Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT)

About this course
The Confined Space Rescue Technician (CSRT) course is an intensive, hands-on course designed to equip delegates with the skills and knowledge needed to conduct technical confined space rescues as part of a small team. The course integrates practical exercises and scenario-based learning to address the complexities and hazards of working in confined spaces. Key topics include gas detection, legislation, atmospheric monitoring, anchoring systems, tripod use, hauling and lowering systems, casualty care, and the safe evacuation of victims from vertical and horizontal confined spaces.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for personnel who are required to perform as Confined Space Rescue Technicians, including industrial emergency response teams, fire and rescue services, utility workers, and contractors who may be called upon to perform technical rescues in confined environments.
Course Objectives:
Participants will learn to:
- Understand confined space hazards, legislation, and risk assessments
- Perform atmospheric monitoring and gas detection
- Build and use safe anchor systems and pulley setups
- Conduct vertical and horizontal confined space entries using tripods, rope systems, and stretchers
- Rescue and evacuate casualties using safe and efficient techniques
- Apply self-rescue, team coordination, and incident management in simulated rescue scenarios
- Operate within internationally recognised confined space rescue guidelines
Theory
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Confined space hazards and risk assessment
- Use of detector tubes
- Supplied air systems
- Hardwire communication systems
- Rescue systems analysis
- Safe systems of work and permits to work
Practical
- Use of PID meters
- On-scene safety briefing and site control
- Knots
- Anchor systems
- Belay systems and operations
- Use of different types of fall arrest equipment
- Loads and forces
- Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage
- Personal ascending and descending
- Litter attending – low angle
- Litter attending – high angle
- Vertical/horizontal litter transitions
- Horizontal confined space entry and rescue
- Vertical confined space entry and rescue
- Rope-based raising and lowering systems over an edge with artificial high directional
- Individual pick-off rescues
- Team-based pick-off and team-based casualty evacuations
- Use of SAR for rescue
- Confined space rescue harnesses and stretchers
- Mirrored team-based raising and lowering systems
- Offsets – deflection
- Offsets – guiding line
- Offsets – tracking line
- Scenarios
Theory and practical.
Delivery Format:
The course combines classroom-based theory with practical exercises.
Pre-Requisites: Candidates must be 18 years of age and clean shaven due to SCBA.
Course payments
If booking online please follow instructions, payment can be made using debit or credit card. Should you wish to pay by invoice please contact a member of our team and we will be able to process your booking for you. We require either payment or a purchase order at the time of reservation and will issue a formal invoice. Once payment has been successfully processed, we will issue your joining instructions.
Course materials, accreditation, a complimentary light lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
After booking
Our courses vary so timings will be confirmed in your joining instructions. All candidates are required to arrive 15 minutes prior to the course start to register and provide their photographic identification.
Directions
From M5 junction 30 take the A376, at the first roundabout take the second exit on to the A3052. Continue for approximately 1 mile and Westpoint enterance is on the left hand side (also signed as Devon Drivers Centre).
When entering through the main gates take the first turning on the right signed Red One Ltd Headquarters. Red One is the first red brick building on the right. Please park in the spaces on the right prior to the building.
