NZQA registered unit standard
26993 version 1
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Title
Use rescue ladders in fire and rescue situations
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of rescue ladders, and select and use rescue
ladders in a fire and rescue situation.
Classification
Fire and Rescue Services > Fire and Rescue Services Generic Fire Fighting
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Compliance with the fire and rescue service provider’s Health and Safety policy and
procedures is mandatory.
2
Definitions
Fire and rescue service provider’s requirements refer to policies and procedures on
safety and operation set down by each fire and rescue service employer or host
organisation.
Ladders refer to those that are supplied at the candidate’s own station, at a training
facility, or on an appliance.
Rescue ladders refer to medium or long extension ladders that are designed for
rescue by carry down.
3
Assessment against this unit standard may take place under real or practical
simulated conditions.
4
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, and Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of rescue ladders.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Rescue ladder components are identified and their use explained in accordance
with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101902
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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Specifications of rescue ladders are explained in accordance with the fire and
rescue service provider’s requirements.
Range
length, carrying method.
1.3
Type and frequency of tests for rescue ladders and explained in accordance
with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
1.4
Safety considerations when using rescue ladders are explained in accordance
with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
Range
1.5
protective clothing, distance from heat source, overhead
obstacles, weight limits, weather conditions, positioning, stability.
Methods of ladder carry-down are explained in accordance with the fire and
rescue service provider’s requirements.
Range
a minimum of two of – face to face method, Leicester method,
Manchester method.
Outcome 2
Select and use rescue ladders in a fire and rescue situation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Rescue ladder is selected in a fire and rescue situation to meet safety and
operational requirements in accordance with the fire and rescue service
provider’s requirements.
Range
2.2
Rescue ladder is slipped, pitched and extended in a fire and rescue situation in
accordance with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
Range
2.3
a minimum of two of – bridging, climbing, working from ladder.
all crew positions.
Rescue ladder is climbed and worked from in a fire and rescue situation in
accordance with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
Range
mount head of ladder, dismount head of ladder, carry-down.
2.4
Rescue ladders that can be split are split and reassembled in a fire and rescue
situation in accordance with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
2.5
Rescue ladder is housed in accordance with the fire and rescue service
provider’s requirements.
2.6
Faults are reported and documentation completed in accordance with the fire
and rescue service provider’s requirements.
Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101902
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26993 version 1
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Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 26992 replaced unit
standard 10614.
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 January 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0039
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation
info@frsito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101902
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016