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Perform hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
Perform hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
Unit of competency
National Code
CUFHAZ402A
CUFHAZ402A
State Code
D1132
D1132
TGA Status
Replaced
Replaced
DTWD Status
Replaced
Replaced
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
31/10/2008
Field of Education
061301 - Occupational Health And Safety
Original Release Date
31/10/2008
Nominal Hours
80
Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required for the safe execution of hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls during screen productions.Industry-graded stunt performers require a broad range of licences and certificates, e.g. advanced driving course and relevant class of licence for vehicle types, First Aid Certificate, Rigger/Dogman Licence and Bronze Medallion Lifesaving. While not mandatory, martial arts training in any discipline is highly regarded.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
Prepare for execution of hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
- 1. Notify relevant personnel of your arrival on location
- 2. Confirm with relevant personnel your capacity to deliver all specific hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
- 3. Note all camera locations for coverage of the hazardous action sequences
- 4. Review skills requirements and experience of self and other specialist personnel for relevance to proposed sequences
- 5. Evaluate all hazardous action sequences to determine most appropriate physical warm-up activity required
- 6. Familiarise self with all props, set and equipment to be used in hazardous action sequences and confirm their technical suitability with cast and crew
- 7. Recall positioning and movement of all personnel involved in hazardous action sequences to support ease of visual continuity and editing
- 8. Consider and review alternative execution methods for specific hazardous action sequences
- 9. Confirm with relevant personnel that planned hazardous action sequences comply with legal and regulatory requirements
Participate in dedicated personnel briefings
- 10. Review all hazardous action sequence information
- 11. Attend briefings of relevant personnel and confirm communication methods, chain of command, cues, and abort and emergency action procedures
- 12. Check available technical specifications for all production materials to be used and advise relevant personnel of issues arising
Set up, check and prepare production area
- 13. Unload, position and assemble production materials to be used in specific hazardous action sequences
- 14. Check that all equipment and handling procedures comply with given technical specifications in terms of required safety standards and regulatory requirements and notify relevant personnel of emergent issues
- 15. Review camera positions for latent safety issues
- 16. Prepare body for hazardous action sequences performance through relevant warm-up activities
- 17. Confirm with relevant personnel that hazardous action sequences meet stylistic production requirements
- 18. Ensure that production areas are clear of unwanted objects and personnel
Safety test hazardous action sequences
- 19. Identify and recall relevant spot marks and other visual cues to assist in positioning during hazardous action sequences
- 20. Reconfirm that all personal protective equipment (PPE) and other specified safety equipment is fitted and functioning correctly
- 21. If possible within budgetary and safety constraints, determine the operation of hazardous action sequences by test, demonstration, simulation or rehearsal
- 22. Advise relevant personnel of any revision to planned hazardous action sequences identified through test, demonstration, simulation or rehearsal
- 23. Abort hazardous action sequences where unacceptable risk arises and advise relevant personnel
Safely perform hazardous action sequences
- 24. Comply with relevant PPE requirements
- 25. Confirm with relevant personnel where specific production requirements involve other high-risk activities
- 26. Recheck that areas are clear of unwanted objects and personnel
- 27. Execute sequences according to agreed production schedules and cues
- 28. Follow all safety controls and regulatory requirements during execution of sequences
- 29. Implement alternative safeguards for all production personnel where variations occur to agreed production plans
- 30. Abort hazardous action sequences where unacceptable risk arises during execution and advise relevant personnel
- 31. Ensure that continuity for hazardous action sequences is maintained throughout execution
Respond to emergency situations
- 32. Abort activities and implement emergency plans in the event of accidents
- 33. Clear sites of all personnel and if possible remove items that may cause further injury
- 34. Identify items or locations that may need to be isolated for safety and investigatory activities post-emergency situation
- 35. Advise relevant personnel of the emergency situation according to established procedures
Secure locations on completion of hazardous action sequences
- 36. Collect, check inventory of, transport and store production materials used in the execution of hazardous action sequences in compliance with enterprise and regulatory requirements
- 37. Inspect locations to ensure they are left in a safe and secure state, in compliance with regulatory requirements
- 38. Participate in post-sequence evaluations with relevant personnel and provide feedback in order to guide future productions
- 39. Complete personal logbook and contribute to any final written reports as required
RANGE STATEMENT
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, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Relevant personnel may include:
actor, extra and stand-in performer
armourer
fire and safety officer
first assistant director
floor manager
head of department
lighting, sound and camera personnel
location or unit manager
make-up and wardrobe personnel
medic
other specialist technical staff
production staff
pyrotechnic effects operator
site safety officer
special effects production personnel
specialist rigging, scaffolding and crane or lift operator
stunt coordinator
stunt performer
transportation provider and crew.
Locations may include:
built or natural environments
day and night
interior and exterior
studio.
Regulatory requirements may include:
air traffic or maritime authority requirements in relation to air traffic corridors, ports and rivers
commonwealth, state and territory departments and agencies overseeing OHS regulations, e.g. WorkCover
crowd control requirements, where the production may involve members of the public as participants or observers
environmental planning staff in relation to noise levels, smoke and other special effects release and clean up
licensing bodies for relevant high-risk occupations involving such things as explosives, rigging, scaffolding, pressure vessels, forklifts and crane or lift operations
licensing requirements for transporting, setting up, storing and discharging firearms, blank ammunition and pyrotechnic effects
MEAA requirements under stunt performer grading systems
police, emergency and medical service providers
provision and use of specific PPE and other related safety equipment
relevant local and state government environmental planning and construction legislation and regulations
relevant national and international standards bodies responsible for guidelines and codes of practice, e.g. EPA guidelines, the Building Code of Australia and transport departments for vehicle licensing
security-related legislation in regards to the release of special effects.
Information may include:
camera and equipment track and rigging requirements
cast and crew lists
costume and theatrical make-up requirements
documentation of relevant licences and regulatory compliance requirements needed by all stunt supervisors, performers, armourers and fight directors
lighting and sound equipment and rigging requirements
location lists and access requirements
pre-production safety reports
production schedules
scripts
set and props construction and transportation specifications relevant to specific hazardous action sequences
special effects specifications
stunt and action sequence details
weapons and ammunition management, including:
inventories of live and blank ammunition
weapons capability statements and records
instructional manuals on weapons handling
licences and regulatory requirements
weapon quarantining procedures
armour on-site and off-site transport and magazine storage protocols.
Cues may be:
computer generated
given live or via communications equipment
spoken
visual.
Reasons to abort sequences may include:
accident and incident
equipment failure
loss or lack of communication
risk to broader public and environment
risk to cast, crew and production equipment
unfavourable weather conditions, such as:
fog, mist or rain
high wind velocity
bad light
water temperature.
Warm-up activities may include:
breathing
mental and emotional preparation
practice sessions
practice with weaponry and props
running
stretches
swimming.
Personal protective equipment may include:
air supplies
airbags and boxes
body suits
helmets, boots and gloves
knee and shoulder pads
neck braces
period and contemporary body armour
rappelling and abseiling equipment
safety goggles
safety harnesses and lines
skin suits
any other safety equipment.
Productions may include:
animated productions
commercials
documentaries
educational resources
feature films
filmed events or performances
music video
short films
television productions of any type.
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, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Relevant personnel may include:
actor, extra and stand-in performer
armourer
fire and safety officer
first assistant director
floor manager
head of department
lighting, sound and camera personnel
location or unit manager
make-up and wardrobe personnel
medic
other specialist technical staff
production staff
pyrotechnic effects operator
site safety officer
special effects production personnel
specialist rigging, scaffolding and crane or lift operator
stunt coordinator
stunt performer
transportation provider and crew.
Locations may include:
built or natural environments
day and night
interior and exterior
studio.
Regulatory requirements may include:
air traffic or maritime authority requirements in relation to air traffic corridors, ports and rivers
commonwealth, state and territory departments and agencies overseeing OHS regulations, e.g. WorkCover
crowd control requirements, where the production may involve members of the public as participants or observers
environmental planning staff in relation to noise levels, smoke and other special effects release and clean up
licensing bodies for relevant high-risk occupations involving such things as explosives, rigging, scaffolding, pressure vessels, forklifts and crane or lift operations
licensing requirements for transporting, setting up, storing and discharging firearms, blank ammunition and pyrotechnic effects
MEAA requirements under stunt performer grading systems
police, emergency and medical service providers
provision and use of specific PPE and other related safety equipment
relevant local and state government environmental planning and construction legislation and regulations
relevant national and international standards bodies responsible for guidelines and codes of practice, e.g. EPA guidelines, the Building Code of Australia and transport departments for vehicle licensing
security-related legislation in regards to the release of special effects.
Information may include:
camera and equipment track and rigging requirements
cast and crew lists
costume and theatrical make-up requirements
documentation of relevant licences and regulatory compliance requirements needed by all stunt supervisors, performers, armourers and fight directors
lighting and sound equipment and rigging requirements
location lists and access requirements
pre-production safety reports
production schedules
scripts
set and props construction and transportation specifications relevant to specific hazardous action sequences
special effects specifications
stunt and action sequence details
weapons and ammunition management, including:
inventories of live and blank ammunition
weapons capability statements and records
instructional manuals on weapons handling
licences and regulatory requirements
weapon quarantining procedures
armour on-site and off-site transport and magazine storage protocols.
Cues may be:
computer generated
given live or via communications equipment
spoken
visual.
Reasons to abort sequences may include:
accident and incident
equipment failure
loss or lack of communication
risk to broader public and environment
risk to cast, crew and production equipment
unfavourable weather conditions, such as:
fog, mist or rain
high wind velocity
bad light
water temperature.
Warm-up activities may include:
breathing
mental and emotional preparation
practice sessions
practice with weaponry and props
running
stretches
swimming.
Personal protective equipment may include:
air supplies
airbags and boxes
body suits
helmets, boots and gloves
knee and shoulder pads
neck braces
period and contemporary body armour
rappelling and abseiling equipment
safety goggles
safety harnesses and lines
skin suits
any other safety equipment.
Productions may include:
animated productions
commercials
documentaries
educational resources
feature films
filmed events or performances
music video
short films
television productions of any type.
EVIDENCE GUIDE
The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the following is essential:
safe execution of hazardous action sequences using fights and falls that demonstrate:
compliance with all licensing, regulatory and industry codes of practice and safety regulations
safe work practices
understanding of screen production processes in relation to performing hazardous action sequences
ability to follow correct procedures in relation to setting up, performing and evaluating hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
ability to make judgements based on the degree of risk associated with hazardous action sequences
effective verbal and written communication skills in the context of executing hazardous action sequences using fights and falls.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure that a sufficient range of hazardous action sequences are covered that address all aspects of stunt performance (falls, fights and combat) as determined by MEAA requirements.
Assessment should occur wherever possible in an integrated manner with similar hazardous action sequence units that support learners to meet relevant licensing and regulatory requirements.
Assessment must also ensure:
access to a real or simulated workplace environment that reproduces all the elements of a production requiring hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
access to regulatory information as listed in the range statement
access to appropriate learning and assessment support when required
use of culturally appropriate processes and techniques appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of learners and the work being performed.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance
direct observation and questioning of the candidate on location as he/she prepares for and performs hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
written or oral questioning to test knowledge as listed in the required skills and knowledge section of this unit.
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:
BSBPMG407B Apply risk management techniques
CUFHAZ401A Perform hazardous action sequences using vehicles
CUFHAZ403A Perform hazardous action sequences involving natural elements
CUFHAZ404A Perform hazardous action sequences involving animals.
The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the following is essential:
safe execution of hazardous action sequences using fights and falls that demonstrate:
compliance with all licensing, regulatory and industry codes of practice and safety regulations
safe work practices
understanding of screen production processes in relation to performing hazardous action sequences
ability to follow correct procedures in relation to setting up, performing and evaluating hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
ability to make judgements based on the degree of risk associated with hazardous action sequences
effective verbal and written communication skills in the context of executing hazardous action sequences using fights and falls.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure that a sufficient range of hazardous action sequences are covered that address all aspects of stunt performance (falls, fights and combat) as determined by MEAA requirements.
Assessment should occur wherever possible in an integrated manner with similar hazardous action sequence units that support learners to meet relevant licensing and regulatory requirements.
Assessment must also ensure:
access to a real or simulated workplace environment that reproduces all the elements of a production requiring hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
access to regulatory information as listed in the range statement
access to appropriate learning and assessment support when required
use of culturally appropriate processes and techniques appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of learners and the work being performed.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third-party workplace reports of on-the-job performance
direct observation and questioning of the candidate on location as he/she prepares for and performs hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls
written or oral questioning to test knowledge as listed in the required skills and knowledge section of this unit.
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:
BSBPMG407B Apply risk management techniques
CUFHAZ401A Perform hazardous action sequences using vehicles
CUFHAZ403A Perform hazardous action sequences involving natural elements
CUFHAZ404A Perform hazardous action sequences involving animals.
Replaced By
| State Code | National Code | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWI82 | CUAHAZ402 | Perform hazardous action sequences involving fights and falls | Unit of competency |
