SMR Rigging Practitioner 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

Aimed at team members who have received crag technical training from their team &amp; wish to improve/consolidate best practice . . .

Stirling Court Hotel

The course will begin on Friday evening, 23 September at 1900hrs at Stirling Court Hotel.The venue for the course will be Auchinstarry Quarry, Croy, Kilsyth, Glasgow G65 9SG, which is a 30 minute drive from Stirling Court Hotel.This course is aimed at team members who have received crag technical training from their team and wish to improve and consolidate best practice in modern rigging systems, which include; single rope and mirrored rope rigs, and a variety of anchor systems including ground anchors/stakes. An emphasis is placed on knowledge of equipment strength and the skill of engineering rigging systems to maximise strengths for single and multiple rescue loads. The course will also cover a variety of belay equipment and the principles of self-arrest and non-self-arrest rope capture systemsThe course will re-fresh, up-date and improve participants practical technical rigging knowledge and skills in the field.Opportunities are programmed for participants to share their home team experience and rigging practices.By the end of the weekend programme you will be able to:1. Rig and operate a technical rescue system2. Rig and understand the rigging principles for a lower, rig for a raise and convert both systems using single, twin and double rope systems.3. Be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of a broad range of rigging systems used in technical rigging for rescue.This course is not suitable for team members stepping into a harness or on to a crag for the first time.Full details of the course will be sent nearer the time to you by email.

Accommodation:The course will be accommodated at Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling, FK9 4LAYou will be booked in for Friday and Saturday nights on a B&B basis. Packed lunches will be provided for Saturday and Sunday, as well as Saturday night dinner.No meal provided on Friday evening.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.

What you need to bring:All participants are requested to ensure they have transport arranged as the course programme will necessitate travel to and from training venues. Where possible we ask course participants to bring a team 4×4 vehicle.Sufficient personal equipment is required to enable candidates to operate within a mountainous and crag environment and in all weather conditions for the duration of the course and don't forget the following: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 limit the number of attendees per team at 2 initially.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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