Essential training for use of the original Gotcha and Gotcha 2 Rescue Kit and its various modes of use.

This course is designed to provide our clients with all the necessary skills to operate both safely and efficiently when faced with what can be a stressful situation.

On completion of training, operatives will be able to use the kit in a variety of locations and to rescue a casualty who has fallen from a platform.

They will also be capable of recovering casualties who are suspended from a fall arrest lanyard, wire rope fall arrest block or flexible line fall arresters.

Course Syllabus:

Theory

• Understand the implications of being suspended in a harness and the importance of rescue provision when working at height.
• Have a basic understanding of the different approaches to rescue and how the rescue kit fits into a hierarchy of options, e.g. improvised planned and emergency services.
• Understanding the importance of personal safety whilst carrying out rescue.
• Post-rescue care and handover to a first aider or the emergency services.
• Identification of the key components of the rescue kit and their strengths and limitations.
• The ability to assess the situation and select the appropriate recovery technique, i.e. anchor point selection and suitable points of safety harness attachment

Practical

• Correctly fitting and adjustment of a fall arrest harness.
• Correct use of double and single fall arrest lanyards for personal safety whilst traversing and rescuing.
• The importance of casualty management and the application of temporary aids.
• Remote deployment of the rescue kit from a position of safety and attachment to an unconscious casualty.
• Use of the rescue kit to raise and lower an unconscious suspended casualty.
• Correct use of the equipment to gain a mechanical advantage when lifting the casualty.

Delegates must be 18 years and over, and all delegates must be able to certify they are physically fit and have no medical conditions that might prevent them from working at height prior to the commencement of training.

The course will enable operatives to use the rescue kit in a variety of locations and to rescue a casualty who has fallen from a platform.

The kit is capable of recovering casualties who are suspended from fall arrest lanyards, wire rope fall arrest blocks, or flexible line fall arresters.

This module is intended for operatives who are already conversant in the use of their personal fall protection equipment.

During training, delegates will be expected to carry out activities at height. This will provide an insight into the delegates’ ability to operate in such conditions. This is only an indication of their capability, as it is not possible to recreate exact working environments.

The actual height and exposure will be set out on the certification, but this is only to show what was included in the training. The height shown on the certification is not intended to limit the height at which the delegate can operate.

On successful completion, delegates will receive a Spanset certificate valid for three years.