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Elements and Performance Criteria
Range Statement
This field allows for 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. |
Regulatory framework | The latest version of all legislation, regulations, industry codes of practice and Australian/international standards, or the version specified by the local regulatory authority, must be used, and include one or more of the following:legislative requirements, including work health and safety (WHS)industry codes of practice and guidelinesenvironmental regulations and guidelines Australian and other standardslicence and certification requirementsAll operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory 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. |
Incident response | Incident response includes one or more of the following:deployment of site incident response personnelcontaining/controlling the incident at source and or its spreadsearch and rescue operationsengagement of external emergency services (such as fire, ambulance, rescue and military)liaison with other agencies (such as environmental, clean-up and specialised troubleshooters) evacuationhazard controlIncident response actions must: be in accordance with and relevant organisation proceduresuse appropriate response equipment, where requiredprioritise the safety and/or successful recovery of personnel and others affected by the incident response not inhibit effectiveness of the incident response or further contribute to the incident. |
Incident exercises | Incident exercises include one or more of the following:scenario analysescase studiesrole playsdiscussion exercises/desktop exercisesfunctional centre exercises (specific task environments within the workplace)field exercisessynthetic traininghigh level architectureIncident exercises incorporate one or more of the following:multimediacomputer-basedvirtual reality distributed interactive softwareother appropriate formats or technology |
Exercise design | Exercise design includes:determination of activity management structuredevelopment of documentationdesign of activityplans for:issuing notificationsbriefings and debriefings |
Activity personnel | Activity personnel refers to people who assist in the conduct of the incident exercise and include one or more of the following:activity directordirecting staff/coordinators/facilitatorssafety officersassessors/umpirespublic relations staffcasualty simulatorsrole player liaison officersadministrative/welfare personnel to support learning and assessment tools |
Running sheet | A running sheet is a summary document/check list including one or more of the following:who is involved in the exercisewho does what to whom and whenevaluation informationsafety instructionstimetable/schedule of eventsactivity inputs |
Procedures | All operations must be performed in accordance with relevant procedures.Procedures are written, verbal, visual, computer-based or in some other form, and include one or more of the following:emergency procedureswork instructionsstandard operating procedures (SOPs)safe work method statements (SWMS)formulas/recipesbatch sheetstemporary instructionsany similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant |
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