What is Low Voltage Rescue Training and do I need it?

jude72
Jul 11, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Mar 4

Low Voltage Rescue (or LVR) Training is a first aid course specifically designed for those who work around electricity, such as electricians.

It was created so that those who work in these kinds of industries have the capability to be able to rescue and help someone recover from receiving an electric shock.

It’s called “Low Voltage” because it’s only applicable to settings like ordinary household electricity. It’s not applicable to situation where people work on those high voltage overhead powerlines or underground electrical cables.

What do I learn in Low Voltage Rescue training?

In our Low Voltage Rescue course you will learn how to safely remove someone who is in contact with a live source of low voltage electricity, such as a live powerline, a switchboard or other electrical appliance. These types of incidents can happen to electricians or others when connecting electricity to a home or commercial building. It can also happen when installing or repairing a switchboard or installing or repairing an electrical appliance.

The course goes into great detail about how to work safely around live electricity. It covers important points like:

what are the risks and hazards involved
the obligations of employers and employees when working around live electricity
understanding what electrical isolation is.

Does LVR training include CPR training?

As well as knowing how to safely remove someone from an electrocution situation, the LVR course also teaches you how to help them recover. Often this will involve the use of CPR or a defibrillator as electrocution can cause a person’s heart to stop beating or beat irregularly.

It’s important to not only be able to remove the person from the source of harm but also to be able to help them recover. Which is why we add CPR training to our LVR course.

Our LVR training is normally conducted alongside our CPR course. This makes the combined course 4 hours long in total. It is conducted either at our training facility in Truganani or can be conducted on-site at your premises provided your business or organisation has a minimum of 12 people being trained.

On successful completion of the LVR course participants will know they can safely rescue someone from a live voltage situation and help them recover. As our training is fully accredited, all course participants will receive a certificate attesting to their course completion which is valid for 12 months.

The course codes for each part of the combined LVR and CPR training are as follows: