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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan environmental health tasking for individuals within a team
  2. Implement and monitor environmental health tasking

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

communicate appropriately about consult on and impart knowledge of

application of the permethrinDEET repellent system

causes of disease transmission

causes of manpower wastage

control measures of disease transmission

food storage and distribution standards

risk management principles

water quality assurance measures

establish and maintain administrative systems

manage workplace issues and problems

prioritise tasking

Required Knowledge

administrative systems

application of the permethrinDEET repellent system

best use of available resources

causes of disease transmission

causes of manpower wastage

control measures of disease transmission

documentation processes relevant to own workplace

food storage and distribution standards including the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point HACCP approach to food control

health surveillance system

legal rights and responsibilities

methods of establishing field hygiene and waste facilities

organisational policies and procedures

pathophysiology of common communicable diseases

planning and control systems

process of disease

risk management principles

role and capabilities of other health care providers including environmental health team

team leadership management principles

time management strategies to set priorities

water quality assurance measures

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

determine a tasking plan which is achievable and make best use of available resources

coordinate tasking of at lease two team members to achieve desired outcomes

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated on a minimum of two occasions

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in an actual workplace situation or in a simulated situation or scenario

Specific resources for assessment

Access is required to

appropriate equipment and stores

range of notional health threats based on recent and historical experience to tailor tasking

dependent personnel

relevant organisational policies and procedures


Range Statement

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.

ADF activities may include

ADF exercises in Australia or overseas

ADF operational deployment

Civil aid to the community task

In a field or urban setting

Training activities

Health threats may include

Environment health threats:

animal

disease

terrain

vegetation

weather

Occupational health threats:

road traffic accident

industrial injury

Operational health threats:

chemical/biological injury

combat injury

psychiatric injury

Tasking may include

Applying the permethrin protection system

Assisting in the ongoing health threat assessment and health surveillance

Collecting water samples for laboratory analysis

Contributing to epidemiologic quick assessment of disease

Contributing to organisational compliance with occupational health and safety and industrial hygiene policy/procedures

Coordinating field waste management

Implementing strategies to control the transmission of disease

Inspecting and monitoring water distribution for safe water handling practices

Monitoring food hygiene and preventing the transmission of disease via ingested sources

Operating pesticide dispersal equipment

Performing a water quality survey of an established water distribution point

Performing chlorine dosing of water at the point of supply

Organisational policies and procedures may include

Clinical standards (state/territory and national)

Codes of ethics

Codes of practice

Environmental health policy

Health and hygiene guidelines

Health surveillance policy documents

Industry professional body standards

Industry standards (state/territory and national)

Organisational health policy directives

Pesticides manual

Relevant Australian Standards

Relevant Commonwealth Acts

Workplace safety guidelines

Relevant persons may include

Area commander

Coordinating personnel

Organisational commander

Section commander

Team leaders

Dependent organisation may include

Company sized group

Deployed ADF team

Own organic organisation