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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare for aircraft ditching
  2. Nature and extent of aircraft situation is communicated and acknowledgment is confirmed
  3. Personal items within the cabin are secured prior to ditching
  4. Restraint devices and survival equipment are checked, fastened and secured prior to ditching
  5. Primary and secondary egress routes, exits and equipment are located
  6. Brace position is adopted
  7. Undertake evacuation from an aircraft
  8. Spatial orientation is conducted
  9. Egress points are located
  10. Exits are jettisoned and cleared
  11. Restraint devices are released
  12. Aircraft is egressed
  13. Surface is cleared
  14. Conduct rescue recovery process
  15. Safety equipment is deployed in accordance with workplace procedures
  16. Position indicating and signalling devices are deployed
  17. Rescue recovery techniques are applied
  18. Control survival hazards
  19. Potential hazards are identified and controlled
  20. Swimming techniques with a life jacket are applied
  21. Hypothermia management techniques are employed
  22. Raft boarding and righting techniques are employed
  23. Emergency supplies and equipment are managed

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Restraint devices must include one or more of the following:

flight crew harnesses and restraint devices

operational contingency loading equipment

passenger seatbelts

Survival equipment must include one or more of the following:

emergency breathing system

life jackets

Surface clearing must include:

splashing the surface to clear oil/fuel

Safety equipment must include:

flares

life jackets

life rafts

position locating beacons

strobe lights

Position indicating and signalling devices must include:

flares

position locating beacons

strobe lights

Rescue recovery techniques must include one or more of the following:

hoisting

rescue vessel

Potential hazards must include on or more of the following:

cold shock

environment

sea state

weather

Swimming techniques with a life jacket must include:

group

single

Hypothermia management techniques must include:

group help

help position for single person heat retention

Emergency supplies and equipment must include:

positioning equipment

survival equipment

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions on at least one occasion and include:

adapting to differences in equipment and operating environment in accordance with standard operating procedures

applying hypothermia prevention, reduction and management techniques

applying knowledge of aircraft escape hazards:

cold shock

environment

sea state

weather

applying precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards

applying rescue recovery techniques

communicating effectively with others

completing relevant documentation

employing life jacket swimming, raft boarding and raft righting techniques

employing position indicating and signalling devices:

flares

position locating beacons

strobe lights

identifying and correctly using relevant equipment:

emergency breathing systems

flares

life jackets

life rafts

position locating beacons

restraint devices and harnesses

strobe lights

implementing operational contingency loading emergency procedures as required in a Defence context

implementing contingency plans

implementing work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) procedures and relevant regulations

modifying activities depending on workplace contingencies, situations and environments

monitoring and anticipating operational problems and hazards and take appropriate action

monitoring work activities in terms of planned schedule

operating emergency equipment

operating safety equipment

performing aircraft egress and exit operation

performing inverted and submerged aircraft escape techniques

performing life jacket swimming techniques

performing safe swimming techniques:

surface clearing techniques

individual safety

group safety

reading, interpreting and following relevant instructions, regulations, procedures, information and signs

releasing restraint devices and egressing aircraft

reporting and/or rectifying problems, faults or malfunctions promptly, in accordance with workplace procedures

securing all personal items, restraint devices and survival equipment prior to ditching

selecting and using required personal protective clothing and equipment conforming to industry and WHS/OHS standards

working collaboratively with others

working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self, others or damage to goods or equipment.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements, performance criteria and range of conditions and include knowledge of:

aircraft egress and exit systems

aircraft escape techniques:

primary exit

secondary exit

blocked exit

emergency equipment deployment and operation

hazards when exiting aircraft during emergency situations

how to identify and operate equipment required to undertake aircraft underwater escape and survival:

emergency breathing systems

flares

life jackets

life rafts

position locating beacons

restraint devices and harnesses

strobe lights

inverted and submerged aircraft escape techniques

manufacturer instructions for equipment used for aircraft underwater escape and survival

operational contingency loading emergency procedures as required in a Defence context

regulations, legislation, organisational policy and procedures in relation to aircraft underwater escape and survival

relevant WHS/OHS and environmental procedures and regulations

rescue and recovery techniques

risks that exist when undertaking aircraft underwater escape and survival, and related risk control procedures and precautions

safe swimming techniques:

surface clearing techniques

individual safety

group safety

workplace procedures for undertaking aircraft underwater escape and survival.