Specialists Training Course (STC)

DURATION:   5 days Or 1 Weekend / or

2 and a half days Intensive Practicals (plus 1 week pre-study)

This course is residential and all run outdoors and away from the depot.

Candidates need to receive full joining instructions a at least 14 days before hand.

• An Introduction to Specialist Grades
• What is Specialist and Technical Rescue
• Need for responsiveness
• ALERT system
• 3 phases of Search and Rescue
• 5 stages of a rescue
• Radio Operations & Codes             
• Important Hand Signals       
• Missing Persons Profile        
• Active & Passive Search Techniques and Patterns
• ‘Man Tracking’ & Cutting Sticks
• SAR Helicopter & Air Operations
• Marine, Water, Floods & Waterways module
• Tech. Rope Rescue Module
• Working with SAR Dogs
• Navigation / Orienteering & GPS
• Ropes & Knots Module in a marine & high angle environment                
• Intermediate Field Survival Skills
• 5 Survival Needs
• Survival Law of 3s.
• SAR Medical – inc. International Team Medical Training at Level 1
• Leadership and Management in a SAR Team
• Clothing & Uniform
• SAR Bandana
• Animal Awareness
• Local and National EP & DM Laws – (Civil Contingencies Act (CCA 2004))
• Emergency Planning (EP)     
• Disaster Management (DM)           
• (Light) Urban SAR module (LUSAR)
• Transporting and Carrying Casualties
• Small Fire Suppression module       
• Triage and Treatment
• Medical Operations Module            
• Terrorism module     
• Emergency Scene Management      
• Traffic Safety Module
• CISD / CISM / Debriefing

Practical:

• Helicopter Deployment
• Rope Access / Abseiling
• Boat Launch
• Small Fire Suppression
• Navigation skills
• Radio Operator

Additional Medical:

SAR Based medical training modules