Aid Your Career

Learn essential safety measures and how to rescue, revive and provide further care to a casualty following an electrical accident.

Duration:

6 hours

Content:

• A practical action plan to follow in an emergency: ‘DRSABCD’

• Resuscitation (CPR) on an adult and baby including an overview of defibrillation

• Information on electrical risk management including personal protection equipment, safety observers, the safe approach distance and step potential

• Rescue procedures and steps to follow in the event of electrocution; isolation of the source, how to safely remove someone from an electrical apparatus, including the use of non-conductible materials and the one man drag technique

• How to provide further care for a patient who is unconscious and/or not breathing normally, in shock, or has electrical burns and/or other injuries as a result of a fall

• Management of other hazards such as toxic gases and fires as a result of an electrical fault

• Proper documentation and reporting of an incident Assessment:

Participants must satisfactorily complete multiple written and practical assessments.
Note: CPR assessment must be completed on the floor.

Successful participants will be awarded a Statement of Attainment for the following units of competency:

• UETTDRRF06B Perform rescue from a live LV panel

• HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Current industry standards state that this course should be updated every three years with the CPR component updated annually. 

RRP $1,575.00

AMWU $1,338.75 

Public course (NSW)