This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to use Class A foam to extinguish Class A carbonaceous solid fires in wildfire operations, secure against ignition or extinguish Class B shallow hydrocarbon fuel spills and to operate and maintain foam equipment required for its production.

Class A foam is a liquid foam solution used mostly to extinguish fires in ordinary combustible solids such as wood, fabric, paper or organic material. The foam blanket adheres to fuels and gradually releases the water in the foam to wet fuels for a longer period than water alone.

Class B shallow hydrocarbon fuel spills includes incidents such as at road crashes where fuel tanks may have been ruptured or begun leaking, service station fuel pump area spills or machinery refuelling trailers have occurred.

The unit applies to personnel on the fire ground responsible for preparing, handling and applying Class A foam during wildfire and non-structural firefighting operations.

The fire sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
non-structural objects must include two or more of the following	coal fires hydrocarbon fuels machinery fire dozers and graders motor vehicles small and shallow hydrocarbon fuel spills tyre dumps
measures to control leaks or spills must include	exercising care to avoid spills at mixing and loading areas

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Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Foam system and equipment is operated to produce required solution strength suitable for its intended application as non-aspirated or aspirated foam and for the type of fuel to which it is to be applied
Class A foam is applied as a direct attack to extinguish the edge of the fire using non-aspirated or low expansion foam nozzles
Class A foam is used to wet fuels to construct a control line adjacent to the fire edge, using required foam proportion rate to contribute to fuel reduction burning, burning out and back burning
Foam is applied to conduct mop up/blacking out operations by regulating flow to suit application type and rate
Class A foam is applied to non-structural objects, in accordance with organisational operating procedures for these types of fires
Direct and indirect application of Class A foam is demonstrated, in accordance with organisational operating procedures
Environmental contamination from application of Class A foam is considered and preventative measures are implemented
Type of foam for application in a wildfire or on non-structural object is selected depending on the required effect of foam on components of the fire triangle and fuel
Type of Class A foam system is confirmed through chain of command
Foam system and equipment is operated to produce required solution strength suitable for its intended application as non-aspirated or aspirated foam and for the type of fuel to which it is to be applied
Class A foam is stored on tankers and appliances in designated storage drums, racks or tanks, in accordance with Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements

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