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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Gather information
   • Collate information and intelligence to assess situation.
   • Identify points of contact to gather information.
   • Evaluate whether situation is a search and rescue incident to determine response.
   • Disseminate information to inform stakeholders.
2. Assess search and rescue situation
   • Assess situation to determine responsibility for search and rescue incident.
   • Conduct appreciation of search and rescue incident to identify courses of action.
   • Conduct urgency assessment to determine level of response.
   • Communicate responsibility for coordination and control of search and rescue response.
3. Gather information
   • Collate information and intelligence to assess situation.
   • Identify points of contact to gather information.
   • Evaluate whether situation is a search and rescue incident to determine response.
   • Disseminate information to inform stakeholders.
4. Assess search and rescue situation
   • Assess situation to determine responsibility for search and rescue incident.
   • Conduct appreciation of search and rescue incident to identify courses of action.
   • Conduct urgency assessment to determine level of response.
   • Communicate responsibility for coordination and control of search and rescue response.

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.

gathering and evaluating information relating to potential search and rescue situations

evaluating search and rescue situations

undertaking risk and urgency assessments

determining search and rescue requirements

communicating with stakeholders

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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.

Commonwealth, national, state and territory legislation relating to search and rescue.

national guidelines relating to search and rescue

jurisdictional policies and procedures relating to search and rescue

jurisdictional search and rescue systems

roles and responsibilities for responding to search and rescue situations

search and rescue terminology

search and rescue emergency stages

common characteristics of search and rescue situations

distress and emergency signals

process for conducting urgency assessments

information collection techniques

jurisdictional information management systems

jurisdictional information sources

resources to facilitate search and rescue responses

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