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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Conduct an environmental health appreciation
  2. Develop environmental health plan

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

accurately interpret information from a range of sources so it may be drawn together to form balanced judgements and opinions to aid health support planning

communicate complex issues and ideas in a logical and persuasive manner

facilitate input from others to develop well considered and robust health support plans

form judgements about balancing health support with operational imperatives

make decisions that maximise the effective implementation of health support plans

manage basic projects

manage time with competing interests

negotiate complex issues and ideas to arrive at a common understanding

prepare complex verbal or written health assessments for communication to others that can be readily understood

research information to aid health support assessment

use problem solving skills

Required Knowledge

Geneva conventions

health support logistics

health support planning process

health support resources capabilities

health threat analysis

injury risk assessment and management

Laws of Armed Conflict

organisation standing and routine orders

organisational policies and procedures pertinent to own capability

organisational structure and lines of authority and communication within the organisation

principle of health support

structure and function of the ADF Health Services

team leadership management principles

theory of health support

vectors of disease

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

accurately determine the health threats to an organisation

tailor the allocation of environmental health assets to address the key health threats and to complement the organisation being supported

demonstrate redundancy in the plan and to modify the plan to adapt to changing circumstances

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over a minimum of two assessment scenarios

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in an actual workplace situation or in a simulated situation or scenario

Specific resources for assessment

Access is required to

actual situation or scenario requiring environmental health planning with all supporting information

equipment required to perform environmental health planning

well developed health intelligence


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 in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.

Situation may include

Enemy situation:

communicable disease in enemy forces

enemy public health capabilities

enemy sanitation levels

immunisation status

level of field sanitation training

nuclear, biological and chemical capabilities

Friendly situation:

operational situation

potable water quality/quantity

preventive medicine resources equipment

status of preventive medicine - individual and unit supplies

types of rations used

unit preventive medicine readiness

Characteristics of dependent organisation:

acclimatisation

clothing and equipment

fatigue/resistance to disease

immunisation status

numbers

organisation structure

presence of disease

status of nutrition

Characteristics of operating area:

climate and weather

flora and fauna

local population

terrain

Health intelligence sources may include

Country briefings

Doctrine

Health intelligence reports and databases

Health research

Manuals and textbooks

Organisation intranet sites

Organisational policy and procedure

World wide web

Health threats may include

Environment health threats:

animal

disease

terrain

vegetation

weather

Occupational health threats:

industrial injury

road traffic accident

Operational health threats:

chemical/biological injury

combat injury

psychiatric injury

Environmental health tasks may include

Epidemiology

Disease vector control

Field sanitation

Food sanitation

Occupational hygiene

Waste management

Water purification

Relevant personnel may include

Activity commander

Environmental health officer

Senior health officer

Senior planning officer

Team leader

Environmental health assets may include

Environmental health team

Environmental health platoon

Health assessment teams

Vector control team

Principles of health support may include

To provide immediate first aid to an injured person

To facilitate the provision of resuscitation by a medical officer within an hour of being injured

To facilitate the provision of initial wound surgery within three hours of being injured

To prevent injury and illness

To ensure conformity of the health plan with higher operational plans

To enable control of health resources by technically qualified personnel best placed to employ them

To ensure continuity of health care between levels of treatment and between different agencies involved in treatment

To maintain flexibility to adapt the health plan to the changing circumstances of ADF operations

To ensure that health support maintains mobility with the activity of the group being supported

To ensure that health support maintains its proximity to the activity being supported