This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required by occupants to identify and prevent the development of facility emergency situations or to minimise their consequences, and to report if emergency protection systems and/or equipment is compromised.

It applies to a broad range of emergencies and covers the work required before an emergency services and/or specialist response team arrives; it does not include the specific use of equipment to prevent facility emergency situations.

The unit has been developed to cover facilities as specified in Australian Standard 3745 and AS 4083. For this unit, as covered by AS 3745 and/or AS4083, occupants are people attending a facility on a permanent or temporary basis such as an employee, contractor, student or resident, but not a visitor or patient and a facility is a building, structure or workplace that is, or may be, occupied by people (occupants).

All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in accordance with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and approved safe practices. It applies to occupants who are required to be ‘emergency aware’ in their facility.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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

List each assessment task's title, type (eg project, observation/demonstration, essay, assingnment, checklist) and due date here

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Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.
high risk activities must include three or more of the following relevant to the facility	handling dangerous goods and hazardous materials including waste handling gases hot work manual handling manufacturing using, mixing and/or moving chemicals working around traffic working at heights, in confined spaces, in poorly ventilated spaces or around noise - subject to permit working with plant and machinery working with unstable equipment or equipment that has deteriorated
emergency protection systems and equipment must include three or more of the following relevant to the facility	access, egress and paths of travel alarm initiation devices any specific dangerous good and/or hazardous chemical antidotes and treatment e.g. corrosives automatic fire, leak, spill or movement detectors escape equipment exit signs and emergency lighting facility emergency response procedures contained within the facility emergency plan fire or smoke detection, fire or smoke doors, fire walls first aid kits initial response firefighting equipment occupant warning and communications systems shower and eyewash special hazard identification systems spill or leak containment equipment suppression systems
situations that could lead to emergency protection systems and equipment being impaired must include three or more of the following relevant to the facility	emergency equipment not being maintained emergency lighting and/or exit lighting being damaged, missing impairing exits and/or pathways to exits inability to access emergency equipment inappropriate or noncompliant storage and/or handling of dangerous goods interfering with alarm systems not replacing or replenishing used emergency equipment not reporting damage to emergency equipment or facilities propping open fire or smoke doors

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Situations that could lead to facility emergencies are identified by the occupant and facility emergency response procedures are followed
Relevant emergency protection systems and equipment are identified

Assessment Cover Sheet

PUAFER001 - Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

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Assessment Record Sheet

PUAFER001 - Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

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