This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

analyse needs

develop incident prediction

Required Knowledge

emergency management concepts and principles

development and implementation of incident objectives strategies and tactics

legislative and regulatory requirements relevant to emergency management

organisational approval procedures

problem solving and decision making techniques

risk management concepts and principles

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria Required Skills and Knowledge the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

conduct risk assessment

ensure strategies meet identified objectives

select and correctly apply appropriate models

provide justification for the selection for the recommended strategies

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in two or more incident situations or scenarios where there is the capacity to demonstrate the required evidence

Specific resources for assessment

Access is required to

workplace environment andor simulations based on actual incidents

resources that may involve complex scenarios sufficient to allow evidence to be gathered from a variety of sources and stakeholders on more than one occasion and over an extended period

Method of assessment

In a public safety environment assessment is usually conducted via direct observation in a training environment or in the workplace via subject matter supervision andor mentoring which is typically recorded in a competency workbook

Assessment is completed using appropriately qualified assessors who select the most appropriate method of assessment

Assessment may occur in an operational environment or in an agencyapproved simulated work environment Forms of assessment that are typically used include

direct observation

interviewing the candidate

journals and workplace documentation

third party reports from supervisors

written or oral questions

Risk characteristics must include:

Incidents must include:

Sources of risk must include:

and may also include:

Strategic options must include:

Tactics may include:

Evaluation of tactics may include:

Predictions may include:

Resource requirements may include:

Consequences may include:

Stakeholders may include:

Information sources may include: