Standard Guide for Training and Equipping Search and Rescue Personnel Operating on Mountain Bikes (Mountain Bike SAR Endorsement)

Importancia y uso:

4.1 This guide establishes the minimum training criteria for Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel.

4.2 At no time will this standard supersede any established protocols of international, national, federal, state, tribal, local, or regional governments.

4.3 Every person who is identified as a Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individual shall have met the requirements of this guide.

4.4 Though this guide establishes only minimum standards, it does not imply that a Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individual is a “trainee,” “probationary,” or other similarly termed member of an agency or organization.

4.4.1 The AHJ is responsible for determining the requirements and qualifications for its team member ratings.

4.4.2 Nothing in this guide precludes an AHJ from adding additional requirements for its own members.

4.5 A person meeting the requirements of this guide does not necessarily possess adequate field skills and knowledge to make mission-critical decisions.

4.6 This guide by itself is not a training document. It is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel.

4.7 This guide is an outline of the topics required for training or evaluating Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel and may be used to assist in the development of a training document or program.

4.8 This guide can be used to evaluate a document to determine if its content includes the topics necessary for training an individual to be Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel. Likewise, this guide may be used to evaluate an existing training program to see if it meets the requirements in this guide.

4.9 The knowledge, skills, and abilities presented in the following sections are not in any particular order and do not represent a training sequence.

4.10 This guide does not stand alone and must be used with other ASTM standards to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for a Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed individual to perform safely and effectively.

4.11 Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Endorsed personnel shall document training by completion of a position task book compliant with Guide F3068 or by field demonstration under qualified supervision.

4.11.1 Where proficiency in a skill or ability must be demonstrated, unless stated otherwise it shall be demonstrated for initial qualification and as often as required by the AHJ.

4.11.2 Proficiency shall be demonstrated to a qualified observer as defined by the AHJ.

Subcomité:

F32.03

Referida por:

F1993-24, F3193-25

Volúmen:

13.02

Número ICS:

03.100.30 (Management of human resources), 13.200 (Accident and disaster control)

Palabras clave:

bicycle; bike; MBSAR; mountain bike; SAR; search;