-rescue care
- Communications during rescue — signals, radio and verbal coordination
- High angle rescue — working on steep or vertical surfaces
- Post-rescue debrief — equipment inspection and incident documentation
Assessment
How You’ll Be Assessed
Practical Performance Tasks
Written Assessment
Who Should Attend
Is This Course Right for You?
- Industrial rescue team members at manufacturing, mining and construction sites
- Workers designated as height rescue team members under a site emergency plan
- Emergency response coordinators and safety advisors at sites with heights risks
- Riggers, erectors and steel fixers who may need to rescue colleagues at height
- Fire wardens and emergency response personnel at multi-storey workplaces
Course Details
Entry Requirements
- Work Safely at Heights (RIIWHS204E) — strongly recommended
- Minimum 18 years of age recommended
- Physical fitness — vertical rescue is physically demanding
- Comfortable working at height before attempting rescue-level training
- Valid Unique Student Identifier (USI) required for certification
USI Required
Ready to Book?
Group bookings available — we come to you, or you come to us.
How We Deliver
Flexible Training Options
We come to you, or you come to us.
Face-to-Face
Full day — minimum contact time as per unit
All theory, practical training and assessment completed in a single session with your trainer.
Blended Learning
Reduced face-to-face — theory completed online
Complete theory at your own pace online, then attend a practical skills and assessment session.
Workplace / Onsite
We come to you – any format
We deliver at your workplace. Ideal for groups – custom scheduling including outside business hours.