Elements and Performance Criteria

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. Add any 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.
Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, the latest version must be used.
Context
Those persons working, operating or who regularly travel within an onshore or offshore installation or facility would require this competency.
This unit could be applied to any of the following installation or facilities:
factories and production plants
onshore/offshore rig/installation
island based facility
floating production vessel or platform
onshore production, processing pipeline systems and/or storage facilities
pipeline easements
maintenance bases.
Procedures
All operations are performed in accordance with procedures.
Procedures include all relevant workplace procedures, work instructions, temporary instructions and relevant industry and government codes and standards.
All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment requirements, which may be imposed through State or federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between performance criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.
Tools and equipment
This competency includes use of equipment and tools such as:
personal protective equipment
such as breathing apparatus
hand held extinguishers
hose reels
fire blankets
smoke or self rescue respirators
mobile and portable equipment
First Aid equipment
pipeline repair clamps
lamb air movers
barricades and signage
communications equipment: two-way radios, mobile and satellite phones and pagers
fire extinguishing media, including water, foam, extinguishing powder, gaseous extinguishing agents, vapourising liquids, other fire extinguishing substances.
Hazards
Typical hazards include:
smoke, darkness and heat
electricity
gas
structural hazards
structural collapse
industrial - machinery, equipment, product
hazardous products and materials
unauthorised personnel.
Problems
'Respond to routine problems' means 'apply known solutions to a limited range of predictable problems'.
Variables
Key variables to be monitored include:
failure to control fire with first response methods
adverse change in weather conditions
change in flame colour and size
change in smoke colour
fire spread and/or other material becoming involved in fire
signs of structural collapse.
Tactics
Fire fighting tactics may include:
direct attack
indirect attack
combination attack
exposure protection
but does NOT include internal/offensive attacks.
External personnel
External personnel may include:
police
fire brigade
ambulance.

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, required skills and knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.
Overview of assessment
The unit will be assessed in as holistic a manner as is practical and may be integrated with the assessment of other relevant units of competency.
Assessment will occur over a range of situations which will include disruptions to normal, smooth operation.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
It is essential that competence is demonstrated in the knowledge and skills defined in this unit. These may include the ability to:
recognise and analyse potential situations requiring action
implement appropriate corrective action.
The emphasis should be on the ability to minimise the effects of the critical situation
Consistent performance should be demonstrated. For example, look to see that:
identification of different types of fires
selection and use of appropriate extinguishing agent
application of defensive fire fighting tactics and techniques
selection and use of appropriate protective clothing.
These aspects may be best assessed using a range of scenarios/case studies/what ifs as the stimulus with a walk through forming part of the response. These assessment activities should include a range of problems, including new, unusual and improbable situations which may have been generated from the past incident history of the workplace, incidents on similar plants around the world, hazard analysis activities (eg HAZOP) and similar sources.
Assessment method and context
Assessment for this unit of competency will be on an operating plant or in a manufacturing environment.
Assessment will occur using a simulated fire and will be undertaken in a work-like environment.
Simulation may be required to allow for timely assessment of parts of this unit of competency. Simulation should be based on the actual workplace and will include walk throughs of the relevant competency components. Simulations may also include the use of case studies/scenarios and role plays.
This unit of competency requires a significant body of knowledge which will be assessed through questioning and the use of what if scenarios both in the workplace (during demonstration of normal operations and walk throughs of abnormal operations) and off the job.
In all plants it may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with relevant teamwork and communication units.
In a major hazard facility, it may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with PMPOHS200 Work safely.
Specific resources for assessment
Assessment will require access to an operating plant or manufacturing environment over an extended period of time, or a suitable method of gathering evidence of operating ability over a range of situations. A bank of scenarios/case studies/what ifs will be required as will a bank of questions that will be used to probe the reasoning behind the observable actions.