SMR Winter Rigging 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 who can effectively operate without protection on winter Grade I terrain &amp; have completed the Rigging Practitioner

Carrbridge Hotel

The programme will refresh, up-date and improve your practical winter technical rigging knowledge and rescue skills in the field. This course will provide:<ul><li>Practical skills workshops &amp; scenarios</li><li>Technical rigging scenarios</li><li>Theoretical training &amp; discussion groups</li></ul>By the end of the weekend programme the participant will:<ul><li>Understand strengths and weaknesses of snowpack anchors</li><li>Have knowledge of using placed anchor protection for rock and ice</li><li>Be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of a broad range of rigging systems and equipment in current use in Scotland</li><li>Understand rescue loads and appropriate rigging construction for lowering and raising</li><li>Understand snowpack hazards when building anchors</li><li>System construction and management of multi-pitch lowers</li></ul>Please note that participants need to be competent and comfortable working on steep terrain in the winter environment.

Accommodation:The course will be accommodated at The Carrbridge Hotel on a shared basis.There is no meal provided on Friday evening, so please make sure you have eaten before the course begins at 2000hours.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, 24 February at 2000hrs at The Carrbridge Hotel. Full details of the course will be sent nearer the time to you by email.

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.<ul><li>Full Winter Kit</li><li> 4 Season Boots</li><li> Crampons</li><li> Ice Axe</li><li> Helmet</li><li> Harness</li><li> Head Torch</li><li> Transceiver</li><li> Snow Shovel</li><li> Probe</li><li> Team Radio + Spare Battery</li><li> Map of the Area</li></ul>Participants are encouraged to bring technical rescue equipment as used by their own team. In addition we would encourage participants to bring along copies/knowledge 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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