VR07 - Advanced Winching

VR07 covers recovering light vehicles from situations where a winch is required to place the casualty in a position from where it can be removed. It also covers the safety requirements of using a winch.

Learning Outcomes
• Health and safety requirements applicable to the use of winches on light vehicle recovery units
• Types of winch and winch ropes used in light vehicle recovery
• Winch theory
• Ancillary equipment used when winching
• Winching resistances and calculations
• Increasing line pull/changing line direction
• Effects of the casualty position or attitude on the winching operation
• Methods used to right an overturned light vehicle
• Hand signals used to direct a winch operator

Practical Outcome
• The participant will be able to demonstrate the correct methods of calculating the effort required and preparation of the site, casualty and equipment required to winch a vehicle from a given situation, using a change of direction for mechanical advantage