- PUAWER010B - Lead a workplace emergency initial response team
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PUAWER010B
Lead a workplace emergency initial response team
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
This unit applies to employees in the workplace within all industries and in all contexts.
This unit places responsibility on individual employees who are delegated the responsibility to lead an emergency response team; to prepare the team for workplace emergencies; coordinate and communicate the control of workplace emergencies; and lead the team’s recovery from an emergency. This expectation will be included in appropriate position descriptions and duty statements.
The knowledge and skills gained through the completion of this unit may be applied by employees across all industries.
This unit covers the competency required to lead a workplace emergency initial response team in the control of workplace emergencies in their early stages prior to the arrival of emergency services or specialist response teams.
This unit has been developed to cover the broad range of emergencies and workplaces as considered in Australian Standard 3745—2010.
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Prerequisites
PUAWER009B Participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team
Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | Assessment must confirm the ability to lead a safe and prompt response to a workplace emergency; to constantly assess the situation, identify hazards, apply and coordinate appropriate precautions; to select, implement and coordinate safe and effective actions by the team; to support the responding emergency services or specialist response teams; and to complete appropriate reports. Consistency in performance Competency should be demonstrated over time with a range of emergencies that could be expected in the workplace, including dealing with plausible contingencies while leading a team. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Context of assessment Competency should be assessed in a simulated environment under conditions that safely replicate a range of workplace emergency situations. Specific resources for assessment Access to: scenarios that reflect emergency situations that may be expected in the workplace workplace emergency initial response equipment |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. |
Required Skills |
coordinate the use of emergency equipment safely and effectively under emergency conditions communication skills during emergencies ability to take on a leadership role, which includes giving clear directions under emergency conditions, making decisions appropriate to the situation and keeping others appropriately informed |
Required Knowledge |
alarm systems and associated equipment appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment building fire safety features dealing with contingencies equipment operating characteristics, limitations, hazards, precautions, procedures and general care general emergency priorities and strategies hazards and relevant precautions how people react in emergency situations procedures for responding to alarms risk assessment roles, responsibilities and authority of emergency services personnel situational awareness survival, rescue and recovery procedures tactics for safely handling specific emergencies workplace emergency management plan |
The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below. | |
Pre-incident planning may include: | contingency plans, sketches or notes about workplace layout, features, hazards and emergency control facilities discussions and/or use of operational procedures involving emergency plans, sketches, notes, procedures or material safety data sheets |
Emergency equipment may include: | emergency vehicles, trailers, trolleys or caches fire protection equipment forcible entry tools life support equipment monitors (or turrets) monitoring equipment personal protective clothing and equipment rescue equipment spill or leak control kits |
Hazards may include: | chemical, biological, radiological climatic electrical environmental explosive fire mechanical psychological (e.g. critical incident stress) noise related security related storm/flood structural thermal wildlife related |
Other initial response teams may include: | damage control emergency control organisation fire team first aid maintenance security |
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Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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Pre-incident planning sessions are conducted to familiarise team members with relevant workplace procedures and safe and effective actions to control workplace emergencies according to relevant legislative requirements | |||
Processes are developed and implemented to ensure the competence of team members is developed and maintained | |||
Discussions, practice drills and exercises are conducted in accordance with workplace emergency procedures | |||
Emergency equipment is confirmed to be in a serviceable and accessible condition in accordance with standard/operating procedures | |||
Initial response team is made aware of the workplace emergency | |||
Team's response to the emergency is coordinated according to workplace emergency procedures, risk assessment and available resources | |||
Situation and its likely development is constantly assessed, hazards are identified and appropriate precautions are applied and maintained to safeguard team members | |||
Appropriate actions to safely control the emergency are selected, and contingency plans are developed and implemented if needed | |||
Instructions to implement selected actions are conveyed to team members in a clear manner and confirmed with them | |||
Actions chosen for the team to implement are consistent with available resources and the priority order of safely protecting self, other people and property where safe to do so | |||
Team actions are monitored, recorded and adjusted if needed to ensure safe and appropriate action is maintained | |||
Effective communication with team members is constantly maintained according to communication systems | |||
Activities are consistent with the workplace emergency procedures and team members' actions are coordinated | |||
Team members' actions are coordinated with the activities of other initial response teams | |||
On arrival incident controller is briefed and control is transferred to the appropriate emergency services/specialist response team | |||
Liaison is established with the responding emergency services or specialist response team, and all relevant information and support is provided to them | |||
Team actions are coordinated to prevent a re-occurrence of the emergency and to enable recovery activities to be commenced safely | |||
Appropriate assistance is coordinated, within the scope of the workplace emergency procedures | |||
Equipment is checked, serviced and stored, replaced or disposed of, to ensure its readiness for use | |||
Any injuries, accidents or near misses involving the team are reported and critical incident support services for the team are requested in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements | |||
A debriefing of the team is conducted and an incident report is prepared and submitted according to workplace procedures |
Forms
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