A RECRUITMENT window to join Helensburgh’s Coastguard Rescue Team has now opened.
Volunteers are being sought to become coastguard rescue officers (CROs) at the Rhu Marina station.
CROs will be trained in a number of competencies from water rescue, mud rescue, advanced first aid, search, pyrotechnic and ordnance response as well as other smaller competencies which would be completed within the first year of probation.
You must stay and/or work within 10 minutes of the station, have a current driving licence, be reasonably fit, and be aged over 18.
The closing date for applications is January 21, 2022. Visit gov.uk/volunteer-as-a-coastguard to find out more or search for 'Helensburgh Coastguard Rescue Team' on Facebook.
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