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ITRA Level 2: Tactical Rope Technician Qualification (assessment) course
Last Updated : Saturday, 2 March 2024 by Eduardo Cartaya (ITRA Board of Directors)
Start and End Monday, 22 Apr 2024 08:00 - Friday, 26 Apr 2024 17:00
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Category Course - Agency
Coordinator Eduardo Cartaya
Lead Instructors Eduardo Cartaya,  Scott Linn
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  22 Apr 2024 08:00 - 26 Apr 2024 17:00 Direct Action Vertical Training Center
 
Event Description

Course Fee:    $1250.00 USD each  (Refundable up to 1 week before course)

Registration Link:

https://directactionvertical.regfox.com/apr-24-troc-level-2-itra-cert  

 

Dropbox link to full course announcement:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cim0u14vq3bivx01sl7eg/DAV-Tactical-Rope-Operations-Course-Level-2-April-2024-Flyer.pdf?rlkey=t7wfd43ffz4zomxf3pekhtjqa&dl=0

The DAV Level 2 Tactical Rope Operations Course (TROC) is a 44 hour course delivered in 5 days designed to give law enforcement officers an alternative safe solution to many situations, and develop true vertical mobility in a tactical situation, that is, an incident that involves a human antagonist, armed or unarmed.  Course will be held at the Direct Action Vertical training center located in Redmond Oregon.  Components of the class will also occur at the Bend Fire Department training tower, nearby firearms range, and Mt Bachelor resort. (NOTE: Level 1  / Rappel Master qual may be available as an option during same week.)  This course includes live firearms training as well as night operations.

Target Audience:   Special Operations police and military units tasked with direct action operations to access areas by a vertical medium (urban or wilderness) to effect an arrest, conduct hostage rescue, remove vertical protesters, intervene with suicide jumpers, rescue  / transport downed operators, set up over watches or containment, board vessels, or infiltrate criminal facilities.

Pre-requisites:   There is no specific course pre-requisite, but operators attending this level 2 course should already have basic knowledge of a few knots, simple anchor rigging, donning a harness, basic rappelling (and tie off) and basic ability to ascend a rope and pass a knot.  An entry packet with a required knot list and a description of the entry skills test will be sent upon registration.  Packet will include links to training videos that demonstrate all entry tests.   Operators will be expected to report with all duty gear, entry gear anticipated for vertical access, their duty handgun and / or SBR, 100 rounds of ammunition, and range safety PPE. (Some equipment can be loaned out if needed)

Qualifications / Certifications / Records:  Course will include assessments of learning objectives from the International Technical Rescue Association tactical division.  This is a 3 year qualification (certification) that is recorded in the ITRA  / ITM database and is referable by any agency seeking verification.  Registration into ITRA database is included with course fee. Each student will have a profile established on ITM (if permitted by agency policy). To maintain the qualification, the assessment performance test will have to be repeated every 3 years. https://itra.international/

Course Description:  This is an intensive course designed specifically for law enforcement operators to develop true vertical mobility on rope as a single responder and to manage team based operations. Use of force considerations, actions on contact, tactical medical, and agency policy considerations are integrated throughout. Course is roughly 48 contact hours in 5 days, as it will include slightly extended days and a night operations session after dinner Wednesday.  Let DAV know if that is an issue with time rules / OT / union agreements, etc.  We’ll adapt accordingly and can revise as needed.

Equipment:  All ropes and vertical gear CAN be provided by Direct Action Vertical, but we encourage participants to try using the gear issued to them by their department.  There ARE some restrictions on gear (certain rappel devices like ATC, etc), which will be covered in the pre-course checklist.  While heavy SPRAT / NFPA gear and harnesses are allowed, we strongly recommend lightweight caver style tactical harnesses that mesh well with assault gear. Speed in donning and vertical movement is safety in the tactical realm, which is why your rope course assessments are timed.  You are already carrying a lot of extra mission gear for entry.

Course is capped at 12.  Minimum to hold course is 7.

Includes:  44 hours contact, ITRA assessment, student manual, course patch, ITRA member registration fee, all lunches, & dinner of night operations, and basic cordage (tubular webbing, prusik cord.)   Gear can be signed out to operators for the course.  (Please advise in advance)

Pre-Course Documents:  Upon completing registration, we will provide you with pre-course equipment check list, knot list, pre-course reading, and video of entry test / scoring criteria.

NOTE: These are high intensity, special operations courses with multiple testing components.  The days are long and the volume of delivery is high.  Courses are psychologically and physically strenuous. Physical fitness is a must.  If you can’t climb 6 flights of stairs with full kit without being winded and unable to engage accurately with a firearm, reconsider.

Entry Skills Test for Level 2 course:   10 knots (list to be provided) in 20 minutes.  Ability to don a harness, climb up a single line 10 meters, passing a knot, perform a changeover to rappel, and perform a 10 meter rappel, passing a knot on way down, tying off the
 
Course Description
Assessed against the ITRA Tactical Rope level 2 syllabus.

Target Audience:  Tactical operators who have previously qualified with ITRA Tactical 1, OR possess solid mastery of tactical ropes basics.  This would be the primary level for most full time operators on a tactical rope team. 

Intent:  This is the “workhorse” qualification. Most missions should be doable with this qualification.

Core Skill Sets:  Full tactical mobility on SRT.  Able to negotiate virtually any conceivable rope obstacle confidently, in darkness, wet, or confined space, while wearing full assault gear.  Operate mid-pitch deviations / apparatus. Tactical litter packaging and transport for hasty extrications. Interventions with conscious / cooperative subjects.

Summary of Resulting Qualification Capability:  Full tactical mobility on SRT...can go anywhere there is a rope or nylon product capable of human load.  Able to utilize body weight to effect small weight transfers to break into loaded lines or make small lifts to solve stoppages on rope. Able to travel horizontal lines, off sets, guidelines. Conduct mid-line rescues or interventions for conscious / cooperative subjects in a tactical environment (stuck operator, hostage extrication, etc.) Handle 2 person loads on rope. Traveling hauls and simple counterweight rescue concepts. Able to perform all SRT tasks with helmet mounted NVG’s.

Rescue Ability on Single Rope Technique: Take care of another person who is conscious / cooperative, or in a litter as part of a team based rescue. (Unconscious SRT pick off’s are assessed in level 3.  They might be trained in in any course based on clientele, but for the purpose of ITRA leveled tactical qualifications, SRT pick-offs of unconscious or non-compliant personnel are considered advanced interventions and reserved for level 3 qualification.)

Anticipated Role in Tactical Mission:  Level 2’s will typically take “point” as in first over an edge or up a rope that has been remotely deployed if no mid-face rigging is anticipated. May be supported on rope team by level 1’s on lower risk missions or rescues. Fully mission capable in all but the most complex or committing vertical missions.

Rationale:  This should be the journey-man level for most operators functioning on a rope team.  If they go no higher, they should still be fully functional for most missions. The focus is getting  the operator fluent on rope travel and confident with using their own weight and gear to effect compliant interventions.

 
 
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