Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine rescue and recovery technique.
- Assess the situation and identify potential hazards and risks to self and others.
- Identify a rescue and recovery method suitable to the situation according to contextual issues, relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Select equipmentandresources required to perform identified rescues and recoveries in white water.
- Communicate rescue and recovery plan to those assisting.
- Undertake rescues and recoveries.
- Perform rescue using a reach technique.
- Use throw resources to reach a swimmer in moving water.
- Demonstrate towing techniques in moving water.
- Use safe contact methods to rescue and transport a swimmer.
- Tether a craft in order to perform a rescue or recovery, where required.
- Identify and use a range of methods to release an entrapment victim, according to the situation, type of entrapment and organisational policies and procedures.
- Communicate directions to other members of the rescue team.
- Hazards are avoided and managed whilst conducting a rescue or recovery according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use mechanical advantage systems.
- Identify situations requiring the use of mechanical advantage systems.
- Determine the type of system required according to contextual issues and organisational policies and procedures.
- Establish suitable mechanical advantage systems to perform rescues and recoveries in a range of complex situations.
- Use system equipment in a safe manner according to manufacturer's recommendations and organisational policies and procedures, to ensure that design limits are not exceeded.
- Modify the system to increase efficiency where necessary, and clearly communicate system changes.
- Conclude rescue and recovery operations.