Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRT-PRO)
Course for river users in challenging waters. It is designed specifically for outdoor river professionals, including rafting guides,Packrafting, .experienced paddlers, canyoning instructors, SUP enthusiasts, and others. Recently, it has also attracted many rescue professionals who wish to enhance their skills in more powerful waters always progressing step by step and ensuring complete safety.
Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRT-PRO) 3 Day Course | 00001
390.00€
Who Should Take This Course?
experienced paddlers,rafting guides,Packrafting , canoeists, and canyoning guides, but also for professional rescuers wishing to train in stronger waters.
Course Aims
We aim to increase every paddler’s awareness of the dangers inherent in the whitewater environment and how to avoid them. In addition, we work on improving self-rescue skills and providing paddlers with the experience needed to judge the seriousness of a rapid for themselves.
When traveling on the river with only limited rescue equipment, it is essential to be able to use it quickly and effectively in an emergency. Rescues in moving water can rapidly lead to dynamically demanding situations, where sound knowledge and well-practiced response strategies are required. Training takes place on and in the water,
Course Details
Course fees
€390.00
Contact Time:
18 Hours / 3 days
Prerequisites:
Confident swimmer with experience in water sports
Minimum age: 18 years
Instructed by
Rescue 3 Europe instructor for White Water Rescue Technician (WRTI)
Certification:
After successful completion of the course, your WRT-PRO certification will be valid for three years. The office of the Whitewater Training Center Baumgarten and Rescue 3 Europe will keep a record of your certification.
The course will be conducted in German and English.
What to bring
Swimming is a significant part of the course, so please come properly equipped with the following Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):
- Good wetsuit or drysuit
- Appropriate footwear
- Whitewater helmet
- Whitewater life jacket/PFD
- Throw bags and knife
If you are missing any items from this list, please inform us in advance so we can arrange replacements.
Rescue equipment such as: Throwbag, Karabiners, Pulleys, Slings etc. are available from us.
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 philosophy
- Training standards
- Best practice guidelines
- River hydrology and hazards
- Personal equipment
- Technical and group equipment
- River running considerations
- Assessing risk
- Managing an incident
- Medical considerations
- Night/poor visibility considerations
- Introduction to searching rivers
- Communications
- Whitewater swimming techniques
- Strainer swim
- Conditional rescues – throwbags
- Shallow water techniques
- Foot/body entrapments
- Knots and anchor systems
- Tensioning systems and mechanical advantage
- Tethered rescues
- Line crossing methods
- Tensioned diagonals/zip lines
- Boat pins and wraps
- Tethered boat techniques
- Victim/casualty management
- Belay systems
- Scenarios
- Flips, rights and crew/client recovery (if used by agency)
- Boat on a highline (if used by agency)
Whitewater Rescue Technician Professional (WRT-PRO) 3 Day Course | 00001
390.00€
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meeting point and date
The meeting point for the Whitewater Rescue Technician course is the Outdoor Center Baumgarten at Baumgarten 1, 83458 Schneizlreuth. The date and time will be announced at a later date.
Accommodation / Meals:
You are responsible for your own accommodation during the course. There is the option to book rooms at the Outdoor Center Baumgarten, and we are happy to assist you with this.
You are responsible for your own lunch. There are restaurants and several grocery stores within walking distance.However, we recommend bringing a lunch package and some snacks for the day, especially if you plan to take a lunch break by the river.