Required Skills

Apply extinguishing media to fire

Apply safe working practices at all times

Assist in the setting up and use of foam making equipment

Correctly don and use SCB while undertaking fire extinguishment and rescue in a heated smoke filled compartment

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

Extinguish a fire with a fire blanket

Log SCBA wearers correctly on a control board

Operate charged hoselines and nozzles

Operate portable firefighting extinguishers

Perform after use maintenance on SCBA

Required Knowledge

Action to be taken

in an emergency

on board ship

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

Portable fire extinguishers

Principles and methods of fire extinguishment

Principles underlying the spread of fire

Relevant Australian Standards

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 preventionprotection

Work health and safety WHSoccupational health and safety OHS requirements and work practices

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria the required skills and knowledge the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

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

The evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the Elements Performance Criteria Required Skills Required Knowledge and include

working as part of a team

being aware of own ability and limits

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include access to

industryapproved marine operations where fighting and extinguishing fires in a simulated environment using live fire and smoke can be conducted

tools equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry

relevant regulatory and equipment documentation that impacts on work activities

range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessments

appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Practical assessment must occur in an

appropriately simulated workplace environment andor

appropriate range of situations in the workplace

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate to this unit

direct observation of the candidate fighting and extinguishing fires

direct observation of the candidate applying relevant WHSOHS requirements and work practices

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended

In all cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess Required Knowledge

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language and literacy requirements of the work being performed and the capacity of the candidate

Fire hazards must cover:

Classes of fire include:

Firefighting equipment and systems must include:

Protective clothing and equipment must include:

Extinguishing media/agent must include:

Firefighting activities must include:

Firefighting tactics must include:

Restored must include: