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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Assist with preparations for the burn
   • Prepare machinery and equipment for use in the burn
   • Check and prepare safety equipment and personal protective equipment
   • Read or listen to information about contingency plans and seek clarification where required
   • Recognise and note assets requiring protection during the burn
   • Check personal role and activities during the burn
   • Discuss and clarify location and extent of the burn
2. Support conduct of burn
   • Provide assistance with pre-burn checks
   • Wear personal protective equipment throughout the burn
   • Follow work health and safety policies and procedures and enterprise operating procedures throughout the burn
   • Identify and maintain a safe escape route at all times
   • Raise problems or concerns during the burn with the supervisor
   • Maintain communication at all times
   • Observe conditions at the fire and note and report their effect on fire behaviour and development
   • Observe and report weather conditions and changes to fire behaviour
   • Use a fire extinguisher to extinguish fires according to enterprise requirements
3. Participate in clean-up activities
   • Carry out cleaning-up activities
   • Clean and store personal protective equipment, machinery and equipment

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated on at least one occasion.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

prepare machinery and equipment to enterprise requirements before burning

continually monitor weather conditions throughout the burn

use personal protective equipment as required and check, clean and store on completion of the burn

identify appropriate safe escape routes throughout the burn

maintain communication with supervisor and other staff at all times throughout the burn

carry out clean up operations according to supervisor instructions to enterprise standards

apply work health and safety procedures throughout the burn

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be demonstrate knowledge of:

fire behaviour

extinguishing media and equipment

communication equipment and procedures

burning tactics and techniques

assets that need protecting throughout the burn

fire hazards, safety techniques

organisation’s operating procedures for prescribed burn

contingency plans and emergency procedures for the burn

purpose and use of personal protective equipment

work health and safety policies and procedures relevant to prescribed burning

key concepts of work health and safety and environmental legislative and enterprise requirements

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