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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

communicate clearly in a group setting

manage group processes

prepare a briefingdebriefing plan

provide feedback and encourage contributions from group members

Required Knowledge

organisations policies

organisations procedures for activity debriefing

practices and training processes in relation to activity

Evidence Required

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

It is essential for this unit that competence be demonstrated in ability to communicate effectively with personnel and elicit and encourage contributions to the briefingdebriefing in a constructive and positive way

Consistency in performance

Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Evidence of competent performance by observing an individual conduct post activity briefings in a variety of actual andor simulated operational contexts

Specific resources for assessment

No special requirements

Guidance information for assessment

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA Public Safety Training Package

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.

Range Statement


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.
Activities may include	Incidents meetings public safety campaigns
Briefing may take place	prior to undertaking operational activities when significant changes are anticipated at an incident prior to undertaking training prior to undertaking workplace projects and other work related activities at regular intervals
Debriefing may take place	when incident personnel have been relieved immediately after the incident when personnel return to their home base a convenient time after the incident after a meeting/event at shift change overs
Brief/debrief plan will include	purpose subject matter timing location participants methodology
Brief/debrief checklist may include	incident background fatalities injuries loss damage incident response control and command communications supporting organisations welfare equipment and plant first aid and medical stress resources committed to the incident assessment of response strategies strategies to improve response adequacy of initial briefing analysis of planning analysis of performance against aims and objectives
Brief/debrief follow-up action may include	personnel informed of the outcomes of the debrief action taken to address issues identified
Subsequent action may include	reporting to other organisations review of procedures
Briefing/debriefing content and format may include	facilitator led collaborative problem based descriptive illustrative level of language used
Organisational policy, procedures, requirements and guidelines may vary between sectors and organisations and may include	legislation relevant to the operation/incident/response legislation relevant to the organisation operational corporate and strategic plans operational policy and procedures operational performance standards organisational personnel practices and guidelines organisational quality standards
Relevant personnel	human-operations personnel volunteers support personnel local state/territory and federal governments
Reports may be submitted to	organisation's management steering committees training division personnel government agencies
Locations	will vary according to the timing of the brief/debrief which may be before, during or following an activity under non-operational or operational conditions