Programme Overview

The aim of this evacuation chair training course is to give participants the skills and confidence, to safely evacuate employees or visitors that have mobility issues and cannot self-evacuate without assistance.

Who should attend?
Anyone designated with evacuation responsibility or who wants to be trained safe evacuation

Duration: 3-4 Hours

Programme Content:

• Module 1 Emergency Evacuation
• Module 2 Legal requirements
• Module 3 Evacuation Risk Assessment
• Module 4 Emergency Plans & Procedures
• Module 5 Evacuation Equipment
• Module 6 Operating and Evac Chair
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Objective:

On completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

• assemble the evacuation chair correctly
• mount a person into the chair with risk of injury.
• encourage the user of the chair to feel safe under your care.
• descend a stairwell without risk of injury to yourself or the user of the chair.
• understand the difference between a place of relative safety and a place of safety.
• make a decision if a person must be left in a refuge area.
• understand when the evacuation chair is not suitable for a safe evacuation.

On successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate for “Evacuation Chair Training”.  This Cert will be valid for 2 years

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