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Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities

Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities

Unit of competency
National Code
PUAMAN001B
State Code
AVM99
TGA Status
Replaced
DTWD Status
Transition (Replaced)
Current Release Number
3.00
Current Release Date
02/05/2013
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
Field of Education
080399 - Business And Management, N.e.c.
Original Release Date
Nominal Hours
60
Description
This unit covers the competency to manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities within the context of established policy and organisational relationships.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Analyse the organisation's public safety responsibilities
  • 1.1 Organisational goals are identified within the context of the organisation's public safety responsibilities.
  • 1.2 The organisational environment is identified and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are analysed.
  • 1.3 Elements which support or impair the organisation's ability to manage risk are determined.
  • 1.4 Organisational capabilities to manage risk are identified.
  • 1.5 A strategic plan for risk management is developed.
2. Establish an emergency risk management structure
  • 2.1 An organisational structure is established to implement the organisation's risk management strategic plan.
  • 2.2 The risk management structure is implemented and maintained.
  • 2.3 Technical, financial, social, legal and other considerations against which risk can be prioritised are determined.
  • 2.4 Organisational risk management responsibilities are identified.
3. Review the organisation's risk management performance
  • 3.1 An organisational review process is established.
  • 3.2 The effectiveness of the risk management strategies is regularly reviewed.
  • 3.3 The risk management strategic plan is adjusted following the review process if required.
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.
Elements which influence the organisation’s ability to manage risk may include:
legislative authority
emergency management capability
level of community education and awareness
resources and organisational culture
Technical, financial, social and legal considerations against which risk can be prioritised may include:
technical judgements which appropriately acknowledge uncertainty include:
international technical standards
national standards
codes of practices
procedures
professional judgement
legal considerations may include:
international law
conventions and treaties
statutory provisions
common law precedents
recommendations of investigative offices such as the coroner
boards of inquiry (e.g. Air Safety) and royal commissions
land use and exposure to litigation
social and political considerations may include:
government policy
community expectations
community values
community attitudes
community perceptions and special group interests
The environment within which the emergency management responsibilities are developed may include:
the organisational and administrative environment
current public service practices
government and organisational policy
public perceptions and attitudes
the natural physical environment
the present emergency management capability
the technological
social
political and economic environment
Emergency risk management structure will reflect:
context
nature of the risk
responsibilities of the organisation
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
It is essential for this unit that competence be demonstrated in the development of a risk management strategic plan and an organisational structure which meet the organisation's public safety risk management needs and are consistent with its responsibilities and objectives.

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 competence in this unit should be collected in one or more actual situations or scenarios where there is the capacity to demonstrate the required evidence in a real or simulated environment in conjunction with portfolio evidence Underpinning knowledge may be assessed through written assignments, project reports, debriefings and action learning projects.
Specific resources for assessment
For the demonstration of competence in this unit it will be necessary to provide a real life environment and/or simulations based on real life incidents. These resources 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 of time. Controlled access to organisational records and personnel may have significant cost implications for the staging of scenarios.
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
OAY26 PUAMAN001 Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities Unit of competency
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