Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

PUASAR020 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency PUASAR020 - Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to prepare a canine search team to search for and locate people concealed in a structural collapse, and to manage a search canine during an incident. A canine search team consists of one disaster search canine and one canine search specialist.The types of incidents that may require an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) canine search team, working as a member of a USAR task force, includes earthquakes, terrorist incidents, aircraft crashes, disasters or major structural collapses. The unit is applicable to personnel actively involved in and/or training as canine search specialists for USAR incidents and disaster operations.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Search and Rescue
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Maintain canine obedience
  • Canine search specialist maintains canine obedience while canine is heeling, off lead
       
Element: Emergency stop with recall is performed by canine search specialist with canine
       
Element: At the direction of the canine search specialist, a down stay is performed by canine while under distraction
       
Element: Canine specialist ensures canine tasks are performed without canine demonstrating aggressive behaviour towards people or other animals
       
Element: Demonstrate canine agility
  • Under canine search specialist direction, an agility course is completed by canine, within required timeframe
       
Element: Under canine search specialist direction, a turn on an elevated plank is performed by canine
       
Element: Agility course is negotiated by canine and canine search specialist in a controlled, safe and appropriate manner
       
Element: Maintain direction and control
  • Canine is directed by canine search specialist to required elevation, direction commands are given to canine and elevation is jumped on by canine
       
Element: Elevation is sustained by canine for a minimum of five seconds until directed by canine search specialist
       
Element: Direction and control course is negotiated by canine and canine search specialist within required timeframe
       
Element: Ability to control work at a distance by canine is demonstrated by canine search specialist
       
Element: Develop canine to indicate live human scent
  • Location of and commitment to live human scent is demonstrated by canine and is interpreted and acted on by canine specialist
       
Element: Alert exercise is undertaken by canine and canine search specialist within required timeframe with location of live human scent being correctly indicated by canine with a bark alert
       
Element: Manage canine in a search to locate victims
  • Interviews and site assessment is conducted to establish an appropriate search strategy
       
Element: Canine is deployed off lead and appropriate actions, indications and characteristics are used by canine and canine search specialist to ensure search area is covered within required timeframe
       
Element: Control of canine is maintained by canine search specialist at all times and assistance to canine is provided, as required
       
Element: Adjustments are made to search strategy by canine search specialist, as required, in accordance with changes in information, environmental conditions, search progress and current rescue work being undertaken
       
Element: Location of live human scent is indicated by canine with a bark alert during search of a collapse site
       
Element: Canine actions, indications and characteristics are interpreted correctly to identify the presence of live human scent by canine specialist
       
Element: Appropriate care, safety and welfare procedures for canine and canine search specialist are followed, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and relevant legislation
       
Element: Post search examination of canine is conducted, in accordance with organisational procedures
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Canine search specialist maintains canine obedience while canine is heeling, off lead 
 
 
 
Under canine search specialist direction, an agility course is completed by canine, within required timeframe 
 
 
Canine is directed by canine search specialist to required elevation, direction commands are given to canine and elevation is jumped on by canine 
 
 
 
Location of and commitment to live human scent is demonstrated by canine and is interpreted and acted on by canine specialist 
 
Interviews and site assessment is conducted to establish an appropriate search strategy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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