IAMSAR Search & Rescue Officer Course
- 4 WEEKS FACE-TO-FACE -
This course is designed to train students to undertake the duties and responsibilities of an IAMSAR qualified Search and Rescue Officer within an ARCC/MRCC/JRCC or other Emergency Response Centres who have Search & Rescue Coordination Responsibilities as part of their operations.
This course builds on the underpinning knowledge gained through candidate’s industry experience combined with successful completion of the Introduction to Search & Rescue course.
This course can be run in a Joint setting (maritime & aviation) over 4 weeks or as a dedicated Aviation or Maritime Rescue Coordination Course on request.

- The SAR System, Authorities & Roles
- SAR Regions & Arrangements
- SAR Doctrine
- Case Studies (Aviation/Maritime)
- SAR Alerting and Phases
- GMDSS, GADSS, SafetyNet & C Codes
- Distress Alerting, COSPAS SARSAT and Distress Beacons
- Introduction to SAR Intelligence
- Mapping, Coordinates and Time
- Search Patterns and Techniques
- Search Areas and Stages
- SAR Formula & SAR Worksheets
- Search Area Coverage [Worksheet 2/3/8] & Search Area Compromise [WS2/3]
- Stage 3 Search Areas
- SAR Resources
- Survivability Factors/TFFS in SAR
- Rescue Planning
- Weather and Environmental Factors
- Charts & Symbols
- Maritime Broadcasts
- Navigation Warnings & Safety Messaging
- Maritime Resource
- Maritime Intelligence
- Tides
- SLDMB
- Drift Planning [Worksheet 1]
- Drift Modelling Systems
- Medical Advice and Evacuations
- Aviation Arrangements
- Aviation Maps/Publications
- Aviation SAR Platforms
- Aviation Weather & SAR Forecasts
- Aviation Fuel Planning Considerations
- SARWatch
- Aviation SAR Intelligence
- Distress Beacon Homing
- Aircraft Allocation Resourcing & Allocating [Worksheet 6]
- Briefing & Debriefing
- Search Stages, Stages 1, 2 & 3 Search Planning
- Aviation Rescue Planning
- Sector Search/Expanding Square
- Contour Search
- Ship Medical Evacuations [Medevac]
- Search and rescue incident simulations powered by SARLINK or using a clients system on request
- Individual SAR Calculator Pro. license included
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Search and Rescue
Duration: 4 weeks (face-to-face)
COMING SOON – 2025 Course Dates
Canberra
Brisbane
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Other locations/dates (on request)
Cost: Price on request, commercial/group bookings available