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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish a search and rescue support plan related to the facility
   • Identify possible search and rescue scenarios in liaison with relevant personnel
   • Identify relevant local (or other) agencies
   • Identify key contacts with relevant agencies
   • Liaise with relevant agencies to develop/review site/agency interaction plan(s) for a search and rescue
   • Assess plan(s) for operability and practicality
   • Assess proposed plans with relevant agencies for compatibility with each other and own systems
   • Negotiate and resolve conflicts
   • Ensure site emergency plans are consistent with agreed agency interaction plans.
2. Activate search and rescue support plan
   • Recognise that a search and rescue is required
   • Obtain information required by the procedures and determine relevant agency/agencies to contact
   • Contact relevant agency/agencies and activate search and rescue
   • Provide all relevant and available information to the agency
   • Activate site incident response system relevant to the incident.
3. Liaise with search and rescue agency/agencies
   • Monitor local situation and advise agency of any relevant changes
   • Monitor search and rescue progress and provide relevant information to site incident response team
   • Advise relevant personnel in own organisation of progress
   • Negotiate issues with agency/agencies and own organisation
   • Determine the need for additional/different resources and negotiate their timely acquisition
   • Identify problems/potential problems with the search and rescue and develop solutions in liaison with the agency/agencies and own organisation.
4. Conclude search and rescue support
   • Negotiate a conclusion to the search and rescue with the agency/agencies and own organisation
   • Collect and preserve all relevant information
   • Debrief with relevant people involved
   • Complete reports as required
   • Identify items for improvement and take action to have improvements implemented/built into support plans.

Required Skills

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

Required skills

Competence includes an understanding of search and rescue techniques and the capability of relevant search and rescue agencies and platforms and the ability to recognise and resolve problems In particular it includes and ability to negotiate with relevant agencies access and collate information and determine information relevant to the search and rescue interpret the search and rescue plans for different agencies and determine interfaces with own organisationsitefacility keep required records before during and after a search and rescue incident effectively communicate and consult with a range of individuals by a range of means including fax telephone and facetoface

Required knowledge

Competence includes knowledge of relevant communication systems organisational search and rescue procedures external support agencies and their roles types and limitations of rescue vessels aircraft or motor vehicles local weather conditions response times available local resources

Evidence Required

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria Required Skills and Knowledge the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment	Assessment for this unit of competency will be by way of simulation eg Search and Rescue Exercise SAREX or under incident conditions The unit will be assessed in as holistic a manner as is practical and may be integrated with the assessment of other relevant units of competency Assessment will occur over a range of situations which can include a variety of incident circumstances Simulations must as closely as possible approximate actual incident conditions and should be based on the actual facility Assessments should include walkthroughs of the relevant competency components and may include the use of case studiesscenarios and role plays This unit of competency requires a significant body of knowledge which will be assessed through questioning and the use of whatif scenarios both in the facility during demonstration of normal operations and walkthroughs of abnormal operations and off the site
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Competence must be demonstrated in the ability to recognise and analyse potential situations requiring action and then in implementing appropriate responsive action The emphasis should be on the ability to deal effectively with the incident or to contribute effectively to the recovery from the incident Consistent performance should be demonstrated In particular look to see that communication links with agencies are established a log of relevant information is routinely maintained information required is able to be quickly accessed and communicated to relevant agency different agencies and their capabilities is known These assessment activities should include a range of problems including new unusual and improbable situations which may have been generated from past workplace incident history incidents in similar workplaces around the world hazard analysis activities andor similar sources
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment will require access to an accurately simulated environment in the absence of an onsite incident environment or a suitable method of gathering evidence of responding ability over a range of situations A bank of scenarioscase studieswhatifs will be required as will a bank of questions which will be used to probe the reasoning behind the observable actions
Method of assessment	In all facilities it may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with other relevant units
Guidance information for assessment	Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oracy language and literacy capacity of the assessee and the work being performed

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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, if used in the Performance Criteria, is detailed below. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs if the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.
Codes of practice/ standards	Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, the latest version must be used.
Context	This unit does not involve the development of search and rescue plans, nor the conduct/coordination of a search and rescue, but rather relates to the site/facility person who will need to provide organisation input to the specialist search and rescue organisations. Rescue scenarios may include: lost plane/helicopter transporting crew lost supply vessel lost truck/vehicle individual or groups requiring rescue hazardous or non-hazardous goods Relevant agencies may include: national maritime search and rescue SES police Information required may include: last known position expected route and arrival and departure times local weather conditions relevant conditions at site such as landing facilities Conclusion to a search and rescue may be because: object of search found and rescued agencies recommend search be called off
Health, safety and environment (HSE)	All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment requirements, which may be imposed through State or Federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between Performance Criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.
Relationship to Major Hazard Facility Legislation	Organisations within the Chemical, Hydrocarbons and Oil Refining industries may find themselves falling under the provisions of various Major Hazard Facilities legislation. In developing this unit consideration has been given to the requirements of Sections 8 and 9 of the National Standard for the Control of Major Hazard Facilities [NOHSC:1014(2002)] and the National Code of Practice for the Control of Major Hazard Facilities [NOHSC:2016(1996)]. This unit will assist individuals to meet some of their obligations under the relevant State or Territory legislation. Responsibility for appropriate contextualisation and application of the unit to ensure compliance however, remains with the individual organisation.

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