Manage an emergency control organisation

Unit of competency Outline

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Unit of competency

National Code
PUAFER007

State Code
OAZ16

TGA Status
Current

DTWD Status
Approved

Current Release Number
1.00

Current Release Date
16/07/2019

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State Implementation and Classification

Approved Date

26/02/2020

Field of Education

080399 - Business And Management, N.e.c.

Original Release Date

26/02/2020

Nominal Hours

Description

This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required by a member of an Emergency Planning Committee to document and maintain a facility emergency plan, to establish and maintain an emergency control organisation and to operate in accordance with the facility's emergency plan. It includes initiating emergency response planning, ensuring an emergency control organisation is in place, providing for initiation and control of an initial emergency response, providing for post initial response activities, planning and implementing emergency control training and providing support in the post response and/or recovery phase.The unit has been developed to cover facilities as specified in Australian Standard (AS) 3745 and AS4083. For this unit, as outlined in covered by AS3745 and/or AS4083, occupants are people attending a facility on a permanent or temporary basis such as an employee, contractor, student or resident, but not a visitor or patient and a facility is a building, structure or workplace that is, or may be, occupied by people (occupants).All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in accordance with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and accepted safe work practices. It applies to members of an Emergency Planning Committee.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Notes

Elements and Performance Criteria

1 Initiate a system of emergency response planning

1.1 Develop a facility emergency plan and ensure a system of emergency alerts is planned, specified, implemented and maintained, in accordance with legislation and available resources
1.2 Notification of an initial emergency response is provided, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
1.3 Emergency identification and analysis process is implemented, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
1.4 An emergency control organisation is established and its members are trained to meet the requirements of the facility emergency plan using available resources
1.5 Resources required to support the operation of an emergency control organisation are identified and allocated, in accordance with the facility emergency plan

2 Ensure emergency control organisation is in place

2.1 Possible emergencies are identified, defined and plans are developed to control them
2.2 Building plans are analysed for initial emergency response issues
2.3 Emergency response procedures are based on possible emergencies identified in the hazard analysis

3 Provide for initiation and control of initial emergency response

3.1 Facility procedures for initiating and controlling initial emergency response are developed, implemented and communicated, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
3.2 Arrangements are established, in accordance with personal emergency evacuation plans, for the evacuation of occupants who need assistance
3.3 Facility emergency plan provides for assets to be secured, where safe to do so
3.4 Facility emergency plan provides for restricted access to evacuated areas
3.5 Evacuation exercises are conducted, as required, to validate and amend facility emergency response procedures
3.6 A system to account for all occupants during emergencies is developed and implemented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures

4 Provide for post initial response activities

4.1 Priorities for evacuation and post initial response activities are put in place, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
4.2 Emergency services personnel are briefed on post initial response activities
4.3 Post initial response activities are documented, in accordance with facility requirements
4.4 Facility emergency response procedures provide for recovery activities to be identified and implemented

5 Plan and implement emergency control organisationtraining

5.1 Training needs of emergency control organisation members are identified and documented, in accordance with facility emergency response procedures
5.2 Training is developed, implemented and reviewed, in accordance with facility emergency plan
5.3 Training is identified from hazard needs analysis
5.4 Refresher training, drills and exercises are conducted, in accordance with facility emergency plan
5.5 Resources for training are identified and provided, as required
5.6 Feedback on training is sought and is used to improve training programs

6 Provide support in post responserecovery phase

6.1 Provision is made in the facility emergency plan for minimising adverse consequences to occupants, the environment and facility
6.2 Debriefing activities are undertaken, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
6.3 External support services are accessed, as required, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
6.4 Liaising with media is undertaken, in accordance with the facility emergency plan
6.5 Reports are completed and referred to the emergency planning committee, in accordance with the facility emergency plan

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Replaces

State Code	National Code	Title	Type
D5578	PUAWER007B	Manage an emergency control organisation	Unit of competency

State Code	National Code	Title	Type
BEL5	PUA60719	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)	Qualification