Name: SMR Advanced Rigging (Mountain) training course
Start: 2022-08-19T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-08-21T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Glenmore Lodge

SMR Advanced Rigging (Mountain) training course

Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) represents25 Mountain Rescue Teams(MRTs) made up of highly trained volunteers who are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to emergencies and carry out a specialist search and rescue service in the mountains and remote communities in Scotland to keep people safe and help people if and when they get into difficulty.

Scottish Mountain Rescue

Designed for team members with current practical skills & knowledge of the SMR Rigging Practitioner course . . . .

Glenmore Lodge

. . . or equivalent knowledge and experience level of technical rescue systems.Over the years teams have developed various systems for dealing with casualties in a steep environment. This course looks at advanced mountain based systems in use today. Extracting a casualty from steep ground with difficult access and variable terrain presents a unique set of problems and solutions.We will look at mid face pick off techniques and examine casualty release systems including the effect of cutting the rope. Plus we will cover at Highline systems in depth. A serious tensioned rope system widely used but often underestimated. Plus some hauling systems.The programme will update and improve your practical technical rigging knowledge and skills in the field. This course will provide:<ul><li>Practical skills workshops &amp; scenarios</li><li>Theoretical training &amp; discussion groups</li></ul>By the end of the weekend programme you will be able to:<ul><li>Mid face pickoff techniques.</li><li>Casualty release systems</li><li>Understand a tensioned line rescue system (highline)</li><li>Understanding angle theory for tensioned lines</li><li>Understand tensioned system language/definitions</li><li>Understand advanced hauling techniques</li></ul>

Accommodation:The course will be accommodated at Glenmore Lodge on a shared basis.There is no meal provided on Friday evening and the bar at Glenmore Lodge is currently unable to serve food, so please make sure you have eaten before you arrive. On Saturday you will be given breakfast, packed lunch and dinner.On Sunday you will be given breakfast and packed lunch.Please ensure that you bring something to put your packed lunch in, as well as a drinking bottle, flask and any additional snacks you may want.

Content:The course will begin with a presentation on Friday evening, 19 August at 1900hrs at Glenmore Lodge. Full details of the course will be sent nearer the time to you by email.

What you need to bring:For your comfort and safety please ensure you have appropriate personal safety equipment for this course.In particular, participants  must bring :  Midge net, midge spray, harness, helmet , team radio + spare battery, personal MR and crag rescue kit.Participants are encouraged to bring technical rescue equipment as used by their own team. In addition we would encourage participants to bring along copies of any team rigging guidelines so that we can start to share this type of information.

THE SMALL PRINT!Please speak to your Training Officer before booking this course to ensure it is relevant.We will open this course up to 2 members per team initially. After a couple of weeks of the course being bookable, if there are still spaces available, we will open the course up.Police Scotland / RAF mountain rescue attendees:Please contact the SMR Office on 01479 861370 before booking onto the course, so that we can ensure you have cleared your attendance with your Team Leader and raise the relevant invoice.Cancellation Policy:SMR reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee of £100 if failure to turn up to this course or a cancellation too late in which we cannot fill your space. This fee allows us to offset any costs which we will be incurred as a result of late cancellation. SMR Office will invoice directly to your Mountain Rescue team.If you have any questions about this course, please speak to Viv in the SMR Office on 01479 861370 or 07727 663605 or email viv@scottishmountainrescue.org

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