Rope Rescue Operator (RRO)
The Rope Rescue Operator course teaches the rope knowledge and skills required by personnel to operate safely and effectively as a member of a Rope Rescue Operator team. Rescuers will be taught a range of core rescue techniques to operate safely. Techniques covered on the course include safe working at height, work restraint, fall arrest, casualty care and packaging, team-based pick-offs, and team-based raising and lowering systems, amongst others.
More advanced rescues, complexities and variations, are covered on the Rope Rescue Technician (RRT) and Rope Rescue Specialist (RRS) courses.
Course length:
5 days
Prerequisites:
- Prior experience of working with ropes is recommended
- Minimum age: 18
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Training standards and legislation
- Medical considerations
- Personal equipment
- Technical and team equipment
- Introduction to pre-plans
- Risk assessments
- Incident management and site control
- Team roles
- Considerations for night/poor visibility operations
- Rope system design criteria
- System safety checks
- Loads and forces
- Arrival on scene/incident size-up
- Command and control of a rescue system
- Knots
- Anchor systems
- Rope protection
- Work restraint
- Fall arrest
- Introduction to horizontal lifelines
- Mechanical advantage
- Casualty care and packaging
- Personal ascending and descending
- Climbing over a 90 degree edge in ascent and descent
- Team-based pick-offs
- Fixed high directionals
- Team-based raising and lowering systems
- Tagline offsets
- Low and moderate angle stretcher transport
- Climbing with lanyards (if used by agency)
- Temporary artificial anchor points (if used by agency)
- Connecting a casualty on a line using a telescopic pole (if used by agency)
- Lifting and lowering a casualty using a pre-installed device (if used by agency)
- Artificial frames – easel leg tripods (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:
- 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.
