VR07 - Advanced Winching

VR07 is about 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 used in light vehicle recovery
Outline winch theory
Types of winch ropes used in light vehicle recovery
Ancillary equipment used when winching
Winching resistances and calculations
Methods used in 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 student will be able to demonstrate that they can calculate the effort required and prepare the site, casualty and equipment required to winch a vehicle from a given situation, “using a change of direction for mechanical advantage