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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm legal requirements and assess need to use baton.
   • Review workplace policies and procedures including WHS to ensure compliance with legal rights and responsibilities when using batons for security work.
   • Assess need to present baton against known information and potential and existing risks and threats.
2. Confirm personal safety needs and draw baton.
   • Select and use PPE to meet WHS requirements.
   • Check and confirm personal safety needs and identify withdrawal options.
   • Draw baton in a non-threatening manner while maintaining eye contact with subject.
   • Hold baton according to type, and maintain a secure grip to ensure continuous control.
   • Adopt stance that is confident, assertive, balanced and allows for tactical positioning.
3. Direct person using baton.
   • Use interpersonal techniques to exchange information with the subject and negotiate to defuse conflict and aggression.
   • Clearly and assertively advise subject of intention to use baton.
   • Use baton to restrain person and adjust response to minimise force while preventing continued aggressive behaviour.
4. Apply defensive strikes using baton.
   • Continually observe subject to anticipate movement and aggression.
   • Strike baton ensuring contact with the subject is minimised and avoids vital areas of the body.
   • Restrict baton strikes to target areas of hands, arms, lower abdomen, legs or feet.
   • Control and limit force of strike to prevent continued or escalated aggression, and discontinue baton use immediately when threat ceases or decreases.
   • Monitor wellbeing of subject and provide first aid and seek immediate assistance as required from relevant persons.
   • Use communication equipment to report incident details to relevant persons.
5. Finalise and evaluate response.
   • Review and evaluate effectiveness of baton response against incident circumstances and observations, in consultation with relevant persons.
   • Identify improvements to future security response procedures using batons.
   • Inspect condition of baton and report identified faults.
   • Complete incident report and securely maintain documentation in accordance with workplace requirements.
   • Recognise effects of stress and manage own well-being using stress-management techniques.