Air Rescue Training & Simulation
Air Rescue Training & Simulation
Drawing on extensive aviation, medical and Human Factors experience encompassing a diverse range of military and civilian operational roles, combined with decades of learning and development practice, Air Rescue Training & Simulation delivers high-quality, relevant training and assessment for you and your staff.
We provide bespoke aviation Technical Crew training packages tailored to your organisation, operation, and crews. All training and assessment is designed around our BOLD training philosophy: Bespoke Optimised Learning Dynamics. Please click here for a more detailed description of what this means and how we apply it to learning and development.
Alongside our Technical Crew training, we provide a range of accredited training courses suitable for individuals and businesses seeking additional experience and qualifications relevant to their roles and organisations, whether in aviation or other sectors.
More information is available via the site menu and links below. If you want to know more, discuss training or book a course, please get in touch.
- Medical Training
- TC Academy
- CRM/HF Training
- First Response Emergency Care Level 3 (FREC 3)
- First Response Emergency Care Level 4 (FREC 4)
- Safe Administration of Lifesaving Medicine (SALM)
- First Aid at Work (FAaW)
- Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
The Technical Crew Academy
At the ARTS Technical Crew Academy, we believe in training decision-makers, not just hoist operators and winch medics.
Our courses are built around assessing and developing learners’ non-technical skills (NOTECHS) and human factors (HF), as these are critical elements for operational safety and effectiveness. These principles are embedded into every aspect of technical crew training.
Delivered through our BOLD (Bespoke Optimised Learning Dynamics) training philosophy and modular training system, we ensure learners have a unique training pathway aligned to their needs, operational role, regulatory requirements, and employer expectations.
Training programmes are built around detailed training needs analyses, baseline assessments, and client operational requirements, ensuring they are relevant, comprehensive and bespoke to you. This means they are scalable and fully adaptive, covering all your requirements, from aviation ground school and basic hoisting operations to complex Search and Rescue scenarios in challenging environmental conditions and other crew competencies.
“Smarter training for safer operations.”
Our training system, equipment, and expertise working with your regulatory requirements, content and needs.
We can offer a single solution for all of your technical crew training requirements, including:
- Ab initio training up to operator conversion.
- Skills development.
- Upskilling from winch medic to hoist operator.
- Hoist emergency training packages
- On-wing training.
- Medical training.
- CRM/Human Factors training.
We employ state-of-the-art virtual reality simulation to enhance skills development, including our Hoist Mission Training System (HMTS) from Bluedrop Training & Simulation. The HMTS is unique, providing high-fidelity training with three-dimensional haptic feedback, allowing operators to train with unparalleled realism.
Combining cutting-edge technology with decades of combined experience, a focus on human factors, and decision-making under pressure, the ARTS Technical Crew Academy ensures that crews are prepared to perform safely, effectively, and confidently in demanding operational environments.
Crew Resource Management and Human Factors Training
All of our Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Human Factors (HF) courses are designed around you, your requirements, and your operation/industry. Based in the UK, we have experience delivering CRM and HF training worldwide and can tailor the courses and content to suit multiple regulatory authorities.
While CRM and HF originate from the aviation industry, they can be used to support and promote a safety culture and safe operations in multiple sectors where human interaction and teamwork are necessary for safe and effective outcomes.
Our trainers have thousands of hours of experience in operational flying from military and civilian Search and Rescue operations, to Helimed and Policing, but have also worked in and with many other industries. This background allows all staff to provide contextualised learning that takes training beyond the theory.
The tabs below contain more information, but please contact us to discuss your requirements and how we can use our experience to help you.
- Crew Resource Management Foundation Course (CRM/FC)
- Crew Resource Management Refresher Course (CRM/RC)
- Human Factors Training for Ops Staff
(HFOS) - Human Factors Awareness
(HFA) - Human Information Processing
(HIP) - Non-Technical Skills Training
(NST)
Our CRM Foundation Course is designed to introduce aviation professionals to the core principles of Crew Resource Management, as outlined in the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s CAP 737. This course emphasises developing non-technical skills essential for safe and efficient flight operations. It is intended for operations and flight crew and seeks to build a strong foundation in CRM principles.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Fostering effective teamwork and situational awareness.
- Understanding human performance limitations and their impact on safety.
- Enhancing communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Applying threat and error management strategies in operational contexts.
Our CRM Refresher Course revisits and reinforces CRM’s core principles while tackling the latest human factors trends and operational challenges. Delivered by certified trainers with extensive experience in a wide variety of operations, the course adapts to your operation.
Refresher courses address the key elements of CRM in line with your schedule and requirements, introduce case studies, and examine the practical application of CRM tools. All our courses promote a safety culture while ensuring your team stays competent and effective in complex and safety-critical environments.
Our Human Factors Training for Operations Staff is designed to enhance the understanding of human performance and its impact on safety and efficiency in aviation operations. This course is suitable for non-flight crew personnel involved in operational aviation roles, and supports the development of a safety culture and enhances operational effectiveness.
Training Objectives:
- Understanding the role of human factors in safety management systems.
- Identifying human factors that influence operational performance.
- Implementing strategies to mitigate human error.
- Improving communication and teamwork among operational staff.
Our Human Factors Awareness course introduces the principles of human factors and their relevance across various safety-critical industries, including healthcare, emergency response, manufacturing, and transportation. This course is designed for organisations and professionals seeking to enhance safety and efficiency in their respective fields.
Course Content: (designed around you and your business/industry)
- Applying human factors principles to improve system design and processes.
- Exploring the interaction between humans, technology, and work environments.
- Understanding how human behaviour affects safety and performance.
- Recognising common human errors and implementing preventive measures.
Our Human Information Processing course delves into the cognitive processes that underpin human interaction with complex systems. Understanding these processes is crucial for designing systems and procedures that align with human capabilities and limitations. This training is relevant to system design, safety analysis, and operational planning professionals across various industries.
Key Topics:
- Designing interfaces and procedures that support cognitive function.
- Perception, attention, and memory in high-stakes environments.
- Decision-making processes under stress and time constraints.
- Situational awareness and its role in operational performance.
Our Non-Technical Skills Training focuses on developing cognitive and social skills that complement technical expertise, primarily in safety-critical roles. These skills are essential for effective teamwork, decision-making, and error management in any business setting.
Training Components:
- Decision Making: Applying structured approaches to making informed choices.
- Communication: Enhancing clarity and effectiveness in the exchange of information.
- Teamwork: Building collaborative and supportive team dynamics.
- Leadership: Developing the ability to guide and influence team performance.
- Situational Awareness: Maintaining an accurate understanding of your environment.
About Us
Air Rescue Training & Simulation (ARTS) was born out of the success of Air Rescue UK, which has a wealth of experience in military and commercial all-weather Search & Rescue (SAR) operations. Instrumental in the successful stand-up of the UK MoD Falkland Islands SAR contract, Air Rescue UK continues to provide 24/7 operations in this and other demanding and inhospitable environments worldwide. Having also been responsible for projects such as Oil & Gas SAR in East Africa, Kazakhstan and Romania, including the ab initio training of the technical crew, and backed up by a wealth of experience in professional Learning & Development, Air Rescue UK became a leading authority in rear/technical crew training.
With a strong link to Bluedrop Training & Simulation, it naturally followed to offer Air Rescue UK’s experience in SAR flight operations, practical application of medical training and Human Factors to other operators and industries. In late 2022, Air Rescue Training & Simulation was created as a daughter company to Air Rescue UK. Since then, ARTS has been involved with military and civilian clients training ab initio crew members, upskilling existing technical crew and providing advice and support in a wide range of operational settings.
Using Bluedrop’s high-fidelity rear crew VR simulators, ARTS provides training and assessment for crews in situations that cannot be replicated in an aircraft during training due to safety considerations and limitations. With the Hoist Mission Training System (HMTS) providing three-dimensional haptic feedback and the ability to practice emergencies in realistic scenarios, ARTS allows hoist operators to safely obtain experience in demanding and stressful situations before encountering them in live operations. “Smarter training for safe operations.”
Committed to providing bespoke training that adapts dynamically to meet individual and business development requirements; whether you or your business work in aviation or another safety-critical industry, Air Rescue Training & Simulation’s training solutions are designed to make you and your operation safer and more effective. Read more below.
Our BOLD Philosophy
Bespoke – Unique to you, your business and your operation. Your content, our system.
Optimised – Individually tailored learner training pathways through Learning Gap Analysis.
Learning – Contextualised training using diverse formats and delivery, including high-fidelity VR simulation.
Dynamics – Adaptable in real time to adjust to learner development and requirements.
The Modular Training System
ARTS utilises a modular training system designed to deliver flexible, scalable, and client-specific training solutions primarily tailored to technical crew engaged in hoisting operations worldwide. Our system provides modules covering everything from ground school to operational conversion, and caters for all learners, starting from ab initio training to crew development and up-skilling.
The ARTS Team
The ARTS team has decades of learning and development experience, backed by hundreds of years of operational flying in a wide variety of settings, both military and civilian. With expertise in the cockpit, cabin and on the ground, we are able to draw on experience from SAR, CSAR, Law Enforcement, HEMS, Support and Tactical airborne operations to make training engaging operationally focused.
SMARTER TRAINING FOR SAFER OPERATIONS
Whether you or your business work in aviation or another safety-critical industry, our training solutions are designed to make you and your operation safer and more effective. Air Rescue Training & Simulation is committed to providing bespoke training that adapts dynamically to meet individual and business development requirements.