Confined Space Entry and Rescue (Low, Medium and High Risk) (CSERLMH)
The Confined Space Entry and Rescue (Low, Medium and High Risk) course builds on the Confined Space Entry and Rescue (Low and Medium Risk) (CSERLM) course. In addition, this course introduces the skills required to enter and undertake co-worker rescues from a high risk confined space, wearing self-contained breathing apparatus.
(Formerly known as Confined Space Entry and Rescue 2 – CSER2).
Contact hours
18 hours (3 days)
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 18
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 introduction and philosophy
- Confined space definitions, hazards and categories
- Legislation and standards
- Personal safety
- Safe systems of work for confined space entry
- Isolation – lock-out, tag-out, try-out
- Introduction to air monitoring
- Rescue plans, incident size-up and incident management
- Personal and team equipment
- Entry procedures
- Communications and verbal commands
- Loads and forces
- Medical considerations
- Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) – escape sets and SCBA
- Use of a 4-gas diffuse meter
- Confined space ventilation
- Knots and terminations
- Anchor systems
- Dynamic risk assessment and safety checks
- On-scene safety briefing and site control
- Standard tripod configuration and mechanical hoisting
- Work restraint
- Vertical confined space entry and exit
- Emergency procedures
- Reach type rescue with a telescopic pole
- Raising/lowering systems and mechanical advantage
- Confined space rescue harnesses and stretchers
- Casualty care and packing
- Rescue of a casualty from a low/medium risk confined space
- SCBA periodic, pre-use and post-use set checks and care
- SCBA entry control
- Entry to confined space wearing SCBA
- Rescue from a high risk confined space wearing SCBA
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:
- Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI)
- Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)
- Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)
- Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)
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.
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