Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO)
The Confined Space Rescue Operator (CSRO) course introduces the knowledge and skills required by personnel to operate safely and effectively during confined space rescues and be an active part of a confined space rescue team.
Contact hours
30 hours (5 days)
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 18
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Confined space definitions and categories
- Legislation and standards
- Confined space hazards and risk assessment
- Personal safety
- Air monitoring
- Lock-out, tag-out, try-out
- Introduction to respiratory protection systems
- Safe systems of work, permits to work, and rescue plans
- Last-minute risk analysis and system safety check
- On-scene safety briefing and site control
- Size-up, pre-planning and ICS
- Personal and team equipment
- Equipment care and maintenance
- Entry procedures/entrant/safety attendant/entry supervisor
- Communications and verbal commands
- Medical considerations
- Use of a 4-gas pump meter
- Confined space ventilation
- Introduction to technical gear and entry systems
- Knots
- Anchor systems
- Belay systems and operations
- Use of different types of fall arrest equipment
- Reach type rescue with a telescopic pole
- Standard tripod configurations and mechanical hoisting
- Work restraint
- Placing edge/rope protection
- Loads and forces
- Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage
- Personal descending
- Litter management – low angle
- Low angle litter management in an industrial setting
- Horizontal confined space entry and rescue
- Vertical confined space entry and rescue
- Rope-based raising and lowering systems
- Confined space rescue harnesses and stretchers
- Casualty care and packing
- Team-based raising and lowering systems
- Mirrored team-based raising and lowering systems
- Offsets – taglines
- Scenarios
- Practical use of SCBA for work and rescue (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:
- 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.
