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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

communicate in a group setting

conduct needs analysis

manage and direct exercise activities

negotiate with client groups and stakeholders

plan and deliver briefings and debriefings

provide feedback

Required Knowledge

adult learning principles and networks

assessment and review techniques

emergency management concepts and principles

legislative and regulatory arrangements relative to emergency management

problem solving and decision making techniques

project management principles

Evidence Required

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

Ability to effectively plan conduct and evaluate exercises and activities devised for the demonstration of emergency management competencies

Consistency in performance

Evidence of competence in this unit would need to be gathered over time in a range of activity contexts

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Onthejob or in a simulated environment

Specific resources for assessment

Access to resources relevant to the exercise activities

Guidance information for assessment

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA Public Safety Training Package

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.

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.
Activities which exercise elements of emergency management (exercises) may	explore issues promote awareness educate assess and demonstrate capability evaluate risk treatment strategies validate training audit performance evaluate emergency management plans
Activities may include	scenario analyses case studies role plays discussion exercises functional centre exercises (specific task environments within the workplace) field exercises synthetic training high level architecture multi media virtual reality distributed interactive soft ware
Stakeholders may include	staff client groups members of the public community groups industry groups public and private sector organisations politicians
The design process may include	determination of activity management structure development of documentation design of activity issuing notification briefings and de-briefings
Activity personnel 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
Resource needs may include	equipment finance personnel facilities logistics activity communications
Activity documentation may include	activity notification activity management checklists general instruction safety instructions timetable/schedule of events activity inputs (general idea special idea problems specific inputs)