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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Benchmarks for audit are clearly identified
   • Access, interpret and clarify the legislative, statutory and site requirements relating incident preparedness and response systems
   • Access and review relevant documentations of the plan and established management systems
   • Conduct consultations with stakeholders and specialist as necessary
2. Plan, organise and undertake audit of the established incident response systems
   • Identify or develop methods to audit the established management systems and processes as prescribed by the plan and/or legislation in consultation with relevant personnel
   • Identify and secure the resources required to conduct the audit
   • Gather and sight relevant documents and all other evidence required in accordance with procedures
   • Conduct the audit according to prescribed/pre-agreed methodology and in a manner that enhances the organisation's confidence and commitment to the incident response system
3. Evaluate and report the results of the audit
   • Evaluate evidence gathered for reliability, validity, authenticity, sufficiency, currency and consistency
   • Promptly bring to the attention of relevant personnel any findings which have serious or immediate risks
   • Disseminate records of the process and outcomes of the audit, including justifiable recommendations complying with procedures, to appropriate personnel in a timely manner
4. Follow up results of the audit
   • Discuss and confirm results with relevant personnel and provide feedback including advice on corrective actions
   • Follow up corrective actions relating to deficiencies until resolution has been achieved

Required Skills

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

Required skills

Competence includes the ability to isolate the causes of problems within the incident response system and to be able to distinguish between causes of problems indicated by audit methods fail to provide sufficient qualitative and quantitative data audits fail to identify key system failures actions arising from audits do not translate into improvements in the system relationships between incident response partner organisations do not function as intended

Required knowledge

The knowledge referred to in the Evidence Guide for this unit includes relevant legislation relevant company policy management systemsprocedures relating to incident preparedness and response company requirements in relation to audit and review procedures hazard identification and control OHS requirements risk management principles and techniques incident containment tactics

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 or observation 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	Consistent performance should be demonstrated In particular look to see that competence in this unit reflects successful assessment in the critical aspects of safe conduct of audit and review identification of benchmarks for audit and review development of methodologies for effective audit and review compliance with prescribed methodologies for audit and review evaluation of documents and evidence demonstrated understanding of the value of accuracy attention to detail and impartiality information gathering analysis and communication These aspects may be best assessed using a range of scenarioscase studieswhatifs as the stimulus with a walk through forming part of the response These assessment activities should include a range of problems including new unusual and improbable situations which may have been generated from the past incident history of the plant incidents on similar plants around the world hazard analysis activities and similar sources
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment will require access to an accurately simulated environment or a suitable method of gathering evidence of responding ability over a range of situations A bank of scenarioscase studieswhatifs and a bank of questions to probe the reasoning behind the observable actions will likewise be required
Method of assessment	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	Management systems include (but are not limited to): evacuation emergency operations structure communications information management documentation and reporting requirements resource management training audit and review system financial management Documents and evidence may include: electronic databases videos photographs written information/records training and learning programs
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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