This course is designed to provide personnel, generally members of a rescue team, with an understanding of road crash rescue equipment and techniques in a rescue environment. It will demonstrate what is required to gain access to and extricate entrapped casualty(s) from vehicles travelling on the road such as cars, buses, trucks and semi-trailers while minimising the potential for further injury and preserving the integrity of evidence. This course is structured to build the abilities of the participants to a sufficient level for them to perform effectively as an individual and as a key member of a rescue team. The course is targeted to meet the needs of surface mines and general industries
The Undertake Road Crash Rescue Course involves two units of competency:
PUASAR022 Participate in a Rescue Operation
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to participate in rescue operations as a member of a rescue team; it underpins specialist rescue operations and includes gaining access to and extricating casualties from vehicles that have crashed on the road such as cars, motorcycles, buses, vans, tracks and semi-trailers whilst minimising the potential for further injury and preserving the integrity of evidence. This includes a wide range of rescue and environmental situations which may incorporate industrial, rural, bush and extreme environmental conditions.
Typically, personnel performing these roles have completed induction or recruitment training and are commencing work as a member of an operational team.
It is applicable to personnel from the emergency services, volunteer organisations and/or associated industries.
PUASAR024 Undertake Road Crash Rescue
This unit of competency involved the skills and knowledge required to gain access to and extricate casualties from vehicles that have crashed on the road, such as cars, motorcycles, buses, vans, tracks and semi-trailers, whilst minimising the potential for further injury and preserving the integrity of evidence.
The unit is applicable to members of rescue teams and requires responders to access casualties using a range of techniques, and to operate specialist equipment to undertake the rescue.
Unit HLTAID011 is a pre-requisite for both PUASAR022 Participate in a Rescue Operation and PUASAR024 Undertake Road Crash Rescue.
PUASAR022 Participate in a Rescue Operation is a pre-requisite for PUASAR024 Undertake Road Crash Rescue.
All students must be deemed competent in PUASAR022 Participate in a Rescue Operation before they are to continue on and undertake Unit PUASAR024 Undertake Road Crash Rescue.
This course is delivered through classroom presentations, activities and participant discussion as well as practical demonstrations that will be carried out by our expert trainers. Students will take part in exercises that simulate a real rescue emergency within a workplace using specialised equipment. Exercises will include simulations based on rehearsed rescue plans using actual vehicles. Students will be required to demonstrate their competence in both written and practical assessments.
Students who attend and successfully complete and meet all assessment requirements of this course will receive a nationally recognised statement of attainment for the following units:
PUASAR024 Undertake Road Crash Rescue
PUASAR022 Participate in a Rescue Operation
A government issued photo identification and valid USI is required for course registration.
All students must undertake a language, literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy test before commencement of this course to ascertain if support is required to assist you into successfully meeting your goals.
Students must also possess the following:
If you have any questions or queries relating to any of the above, please contact Parabellum International Training directly for additional information.
