Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess situation and plan recovery
- Type of vehicle to be towed and critical aspects of vehicle design that could impact on recovery operations are identified
- Personnel, equipment and techniques required to carry out the recovery are identified
- Availability of recovery equipment and personnel to carry out the job is confirmed
- Recovery operation is planned with consideration for security and safety of persons, vehicles and property
- Set up and secure the recovery situation
- Recovery situation is set up and secured according to established recovery operation action plan
- Safety of spectators and other personnel in vicinity of recovery situation is managed according to safety procedures and security requirements
- Recovery equipment is positioned and attachment points on vehicle are identified
- Weight of vehicle being recovered is checked to ensure it is consistent with established guidelines, regulatory requirements, and permissible safe working loads for recovery equipment
- Recover vehicle
- Vehicle to be recovered is manoeuvred into position using appropriate equipment and according to standard operating procedures and safety requirements, and without causing damage to components or systems
- Recovery equipment is operated according to manufacturer procedures, safe work practices and regulatory requirements
- Recovered vehicle is secured using appropriate winches, ropes and cables according to relevant load restraint regulations and standard operating procedures
- Recovered vehicle is conveyed to designated location and unloaded or unhitched according to standard operating procedures and safety requirements
- Complete work processes
- Assess situation and plan recovery
- Type of vehicle to be towed and critical aspects of vehicle design that could impact on recovery operations are identified
- Personnel, equipment and techniques required to carry out the recovery are identified
- Availability of recovery equipment and personnel to carry out the job is confirmed
- Recovery operation is planned with consideration for security and safety of persons, vehicles and property
- Set up and secure the recovery situation
- Recovery situation is set up and secured according to established recovery operation action plan
- Safety of spectators and other personnel in vicinity of recovery situation is managed according to safety procedures and security requirements
- Recovery equipment is positioned and attachment points on vehicle are identified
- Weight of vehicle being recovered is checked to ensure it is consistent with established guidelines, regulatory requirements, and permissible safe working loads for recovery equipment
- Recover vehicle
- Vehicle to be recovered is manoeuvred into position using appropriate equipment and according to standard operating procedures and safety requirements, and without causing damage to components or systems
- Recovery equipment is operated according to manufacturer procedures, safe work practices and regulatory requirements
- Recovered vehicle is secured using appropriate winches, ropes and cables according to relevant load restraint regulations and standard operating procedures
- Recovered vehicle is conveyed to designated location and unloaded or unhitched according to standard operating procedures and safety requirements
- Complete work processes