SAR Training

First Responders Land SAR Awareness Course

- 12 WEEKS SELF-PACED ONLINE -

Search & Rescue (SAR) Training Australia offers the First Responders LandSAR Awareness course designed in conjunction the Dr. Jim Whitehead, APM. Consisting of 15 individual units of study, this course provides students with a focused view of land search and rescue operations within Australia, the theory and methodology behind how Land SAR is coordinated and provides the learner with the knowledge necessary to support State and Territory Police as the LandSAR Authority. 

All learning resources are provided electronically as part of the training
Through the medium of e-learning, SAR Training Australia’s highly experienced and professional LandSAR experts deliver knowledge and competency-based learning directly to a student’s home or workplace.

Students can study at their own pace, at times that suit them, without the need to travel distances to attend classroom-based lectures. Our virtual campus is especially advantageous to mature students as it allows them to better balance family and work responsibilities.

Highly recommended for SES, Volunteer rescue entities and anyone wishing to enter the field of land search and rescue. This course is mapped against, and written in line with, POL58121 Diploma of Police Search and Rescue Coordination.

  • The Australian Search and Rescue System
  • The Australian Search and Rescue Authorities
  • Search and Rescue Roles and Responsibilities
  • ADF and Civil Community
  • Operational Intelligence
  • Briefing and Debriefing
  • The Functions of Time in Search and Rescue
  • Distress Alerting
  • COSPAS-SARSAT International Distress Beacon System
  • Staffing the Rescue Coordination Centre
  • Search and Rescue Facilities and Resources
  • Map Reading
  • Lost Person Behaviour
  • Statistical Strategies in Land SAR
  • Developing Land Search Areas
  • Medical Considerations

Pre-requisite: Employed in a Volunteer SAR entity

 

Duration: 12 weeks self-paced (online)

 

Schedule: On demand

 

Cost: AU$1,450/student 

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