Training Package:
Work Safely at Heights +
Perform Tower Rescue
Course Overview:
Qualification:
- RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights
- UETDRMP020 Perform tower rescue
Duration: 1 Day
Assessment Type: Theory and Practical
Prerequisite: HLTAID009 – Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Course Description:
Training is designed to be realistic and customised to suit your particular work situation (e.g. communications towers, energy transmission towers, or chair-lifts). This course is suitable for anyone who is required to access towers or poles of any kind within their work.
This course specifies the outcome required to work safely at height. This course includes accessing, interpreting and applying technical and safety information for working at heights, assessing hazards and risks associated with working at heights and implementing control methods, selecting, wearing and caring for personal protective equipment, identifying required safety systems including fall protection and associated equipment, checking the correct fitting, adjusting and anchoring of fall protection and associated equipment and performing work safely at heights.
Learning Outcome:
On completion of the course, participants will have gained the following skills and knowledge to:
- AS 1891.4 (overview) (contextualised to tower environments)
- WHS legislative requirements (overview)
- Ladder fall-arrest systems
- Work positioning systems
- PPE selection, use, basic maintenance
- Fall arrest systems
- Using double hook lanyards
- Installing solid and reliable anchorage
- Practical rescue
- Assessment activities (e.g. rescues) in tower context
- Identify work requirements
- Identify work procedures and instructions
- Access and install equipment
- Perform work at heights
- Clean up the work area
Outcome:
A nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the units below;
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Vertical Safety Package: Work Safely at Heights & Tower Rescue
Foundation Skills and Emergency Response for Fixed Structures
For riggers, technicians, and maintenance staff who climb fixed structures like telecommunication towers, broadcast masts, and utility assets, training must cover both routine safety and emergency retrieval.
This specialized package bundles Work Safely at Heights (the foundation for fall prevention) with the high-level Perform Tower Rescue unit. You gain the essential compliance ticket and the critical skills needed to rescue an incapacitated worker from height, ensuring your team is prepared for any emergency.
Why Choose This Dual Vertical Safety Package?
This combination is the standard requirement for working safely on towers and elevated fixed plant:
- Mandatory Compliance: The Heights unit is non-negotiable for anyone working over two meters, while Tower Rescue is often mandatory for crews on fixed vertical structures.
- Sequential Learning: We deliver the foundational skills (harness fitting, anchoring) followed directly by the application of those skills in a high-risk, real-world rescue scenario.
- Time and Cost Savings: Save resources and downtime by completing these two interlinked, essential units in one comprehensive course package.
- Advanced Employability: Certifying in Tower Rescue demonstrates proficiency in a high-demand skill required for high-risk, supervisory roles in the telecommunications sector.
What You Will Master
This package ensures competence in both prevention and emergency response:
| Training Unit | UoC Code (Example) | Key Safety Skills Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Work Safely at Heights | RIIWHS204E | Hazard identification; selecting and inspecting Personal Fall Arrest Systems (PFAS); correct harness fitting; anchor selection; and using fall restraint/arrest equipment. |
| Perform Tower Rescue | UETTDRRF10B | Assessing tower rescue situations; setting up rescue ropes, lowering, and hauling systems; safely rigging and lowering an incapacitated person using advanced techniques. |
Who Should Enrol in This Package?
This dual certification is mandatory or highly beneficial for:
- Telecommunications Riggers and Technicians: The core audience for accessing fixed towers and masts.
- Wind Turbine Maintenance Staff: Applies to ladder access and internal tower work.
- Utility Workers: Those maintaining power poles, lighting towers, or water tanks accessed by fixed ladder systems.
- Rescue and Emergency Teams: Personnel required to respond to vertical rescue incidents.
Prerequisites and Safety Requirements
- You must be 18 years of age or older to attend.
- The course requires a high level of **physical fitness and stamina** due to the strenuous nature of climbing and performing a simulated rescue.
- You must be able to meet the language, literacy, and numeracy (LLN) requirements for complex safety procedures.
DON’T JUST WORK AT HEIGHTS—MASTER THE RESCUE. ENROL NOW!
Ask us about combining this with our First Aid certification for complete emergency preparedness