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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine objectives
   • Identify the need for the incident exercise in consultation with stakeholders
   • Determine the objectives of the exercise which meet the identified need
2. Design exercise
   • Select the exercise style, consistent with the objectives, in consultation with stakeholders
   • Design the exercise to ensure that objectives are met and address health, safety and environment issues
   • Identify and secure the resources to support the exercise
   • Distribute the exercise plan stating the objectives to appropriate personnel
3. Manage exercise
   • Brief personnel involved in the exercise in respect of aims, objectives, expectations and activity outcomes
   • Use the exercise plan to initiate and facilitate the conduct and direction of the exercise
   • Conduct the exercise in a manner that addresses health, safety and environment issues
   • Monitor the progress of the exercise and provide feedback to personnel
4. Evaluate outcomes
   • Plan a post exercise debrief based on the conduct and outcomes of the exercise
   • Conduct a debrief with activity personnel
   • Review outcomes of the activities against objectives
   • Prepare and distribute a report of the activity to stakeholders

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 exercises are not conducted according to expectations unintended or inappropriate exercise outcomes mismatches between equipment and incident requirements lack of appropriate feedback at the conclusion of training exercises an injury occurs during the conducting of the training exercise

Required knowledge

The knowledge referred to in the Evidence Guide for this unit includes legislative and regulatory arrangements relating to incident management incident response plan and management systems incident management concepts and principles adult learning principles relevant networks problem solving and decision making techniques assessment and review techniques project management principles

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 clearly identifying the need for the exercise planning conduct and evaluation of exercise hazard identification and control demonstrated understanding and ability to address health safety and environment issues briefing and debriefing 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 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	Types of exercise may include: scenario analyses case studies role plays discussion exercises / desktop exercises functional centre exercises (specific task environments within the workplace) field exercises synthetic training high level architecture multimedia virtual reality distributed interactive software The design process may include: determination of activity management structure development of documentation design of activity issuing notifications briefings and debriefings Activity personnel refers to people who assist in the conduct of the incident exercise and may include: activity director directing staff/coordinators/facilitators safety officers assessors/umpires public relations staff casualty simulators role player liaison officers administrative/welfare personnel to support learning and assessment tools Activity documentation may include: activity notification activity management checklists general instructions safety instructions timetable/schedule of events, exercise plan activity inputs
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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