Stawell Gold Mines has worked in conjunction with State Emergency Service and Country Fire Authority to deliver a high-angle rescue operators course on site on Monday.
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State Emergency Service operations officer Andrew Feagan said the training would provide workers with the skills to work in medical, industrial and wilderness environments.
“High-angle rescues are fairly common in this region,” he said.
“You’ve got the Grampians and Mount Arapiles, which are two hot spots for this sort of rescue.
“Using the mine completes the course as it provides that training in an industrial environment as well.”
Instructors travelled from Portland, Traralgon, Horsham and Ballarat to deliver the four-day course.
Stawell Gold Mines engineer and emergency response coordinator Zane Smith said the company was committed to working with different departments on safety and rescue procedures.
“Our workers now have an improved ability to respond quickly and swiftly to an emergency,” he said.
“This is something that we take seriously, we have emergency underground training at least once a week and all other safety training annually.”
Stawell SES responded to 13 rescue calls in 15 days during April.
Six jobs involved call-outs at the Grampians.