Evacuation Sledge Train the Trainer

Evacuation Sledge Train the Trainer Course

Our one day Evacuation Sledge Train the Trainer Course is specifically designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required to run in-house training for your colleagues. We cover the legislation surrounding evacuation sledges, Government guidance, physical considerations and more. We also ensure that you get plenty of hands-on practice with a range of different makes and models of evacuation sledge (typically a minimum of 3 sledges).

After learning how to use a sledge yourself, you’ll then be coached on running a training session for your colleagues. To ensure that you’re confident in this, you’ll run a short teaching session in the afternoon where you will be instructing the group how to use one of the sledges.

Key benefits of the course:

• Get hands-on experience of several of the most popular types of evacuation sledge on the market.
• Enables you to conduct in-house evacuation sledge training when new staff require training or existing staff need refresher training.
• Generates cost savings through bringing skills in-house.
• Enables you to run your own training.
• Delivered by our highly experienced instructor.

Evacuation sledge train the trainer course syllabus includes:

• What is an evacuation sledge?
• When would you use one?
• Who would use one?
• Legislation & guidance.
• Disability etiquette training.
• Planning for an evacuation.
• Evacuation strategies.
• GEEPs & PEEPs
• Risks to evacuation sledge operators & assistants.
• The Spine.
• Manual handling risk assessments.
• Team Lifting.
• Evacuation sledge pre-checks & use.
• Helping people into the evacuation equipment.
• Written test.
• Trainer delivery sessions

Course Type:

• Practical, face to face training.
• Maximum of 12 candidates per course to ensure your safety in the stairwell.

Certificate:

• Certificates will be issued at the discretion of the trainer depending on the level of competence and ability demonstrated during the course.
• Following successful completion of the course and assessments, you will receive the following course certificate issued by Chris Garland Training:
  • Evacuation Sledge – Train the Trainer Certificate.
• PDF certificates are issued as standard.
• Certificates are valid for 3 years.

Course duration:

• 6 guided learning hours.

Time:

• 9am-5pm.
• Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time of your course.

Test:

• The training and assessment is undertaken in English. We recommend that you have at least GCSE grade C/Level 2 English & Maths before undertaking this course. This is not mandatory, so please contact us to discuss any reasonable adjustments that we can make to accommodate your needs.
• Each candidate will undertake a multiple-choice question paper & practical assessment.
  • Multiple-Choice Question paper: You need to score a minimum of 70% correct answers to achieve a pass.
  • Practical observation: Practical assessments throughout the course, including a practical teaching demonstration of part of the course

Pre-requisites:

• Prior experience of evacuation equipment use is not required.
• You must be at least 18 years old to undertake this course.
• You will need a reasonable level of strength & fitness as there is a significant amount of manual handling involved in the use of evacuation equipment.
• Those with hernias, upper body, spinal or limb injuries should not undertake this training.
• You should be between approximately 5’5” & 6’6” in height. If you’re outside of this you will find it difficult or impossible to operate evacuation equipment safely.
  • Please contact us to discuss this if you fall into this category.
• You should be between at least 8 stone in weight – operators need to have a minimum mass to be able to move evacuation equipment safely.
  • Please contact us to discuss this if you fall into this category.
• You must wear appropriate clothing for the training (e.g.: trousers and flat shoes/boots)
• We recommend that you have at least GCSE grade C/Level 2 English & Maths before undertaking this course.
  • This is not mandatory, so please contact us to discuss any reasonable adjustments that we can make to accommodate your needs.

Candidates:

• All scheduled/open courses have a minimum and maximum number of candidates that we can take on a course.
  • Minimum: We need a minimum of 3 candidates booked on an open/scheduled course for the course to run.
  • Maximum: To ensure your safety at the top of the stairs, we can only take a maximum of 12 candidates per course.
• Should you have more than 8 candidates for the course, please contact us to discuss holding a private course.

Geographical coverage:

• This qualification is available to candidates across the UK. We can deliver it outside the UK but the protocols that we teach to meet current UK guidelines.

Venue:

• Scheduled/Open Courses:
  • These run at our training centre in Knutsford, Cheshire.
• Private Courses:
  • Why not arrange to have a private courses run at your workplace? Simply fill in our quote request form and we will get back to you with a personalised quotation.
  • We can run this course for you at your premises anywhere in the country with a maximum of 12 people per course. Naturally you’ll also need to have a suitable staircase at your premises that we can use during the course.
  • While we will bring our own training sledges, we do request that you make one of your evacuation sledges available on your course. This is to ensure that your colleagues are familiar with how they operate.

Joining instructions:

• Visit this page to read the course joining instructions.