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Elements and Performance Criteria

Range Statement

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
Fire hazards must include:	accommodation cargo areas engine rooms electrical distribution systems fuel handling systems galleys lack of maintenance laundry poor housekeeping smoking stores areas

Classes of fire must include:	A Carbonaceous Solids B Flammable Liquids C Flammable Gases D Combustible Metals E Energised Electrical Equipment F Cooking Oils and Fats

Firefighting equipment and systems must include:	hoses fixed fitted detection and suppression systems foam applicators international ship-to-shore connection nozzles portable and semi-portable extinguishers stretchers/ropes and lines

Protective clothing and equipment must include:	head protection /helmet hand protection /gloves radiant heat protection /coat foot protection/ boots firefighter outfit as per current Fire Safety Systems Code (as applicable) SCBA

Extinguishing media/agent must include:	extinguishing powder foam gaseous extinguishing agents water

Firefighting activities must include:	boundary control containing the spread of fire evacuation of casualties from heated smoke filled environments extinguishment overhaul/fire watch

Firefighting tactics must include:	combination of attack cooling the fuels direct offensive (attack team) direction of attack exclusion of oxygen â€“ smothering indirect defensive (fixed system) interrupting the chemical chain reaction removal of fuels - starvation

Restoring equipment must include:	cleaning re-stowing recharging according to Australian Standards servicing

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

applying extinguishing media to fire

applying safe working practices at all times

assisting in the setting up and use of foam making equipment

correctly donning and using self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) while undertaking fire extinguishment and rescue in a heated smoke filled compartment

entering and moving through a compartment filled with high expansion foam with the aid of a lifeline and without breathing apparatus

extinguishing a fire with a fire blanket

logging SCBA wearers correctly on a control board

operating charged hose-lines and nozzles

operating portable firefighting extinguishers

performing after-use maintenance on SCBA

working effectively with team members when responding to a fire.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

action to be taken:

in an emergency

alarms and signals during onboard emergencies

chemistry of fire, including the fire tetrahedron and its relationship to materials typically found on vessels

classification of fire and applicable extinguishing agents

correct use of all lifesaving appliances and firefighting appliances

different classes of fire, their characteristics and strategies and equipment needed for their extinguishment

elements of fire and explosion (the fire triangle)

extinguishing media including firefighting foams

fire and smoke detection and automatic alarm systems

firefighting tactics, techniques and procedures

flammable materials, fire hazards and spread of fire

hazards and threats to life or health during onboard firefighting operations

lifeline signals

location of firefighting appliances and emergency escape routes

maintenance of lifesaving appliances and firefighting appliances

need for constant vigilance

onboard Emergency Response Organisation and procedures

own ability and limits

portable fire extinguishers

purpose, function and location of fixed installations/systems

principles and methods of fire extinguishment

principles underlying the spread of fire

relevant Australian Standards

role and responsibility of self and team members

safe working practices

shipboard firefighting organisation

statutory requirements pertaining to lifesaving appliances and firefighting appliances

types and sources of ignition

types of fire detection, firefighting equipment and systems used on vessels, their features, principles of operation, procedures for their use and problems that can occur

ventilation procedures

vessel construction as it relates to fire prevention/protection

work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements and work practices