Intended Audience: 
This course is designed for any persons who in the course of their normal duties would be required to assess, enter and rescue patients from a collapsed structure.

Desired Outcome:  

• After being assessed as competent the candidate will be able to operate as an integral part of a team that undertakes rescue operations in collapsed structures.
• Candidates will be assessed at a technician level and will be required to demonstrate shoring systems, tool operations and a sound theoretical knowledge
• Candidates will also be familiar with team deployment on a regional, national and international basis.

Duration: 11 Days

Minimum/maximum no of delegates: 15/20

Course Prerequisites:  
The candidate should be competent in High Angle 2, Confined Space and Trench Rescue.

Core Content: 

• Safety in the collapse environment.
• Basic building construction types.
• The sequence of structural collapse rescue.
• Building shoring systems.
• Metal and concrete breaching, breaking and cutting.
• Heavy lifting and moving (including crane operations).
• Basic, technical and canine search operations
• Scenario based training.
• Candidates will be required to perform all the roles required during a rescue scene (command, tool technician, search technician, medic and gopher).