Co Worker Rescue at Height (CWRH)
Everyone who works at height may be faced with a colleague who has fallen and is hanging helplessly in their fall protection system. The Co-Worker Rescue at Height (CWRH) course teaches participants to deal with that situation. Using simple techniques and industry standard equipment, you will learn how you can free a colleague from a dangerous situation after they have dropped into their fall arrest system.
The rapid release of this trapped person must be your highest priority, to prevent further injury. In accordance with the law on working conditions and the consequent duty of care, an employer is required to prepare employees for this possible scenario. Generally, with a few simple tools, this problem can easy be solved.
Course length:
2 days (or 1 day add-on to Safe Working at Height (SWAH) qualification)
Prerequisites:
- You must be capable of independently working safely with fall protection equipment.
- Minimum age: 18
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Training standards
- Medical considerations
- Personal equipment
- Technical equipment
- Safe systems of work
- Risk assessments
- Incident size-up
- Incident management and site control
- Loads and forces
- Safety checks
- Communications
- Knots
- Anchor systems
- Rope protection
- Work restraint
- Fall arrest
- Work positioning
- Connecting a casualty on a line using a telescopic pole
- Lifting and lowering a casualty using a pre-installed device
- Casualty care
- Individual pick-offs
- Emergency descending (if used by agency)
- Climbing with lanyards (if used by agency)
- Ladders (if used by agency)
- Improvised roof safety systems (if used by agency)
Course standard, learning outcomes and key teaching points
Rescue 3 Europe course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points
The course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points are provided as pre- and post-course reference for people involved in the delivery of Rescue 3 courses (eg Rescue 3 training providers, instructors and students). They are not to be used for any other purpose without the express written permission of Rescue 3 Europe.
Qualification valid for:
3 years
Taught by:
- Co-Worker Rescue at Height Instructor (CWRHI)
- Rope Rescue Operator Instructor (RROI)
- Rope Rescue Technician Instructor (RRTI)
- Rope Rescue Specialist Instructor (RRSI)
Recertification options
Instructor to student ratios
Student resources
Student resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
Instructor resources
Instructor resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
