Theatre and Stadium Heights Rescue

This is a non - accredited, competency-based industry training course.

Training is contextualised for rescue from heights in theatres and stadiums and related structures. 

This course is applicable to personnel who are required to participate in a rescue or evacuation using, or assisting others to use, a pre rigged rescue kit, or for those required to supervise, manage, or provide safety role support to those workers.

It is delivered at your work location, in smaller groups, subject to risk assessment. 

It may be delivered by itself, or in conjunction with Nationally recognised training to deliver specific skills and knowledge for workers to undertake specialist work tasks.

The skills taught and assessed in this course are in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory Legislation & guidance, Australian/New Zealand/ applicable overseas Standards and industry Codes of Practice.

This course addresses legislative requirements including reporting, rescue planning, risk management, human factors, equipment and rigging checks and the operation of a nominated pre rigged rescue kit in a range of scenarios with ERT & first responders. 

The course is delivered in a 4 hour timeframe, where focus is on the care, use & maintenance of the pre rigged kit & practice drills in the use of the kit in your work environment.

The course addresses the challenges of rescue from theatre and stadium environments according to your work tasks and may include rescue from catwalks, props or from other working platforms or decks.

You will learn the fundamentals of working as part of a first response rescue or recovery team including operating to a plan, personal and team safety, working with internal and external rescue Emergency Response Teams, communication methods & protocols, operating a pre rigged rescue kit for lift and lower rescue or evacuation, basic casualty management and an introduction to working with stretchers.

Casualty and team welfare components includes the importance of the chain of survival, written and verbal reporting of incident details, maintain incident scene integrity and safety, reviewing incidents to improve own skills and response times, to recognise psychological impacts, and seeking help as required.