Elements and Performance Criteria
- Look for signs of a specific emergency disease or plant pest
- Receive and confirm work instructions from surveillance coordinator or other appropriate authority
- Identify signs of an emergency disease or plant pest, collect appropriate samples for testing, and gather evidence to support a diagnosis according to relevant standards and protocols
- Access appropriate available expertise to assist in diagnosis
- Collect, handle, package and dispatch diagnostic samples according to relevant standards and protocols
- Respond to an emergency disease or plant pest
- Alert surveillance coordinator when signs of an emergency disease or plant pest are found
- Take appropriate measures to immediately contain emergency disease or plant pest according to instructions from control centre and relevant guidelines
- Collect information relevant to management of emergency disease or plant pest outbreak and report to surveillance coordinator
- Give directions and warnings to property owners or persons in charge about suspected emergency disease or plant pest
- Conduct personal decontamination and, where appropriate, equipment and vehicle decontamination according to relevant standards and protocols for emergency disease or plant pest