Trench Rescue Awareness
This four (4) hour course provides the first responder with the means to identify
the hazards associated with collapse and its associated dangers. Awareness level
training provides a decision-making matrix (risk/reward analysis), understanding of
OSHA standards and types of emergencies that can occur at an excavation site that
may or may not involve collapse. Meets multiple OSHA and MIOSHA standards.
Trench Rescue Operations
This twenty-four (24) hour course represents the first level in which team
members learn the necessary knowledge and skills to render certain types of
collapse emergencies safe for rescue operations. The operations level trained
personnel learn techniques to place sheeting and shoring systems in all trenches
that are not more than 15 feet deep and do not intersect. Meets multiple OSHA and
MIOSHA standards. Prerequisite: Rope Rescue I & II (Operations).
Trench Rescue Technician
This sixteen (16) hour course represents training in trenches with intersecting
walls and deep wall trenches. Personnel at this level are primarily responsible for
the overall operation, development of protective systems, access and
disentanglement of victims in trenches or excavations collapses. Persons at this
level typically have advanced training in other disciplines of technical rescue. They
include rope rescue training, confined space rescue training and structural collapse
rescue. Meets multiple OSHA and MIOSHA standards. Prerequisite: Trench
Awareness and Operations.