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PUADEFCA006B
Perform an individual free fall parachute descent
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
The application of this unit in the workplace - the environments, complexities and situations involved - will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.
This text will be useful for the purposes of job descriptions, recruitment advice or job analysis; where possible, it will not be too job specific to allow other industries to import it into other Training Packages, where feasible.
This unit covers the competency required to perform a free fall parachute descent that commences from an altitude below 12 000 feet above ground level.
Free fall parachute descents are a method of deploying from an aircraft where the individual paratrooper is responsible for selecting, preparing and fitting parachuting equipment; carrying out safety checks; exiting from an aircraft; controlling free fall descent; activating the parachute and steering the canopy to land safely on a drop zone.
During the parachute descent individuals must demonstrate situational awareness of their position in relation to altitude, orientation and the location of other paratroopers. They must also be able to communicate verbally, and non-verbally, and to manage a number of potentially hazardous situations.
Free fall parachuting is an inherently dangerous activity consequently paratroopers must be competent to perceive in themselves and others the signs and symptoms of altitude induced medical conditions and to seek assistance.
The individual must also be competent in reacting to and managing, a range of routine parachute opening problems, malfunctions, and other contingencies and emergencies.
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