Safe Working at Height for HART (SWAHHART)
The SWAHHART course is designed for Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) undertaking work at height. It meets the requirements of the UK’s National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) TIS NH 07: Safe Working at Height.
Course length:
12 hours (2 days)
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 18
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Training standards
- Medical considerations
- Personal equipment
- Technical equipment
- Safe systems of work and pre-planning
- Risk assessments
- Incident size-up
- Incident management and site control
- Loads and forces
- Safety checks
- Communications
- Assessing partner agency rope systems
- 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
- Climbing with lanyards
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:
Recertification options
Instructor to student ratios
Student resources
Student resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
The Safe Working at Height and Co-Worker Rescue Field Guide is also available to buy.
Instructor resources
Instructor resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
