Elements and Performance Criteria

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.
Policies and procedures may include:
arrangements specified in legislation
organisational or jurisdictional emergency risk management policies or procedures
existing disaster plans, agreements or memoranda of understanding
Community context may include:
characteristics of social, built, natural and economic environments
demographics (population distribution, social, cultural, health status and education data)
details of key infrastructure and emergency/support services
economic activity reports (employment, products, services, revenue)
government reports e.g. environmental impacts
Stakeholders may include:
staff
client groups
decision makers
members of the public
community groups
industry groups
public and private sector organisations
non-government organisations
elected officials
Practical constraints may include:
arrangements, roles and responsibilities set down in existing emergency management plans
availability of technical expertise, technology, equipment
budgets, time, availability and capability of people
land use planning policy, authority and regulation
legislation covering emergency management, environmental management, safety standards, local government regulations
limited community knowledge of emergency risk management processes and benefits
political, social and cultural considerations
Risk treatment options may include:
avoidance of the risk
removing a risk source
changing the likelihood of
an initiating event or source of risk occurring
a hazard impacting on elements at risk
changing the consequences of an identified hazard impact
sharing the risk
retaining the risk based on an informed decision
Specialised information may include:
community information booklets
documented risk assessments by companies, organisations
family and historical records
research reports, Australian Bureau of Statistics data
media, council, and emergency service records
spatial information data
Sources of risk may include:
commercial and legal relationships
economic systems and relationships
human behaviour
natural events
built environment failures
disease (plant, animal or human);
political circumstances; and
technology/technical issues, management activities and controls.
Evaluation methods may include:
first-pass cost-benefit analysis
analysis of treatment effectiveness
potential to create new or secondary risks
stakeholder acceptability
legal, regulatory and compliance impact

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Assessment must confirm the ability to:
establish a project and see it through to produce a set of recommended treatment options that has broad community and stakeholder support
work with committee members to develop feasible and effective treatment options for a given set of risks
promote community cooperation, input and ownership for the emergency risk management process used and the recommended treatment options
obtain feedback, monitor and review the process and outcomes
maintain momentum and achieve the project outcomes within available resources
Consistency in performance
Competency should be demonstrated in a range of contexts throughout the life of a community emergency risk management project, or during components of a number of projects.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Context of assessment
Competency should be assessed facilitating a group emergency risk management process where an agreed set of treatment options is produced for a given set of risks in the workplace or in a simulated workplace environment.
Specific resources for assessment
For the demonstration of competence in this unit it will be necessary to participate in a real-world project.
Underpinning knowledge may be assessed through written assignments, project reports, debriefings and action learning projects in real or simulated environments.
Guidance information for assessment
This unit contains many transferable skills, such as communication, consultation, research and analysis skills that can be applied in the emergency risk management context. Assessors should use formative assessment strategies in a simulated environment to contextualise underpinning knowledge. Summative assessment requires application of the unit in a real-world project, often in an action-learning project.
This unit may be assessed with other units that address other parts of the emergency risk management process.