This program provides students with a detailed explanation of the Cospas-Sarsat international satellite distress alerting system.

At the completion of this Unit students will:

• Understand the development and operation of the Cospas-Sarsat distress beacon system
  
• Explore the operation of the GEOSAR, LEOSAR and the new MEOSAR constellations
• Examine how this system can aid the SAR coordinator during a SAR mission
• Identify the differences between 406MHz (digital) and 121.5MHz (analogue) beacon signals
• Discuss the difference in the Local and Global operational modes of Cospas-Sarsat
• Identify beacon coding including country code
• Understand the process of 'Notification of Country of Registration (NOCR)'
• Identify the different sources of search and rescue intelligence available through the Cospas-Sarsat global system

This training has been specifically designed for the mining and exploration industry and for companies or organisations that operate in remote or isolated areas at home or abroad.

Training focuses on providing company personnel with the skills and knowledge necessary to setup a company based search and rescue system and to initiate a timely response to reports of missing or overdue employees, aircraft or vessels.

Our remote area training is tailored in consultation with the client to specifically meet their organisational needs relevant to the areas in which their employees operate and can cover any or all of the following areas:

• The relevant national and international search and rescue system
• Company search and rescue procedures
• Emergency reporting requirements and points-of-contact
• Roles and responsibilities of local SAR authorities
• Flight following
• Searching from the air
• Distress beacons and location techniques
• Lost person behaviours
• Search and rescue procedures and techniques
• Search patterns
• The search team leader
• Search area calculation
• Medical factors that affect survival such as hypothermia, hyperthermia, trauma and acute or chronic medical conditions
• Aircraft accident hazards

Training can be delivered in the traditional classroom setting, through on-line distance learning using our virtual campus or a combination of both.

SAR Training Australia is happy to discuss your training requirements and to develop and deliver a program to meet your organisational and geographic requirements.

Contact us for more information at enquiries@sartraining.com.au

Search & Rescue Coordinator Training __________________________________________________________ Next Course: Marine Search and Rescue Coordinator __________________________________________________________ Training Program: Search and Rescue Coordination Pre-requisites: "Introduction to Search and Rescue" (on-line delivery) Co-requisites: Nil Course Delivery: Classroom Training (Minimum student numbers required). SAR Coordination training is conducted in three separate streams of maritime, aviation and land search and rescue coordination. Please email us for a copy of individual program outlines. Duration: One week (Monday to Friday) for each stream. Location: LifeFlight Training Academy, Aviation Australia Campus Brisbane International Airport (or other locations as agreed with client for group bookings) Course Award: Certificate of Completion - Search & Rescue Coordinator Training Group/Corporate Courses: Specialist training programs can be developed to specifically meet individual organisational training and skill requirements and include training in more than one stream. Course Outline With a strong focus on command, control and coordination of search and rescue missions, this course is designed to train students to undertake the duties and responsibilities of a Search and Rescue Coordinator. This course builds on the underpinning knowledge gained through the Introduction to Search and Rescue course that is a pre-requisite to attend this training. Training includes the following: Search and Rescue Problems The Search and Rescue System Rescue Coordination Centre Organisation and Management Interpersonal and Organisational Communications Search and Rescue Sequences Decision Making Search Area Coverage Search and Rescue Platforms Maps and Charts Calculating Current Leeway and Drift Planning for a Rescue or MEDEVAC Search Procedures and Search Area Determination Search and Rescue worksheets Risk Management Conducting Briefings and Debriefings Practical Application of Search and Rescue Procedures in a Simulated Environment For more information please email enquiries@sartraining.com.au