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. |
Operation and task information may include: | access and egress routes command, control and coordination arrangements location magnitude and type of incident number and type of casualties other organisations potential hazards weather conditions and forecasts |
Safety briefing may include: | appropriate PPE care for other team members changing light fatigue management identified hazards and risks resupply risks situational awareness own limitations weather |
Incident information may include: | access and egress routes command, control and co-ordination arrangements emergency rendezvous points number, nature and description of persons or objects that are the focus of the search operating area potential hazards terrain and environmental information time constraints weather forecast |
Personal equipment may include: | food notebook and pencil overnight sleeping equipment personal first aid equipment personal hygiene items PPE, especially wet weather gear, cold weather clothing, sun protection water |
Search operations may include: | operations are normally conducted in support of the police searching for missing persons, objects or evidence searching, most commonly, on foot – although searches may be undertaken from vehicles or on horseback, skis and snowshoes |
Equipment may include: | boundary marking tapes compass or other positioning equipment map radio communications equipment |
Terrain may include: | forests grassland sand snow steep rock areas urban areas |
Conditions may include: | hazardous environmental conditions including: adverse weather after dark operations dangerous flora and fauna difficult terrain time pressure operating as part of a multi-agency response urban or rural environments |
Specified team roles may: | be determined based on the selected search technique (as per national land search operations manual) such as: line search feature search track search |
Observation skills may include: | day vision skills night vision skills |
Communication may include: | calming and reassuring a casualty feedback of information modes of communication as per organisational requirements |
Survival techniques may include: | constructing fires constructing temporary shelters conserving water, food and energy locating shelter obtaining water skills relevant to the local areas (such as cold, heat, terrain and forest) |
Operational documentation may include: | electronic recording devices notes, sketches of findings or other relevant information required for potential coronial or other legal proceedings photos |
Symptoms of operational stress may include: | fatigue headaches illness indecision intolerance lack of focus nausea |