Description

The emphasis is and will always be on SAFETY. 

1. ALL training is conducted in a safe and controlled environment. 

1. You should not incur any vehicle damage or personal injury if you listen and watch your instructor who is always on hand to assist/advise. 

1. Any questions are welcomed – more interaction results in more knowledge shared. 

 Program for the day: 

 8:30 – 9:00: Arrival and registration – coffee and rusks available. 

 9:00 – 10:00: Theory: 

 We discuss situations where you have found yourself needing recovery 

• We discuss how and when and why we are need of recovery 

• We look at and discuss different ways of recovery and look at the equipment learning to identify each piece of equipment and what it would be used for 

 10:30 – 10:45 Comfort break 

 10:45 – 14:30 Practical instruction 

 Practical demonstration: 

•  Identifying the correct shackles to use – steel vs soft shackle 
• Snatch strap and kinetic rope and correct way of attaching to vehicles – recovery points 

• Correct use of air jack 

• Correct use of hi-lift jack and different application of a hi – lift jack 

• Recovery or sand tracks 

• Correct safe way of operating a winch – difference in operation steel cable vs synthetic rope 

 We divide the participants into groups and task them to utilize the different recovery equipment available– practical evaluation. 

 NB – IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE CANNOT TEACH YOU HOW TO DO A  

RECOVERY – HOWEVER  – WE CAN TEACH YOU THE CORRECT AND SAFE METHOD OF UTILIZING RECOVERY EQUIPMENT. 

 15:00 – 17:00 Certification and social.