Road Crash Rescue

This course is designed to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills to allow them to respond to vehicle collisions as a member of an emergency response team, across a variety of industries.

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge and technical skills to extricate entrapped casualty/s from vehicles travelling on the road such as cars, motorcycles, buses, trucks and semi-trailers while minimising the potential for further injury and preserving the integrity of evidence. This unit requires the responder to access entrapped casualty/s using a range of techniques and to operate specialist equipment to undertake the rescue.

This 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.

These units of competency form part of the elective units required to complete:
PUA30420 - Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)
PUA30419 - Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)
PUA30619 - Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
RII30719 - Certificate III in Emergency Response and Rescue
PUA30719 - Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)

The course will be conducted over 2 days.

Photo ID must be presented on arrival at the training premises.

Language, literacy and numeracy requirements from the unit are:
- Writing is required to the level of completing written assessments.
- Numeracy is required to enable the determination of similar activities.

Pre-requisite HLTAID011 Provide first aid.
Pre-requisite evidence is required to be provided before issuance of the Statement of Attainment.

The course will be based on theoretical sessions, equipment demonstrations and practical exercises.

While the training for the enrolled units is delivered concurrently, each Unit of competency is assessed as a discrete unit.

Participants who are deemed competent will receive a Nationally recognised Statement of Attainment issued by RIKLAN Emergency Management Services (RTO 51994) under the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Face to face and practical hands-on training conducted by an experienced Emergency Services Trainer/Assessor with strong knowledge of relevant Legislation, Australian Standards and Codes of Practice.

Students must wear long sleeve shirt, long pants and steel cap boots.

If you are a new or continuing student undertaking nationally recognised training, you need a USI in order to receive your qualification or statement of attainment for this unit.