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PUADEFPH011A
Perform environmental health planning

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


The application of this unit in the workplace includes performing an environmental appreciation, identifying tasks and courses of action to support formation level operations, and developing detailed environmental health plans which complement the activities being supported and which promote the health of personnel.

This unit of competency is applicable to preventive medicine supervisors. This function is limited to the performance of tasks in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.

This person may also be responsible for supervising other personnel assisting in the planning process.

This unit covers the competency required to perform environmental health planning within the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.

Pre-requisite Unit/s

Nil



Evidence Required

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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to:

accurately determine the health threats to an organisation

tailor the allocation of environmental health assets to address the key health threats and to complement the organisation being supported

demonstrate redundancy in the plan and to modify the plan to adapt to changing circumstances.

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over a minimum of two assessment scenarios.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in an actual workplace situation or in a simulated situation or scenario.

Specific resources for assessment

Access is required to:

actual situation or scenario requiring environmental health planning, with all supporting information

equipment required to perform environmental health planning

well developed health intelligence.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required Skills

accurately interpret information from a range of sources so it may be drawn together to form balanced judgements and opinions to aid health support planning

communicate complex issues and ideas in a logical and persuasive manner

facilitate input from others to develop well considered and robust health support plans

form judgements about balancing health support with operational imperatives

make decisions that maximise the effective implementation of health support plans

manage basic projects

manage time with competing interests

negotiate complex issues and ideas to arrive at a common understanding

prepare complex verbal or written health assessments for communication to others that can be readily understood

research information to aid health support assessment

use problem solving skills

Required Knowledge

Geneva conventions

health support logistics

health support planning process

health support resources capabilities

health threat analysis

injury risk assessment and management

Laws of Armed Conflict

organisation standing and routine orders

organisational policies and procedures pertinent to own capability

organisational structure, and lines of authority and communication within the organisation

principle of health support

structure and function of the ADF Health Services

team leadership management principles

theory of health support

vectors of disease

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.

Situation may include

Enemy situation:

communicable disease in enemy forces

enemy public health capabilities

enemy sanitation levels

immunisation status

level of field sanitation training

nuclear, biological and chemical capabilities

Friendly situation:

operational situation

potable water quality/quantity

preventive medicine resources equipment

status of preventive medicine - individual and unit supplies

types of rations used

unit preventive medicine readiness

Characteristics of dependent organisation:

acclimatisation

clothing and equipment

fatigue/resistance to disease

immunisation status

numbers

organisation structure

presence of disease

status of nutrition

Characteristics of operating area:

climate and weather

flora and fauna

local population

terrain

Health intelligence sources may include

Country briefings

Doctrine

Health intelligence reports and databases

Health research

Manuals and textbooks

Organisation intranet sites

Organisational policy and procedure

World wide web

Health threats may include

Environment health threats:

animal

disease

terrain

vegetation

weather

Occupational health threats:

industrial injury

road traffic accident

Operational health threats:

chemical/biological injury

combat injury

psychiatric injury

Environmental health tasks may include

Epidemiology

Disease vector control

Field sanitation

Food sanitation

Occupational hygiene

Waste management

Water purification

Relevant personnel may include

Activity commander

Environmental health officer

Senior health officer

Senior planning officer

Team leader

Environmental health assets may include

Environmental health team

Environmental health platoon

Health assessment teams

Vector control team

Principles of health support may include

To provide immediate first aid to an injured person

To facilitate the provision of resuscitation by a medical officer within an hour of being injured

To facilitate the provision of initial wound surgery within three hours of being injured

To prevent injury and illness

To ensure conformity of the health plan with higher operational plans

To enable control of health resources by technically qualified personnel best placed to employ them

To ensure continuity of health care between levels of treatment and between different agencies involved in treatment

To maintain flexibility to adapt the health plan to the changing circumstances of ADF operations

To ensure that health support maintains mobility with the activity of the group being supported

To ensure that health support maintains its proximity to the activity being supported

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Situation in which environmental health support is to be provided is determined, to appreciate the scope and context of support required 
Health intelligence sources are accessed and reviewed to inform the environmental health appreciation 
Health threat assessment is conducted to identify the key health threats that exist and which require attention during environmental health planning 
Environmental health tasks to address each determined health threat are identified to form the basis for course of action identification 
Courses of action are determined that incorporate the identified tasks and are suited to the scope and context of support required 
Courses of action are compared using responsiveness to potential obstacles and key health threats as a basis for comparison 
Health appreciation findings are formulated into a brief and are presented to relevant personnel for critique and guidance on the course of action to be adopted for development 
Environmental health teams are identified for specific tasking within the plan 
Environmental health assets are allocated within the plan along with the need to re-allocate environmental health assets and the need to obtain additional assistance outside of integral assets to support the plan 
Environmental health tasking is prioritised and sequenced within the plan to minimise the health threat to the organisation and to enable sustained environmental health support 
Principles of health support are applied to the plan to ensure the plan complements the nature and circumstances of the activity being supported 
Plan is developed in detail to minimise oversight and to ensure it can survive changing circumstances and be adaptable to situations presented 
Plan is documented and presented to relevant personnel for approval 
Points of adjustment advised by relevant personnel are integrated into plan to ensure plan complements the higher operational objectives 

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