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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor operations
   • Monitor, assess and reassess the effectiveness of equipment and/or the recovery operation
   • Identify, action and monitor environmental implications associated with the operation and maintenance of equipment
   • Identify any changes to response as a result of ongoing monitoring of operations
2. Manage safety of operation
   • Identify hazards and risks for the site and equipment use through a job safety analysis
3. Apply the hierarchy of controls to manage hazards and risks
4. Select, use, maintain and store personal protective clothing and equipment, in accordance with Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Safety Data Sheet (SDS) requirements
5. Communicate with work team and incident management team
   • Prepare site specific deployment plans based on the incident action plan
6. Plan, prepare and present briefs and debriefs to relevant personnel
7. Maintain communication channels with all stakeholders involved in the deployment and recovery of oil spill response equipment
8. Ensure oil spill response personnel can deploy equipment in a team environment
9. Prepare equipment for use
   • Identify required advanced oil spill response equipment using the incident action plan and/or site specific deployment plan
10. Conduct routine preoperational checks of equipment using organisational procedures and manufacturers' specifications
11. Identify and segregate faulty equipment for repair or replacement
12. Identify equipment requiring licensed operators
13. Operate and/or deploy equipment
    • Use equipment, in accordance with state, territory and Commonwealth licensing requirements
14. Operate and monitor equipment, in accordance with organisational procedures, manufacturers' specifications and supervisor’s instructions
15. Carry out work, in accordance with organisational procedures, WHS/OHS requirements and the incident action plan
16. Identify and record the use of equipment consumables
    • Monitor, assess and reassess the effectiveness of equipment and/or the recovery operation
17. Identify, action and monitor environmental implications associated with the operation and maintenance of equipment
18. Identify any changes to response as a result of ongoing monitoring of operations
19. Check, clean and store equipment
    • Maintain records of equipment use, in accordance with organisational procedures, the incident management system and incident action plan
20. Clean, secure and store equipment, in accordance with organisational procedures, manufacturers' specifications, maintenance manual and/or supervisor’s instructions
21. Report and take action on equipment malfunction, fault, wear or damage, in accordance with organisational procedures
22. Maintain and clean workplace, in accordance with organisational procedures, WHS/OHS requirements and demobilisation plan

Range Statement

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.

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