This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to task and supervise the use of machinery to undertake a range of activities to support fire ground operations. It includes control line construction and rehabilitation, reduction and removal of hazards, improvement of existing tracks and roads, creating access and egress to control lines, constructing helipads and assisting in blacking out.

The unit applies to personnel who supervise machine operators and who provide an essential interface between machine operators and the command structures at fire incidents.

The fire sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.

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

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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.
risk assessment of the site must include	fire behaviour fuel type terrain weather conditions

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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
Risk assessment of fire site is undertaken and hazards and assets at risk are identified and inspected
Trees to be pushed are identified, marked for attention, options to avoid pushing trees are examined and permission to remove trees is obtained
Terrain through which tasks must be undertaken to achieve incident objectives is assessed
Route is selected, assessed and marked for construction of control line and removal or avoidance of hazards and to determine the most appropriate path and type of machinery suitable for wildfire operations activity
Consultation and communication with land owners and managers is undertaken prior to machinery entering the property
Personnel are briefed on strategies and tactics to be implemented by machine operators, in accordance with organisational procedures and the incident action plan
Machinery safety requirements are monitored throughout wildfire operations
Machine operators are tasked and mop up and support activities are carried out, in accordance with organisational procedures
Requests for repairs or maintenance of machinery are communicated through the chain of command

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