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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for marine search and rescue response
   • Establish rescue coordination centre to facilitate coordination of marine search and rescue operations.
   • Establish communications to facilitate flow of information.
   • Access jurisdictional information management systems to gather information in relation to target and vessel.
   • Assess characteristics of target and vessel to inform search and rescue response.
2. Determine current location, destination and resources
   • Gather information relating to the location and details of incident to inform marine search and rescue operation.
   • Identify charts, electronic navigation aids and navigation equipment to source information.
   • Interpret information from charts for planning purposes.
   • Evaluate sea state, currents and tidal patterns to identify impacts on marine search and rescue operations.
   • Plot current location and estimated destination of vessel in distress on a chart using marine navigation techniques.
3. Determine and plan a safe route/course
   • Compile operational plan, including initial search areas chart work.
   • Record all plots/search areas on chart using overlays and allowing for variables and prevailing conditions.
   • Estimate rescue asset's speeds, search time, investigation time and endurance within prevailing conditions to provide an estimated search time.
   • Identify potential obstacles and hazards to determine safe route/course.
4. Perform marine search and rescue response
   • Determine datum of target using wind and currents.
   • Utilise marine search strategies to inform marine search and rescue operations.
   • Select marine search patterns in accordance with prevailing conditions.
   • Identify specialist marine resources to facilitate marine search and rescue operations.
   • Allocate taskings for resources to facilitate marine search and rescue operations.
   • Modify marine search strategies using on scene intelligence.
5. Prepare for marine search and rescue response
   • Establish rescue coordination centre to facilitate coordination of marine search and rescue operations.
   • Establish communications to facilitate flow of information.
   • Access jurisdictional information management systems to gather information in relation to target and vessel.
   • Assess characteristics of target and vessel to inform search and rescue response.
6. Determine current location, destination and resources
   • Gather information relating to the location and details of incident to inform marine search and rescue operation.
   • Identify charts, electronic navigation aids and navigation equipment to source information.
   • Interpret information from charts for planning purposes.
   • Evaluate sea state, currents and tidal patterns to identify impacts on marine search and rescue operations.
   • Plot current location and estimated destination of vessel in distress on a chart using marine navigation techniques.
7. Determine and plan a safe route/course
   • Compile operational plan, including initial search areas chart work.
   • Record all plots/search areas on chart using overlays and allowing for variables and prevailing conditions.
   • Estimate rescue asset's speeds, search time, investigation time and endurance within prevailing conditions to provide an estimated search time.
   • Identify potential obstacles and hazards to determine safe route/course.
8. Perform marine search and rescue response
   • Determine datum of target using wind and currents.
   • Utilise marine search strategies to inform marine search and rescue operations.
   • Select marine search patterns in accordance with prevailing conditions.
   • Identify specialist marine resources to facilitate marine search and rescue operations.
   • Allocate taskings for resources to facilitate marine search and rescue operations.
   • Modify marine search strategies using on scene intelligence.

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.

assessing marine search and rescue requirements

facilitating coordination of marine search and rescue operations

collecting and assessing information on marine search and rescue requirements

evaluating marine and weather conditions to inform search and rescue operations

determining target locations, distances and destinations

communicating and coordinating with stakeholders within marine search and rescue context

applying appropriate marine search and rescue tools and techniques

documenting progress and outcomes of marine search and rescue

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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.

international treaties relating to maritime safety

principles of marine navigation

search and rescue datum planning

weather patterns

currents

sea state

drift patterns

variation and deviation

obstacles to marine navigation

basic marine navigation tools

formulas relating to marine search and rescue

local marine environment

common marine scenarios

limitations/regulations which impact marine search

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