This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to coordinate the response to off-shore or on-shore incidents.An incident is an event which causes, or could have caused, injury or illness; damage to plant, material or the environment; disruption to production or public alarm.An incident is an unintended event, or an unintended consequence of an intended event, such as: fire and explosionloss of containmentexcursions above/below acceptable limits for emissions or plant conditionsexcursions above occupational hygiene or biological exposure limitsnon-compliance with regulatory requirementssecurity breachesfailure to follow procedurescomplaintsvehicle incidentson/off-site incidents.This unit of competency applies to personnel in incident coordinator/commander, incident control centre team member or similar roles who are required to minimise the escalation of the incident, allocate resources and assets, plan tactical responses, communicate with the incident response team, interact with external agencies required to assist with the emergency, and gather information about the incident.This unit of competency applies to an individual working alone or as part of a team or group and working in liaison with other incident control centre team members, the incident manager and the incident support management group, as appropriate.The incident coordinator is responsible for interactions between corporate headquarters, on-site incident response teams and the person in charge of the facility. There may be more than one incident response team involved depending on the size and complexity of the incident. The incident control centre and incident manager may be stationed on the facility or away from the facility or plant.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.