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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan SAR operations
   • Review information relating to search and rescue incident to plan operation.
   • Assess required resources to complete SAR operations based on available information.
   • Evaluate plan to determine feasibility and likelihood of success.
2. Manage SAR teams
   • Communicate nature of SAR incident to stakeholders.
   • Brief SAR teams on roles, responsibilities and activities.
   • Allocate tasks to team members to facilitate SAR operations.
   • Monitor performance of teams to adjust plan as required and identify any welfare considerations.
   • Relay feedback received from team to stakeholders to inform SAR operations.
3. Liaise with internal and external authorities and agencies/organisations
   • Provide briefings to agencies/organisations to ensure consistency of information.
   • Monitor resources to determine changing circumstances.
   • Negotiate with agencies/organisations to acquire resources for SAR operations.
   • Provide guidance and support to authorities and agencies/organisations to improve SAR effectiveness.
4. Manage search and rescue reporting requirements
   • Collate information from internal and external sources to maintain comprehensive records.
   • Evaluate information to determine relevance.
   • Identify trends from analysis of available information.
   • Develop recommendations for continuous improvement purposes.
5. Plan SAR operations
   • Review information relating to search and rescue incident to plan operation.
   • Assess required resources to complete SAR operations based on available information.
   • Evaluate plan to determine feasibility and likelihood of success.
6. Manage SAR teams
   • Communicate nature of SAR incident to stakeholders.
   • Brief SAR teams on roles, responsibilities and activities.
   • Allocate tasks to team members to facilitate SAR operations.
   • Monitor performance of teams to adjust plan as required and identify any welfare considerations.
   • Relay feedback received from team to stakeholders to inform SAR operations.
7. Liaise with internal and external authorities and agencies/organisations
   • Provide briefings to agencies/organisations to ensure consistency of information.
   • Monitor resources to determine changing circumstances.
   • Negotiate with agencies/organisations to acquire resources for SAR operations.
   • Provide guidance and support to authorities and agencies/organisations to improve SAR effectiveness.
8. Manage search and rescue reporting requirements
   • Collate information from internal and external sources to maintain comprehensive records.
   • Evaluate information to determine relevance.
   • Identify trends from analysis of available information.
   • Develop recommendations for continuous improvement purposes.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least one occasion.

evaluating SAR incidents to determine responses

communicating, liaising and negotiating with stakeholders

allocating and monitoring resources

gathering and evaluating information to identify trends

developing and communicating recommendations for continuous improvement purposes

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

management techniques

WHS requirements

equipment and resources relevant to search and rescue operations

jurisdictional SAR system

roles and responsibilities of agencies involved in SAR

capabilities of external agencies

jurisdictional quality management systems

jurisdictional policies and procedures relating to reporting requirements and media engagement management techniques

risk management techniques and processes

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