| 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. |
Request for support may include: | international deploymentinter-intra state or territory deployment |
Relevant personnel may include: | higher authoritylocal disaster groupsgovernment agencies if deploying internationally |
Roles and responsibilities of must include: | co-ordination and allocation of resources under their supervisionimplementing their portion of the incident action planmaintaining effective two-way information flows within the incident control structurereporting on incident situation, the progress of operations, emerging risks and the status of resources |
Agencies involved in emergency incident may include: | defence forcesembassies and consulatesforeign affairs agencynational emergency management agenciespoliceunited nations |
Transport plan may include: | border arrangementsconcept of operationsfinancehygiene briefingmedical checksmodes of transportpersonnel and equipmentresupply arrangementsroute plan |
Welfare plan may include: | critical incident stress managementfamily welfarehygiene briefingon call support personnelpersonnel informationpre-deployment interviewspre-deployment medical checksquarantine checks |
Mobilisation plan may include: | concept of operationscultural and ethnic awarenessdisaster victim identificationINSARAG guidelines code of conductcode of Ethicsstandard operating procedures |
Emergency management arrangements, policies and procedures must include: | INSARAG guidelinesOnsite Operations Coordination Centre (OSSOC)United Nations Disaster Assessment Coordinator (UNDAC) |
Risk management process may include: | identify, analyse and evaluate risks according to agreed criteria in the USAR pre-deployment contextidentify and select treatment optionsimplement treatment optionsmonitor and review risk strategies |
Asset management principles may include: | equipment and procurementfinancial management of delegationhuman resources managementjurisdictions asset management systemmaintenancepaymentsspending limitstesting regimes and depreciation and replacement procedures |
Financial considerations when deploying a USAR task force may include: | cash securityclaimscreation of centrescredit limits and systems to increase limitsdiscretionary powers financefinancial management practicesfinancial support linesindustrial agreementsmethods of paymentreconciliation processesresponsibilities of task force leader with regard to task force financestravelwages |
Deployment notification processes may include: | notification method and processes as applied within the state, territory or nationutilisation of preplanning information regarding personnel availability |
Policies and procedures may include: | certification of equipment safe to deployCivil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulationsdangerous goods for air, road and rail transportforeign affairs briefingsown nation’s aid agency briefingself-sustainability of task force |
SMEACS-Q must include: | situationmissionexecutionadministration and logisticscommand and controlquestions |
Reception/departure centre may include: | central point for cross border processesliaison point for incoming USAR task forceslogistical supply point for incoming task forces |
Emergency response teams are processed may include: | additional support, if requiredidentifying cultural issues, security risk identifying incoming team’s capabilitymanaging self-deployed teamssupplementary resources, for example maps |
| Briefing paper for incoming task force may include: | identification of liaison point of contactidentification of logistical requirements of incoming teams:fuelfoodwaterequipment location of reception centreoperational frameworktransportation requirements |
USAR task force deployment briefing may include: | conducting briefings/debriefings are conducted confirming feedback and analysis of team personnel is confirmed to ensure actual roles are understoodidentifying and reporting on follow-up actions follow up action is identified and reported onpurpose and structure of briefing |
| Communications plan may include: | radio frequencies and channelsnetwork chartsmaintenance of records:personal logincident notebookoccurrence bookreporting templatesprocedures for maintaining communication log |
Media plan may include | briefing notespoint of contact for mediapolicy for media engagementtalking points |
| Content for an evacuation plan may include: | role of task force leaderkey considerations if emergency evacuation is requiredrisk assessmentsecuritylocal contactsequipment disposalmodes of transportpre-approval of evacuation plan is soughtmedical evacuation of a task force team member |
| Content for an evacuation plan is prepared, taking into account a series of key factors may include: | planning considerationssecuritymedical communicationsequipment disposalrisk assessmentuse of planning templatesmedical evacuation of a task force team member |
Demobilisation plan may include: | decontaminationdisposal/rehabilitation of cachelogistics planningmove from incident site to base of operationsnotificationpost operational analysistask force casualtiestransport arrangements from base to home location |
Information sources may include: | emergency management arrangementsinternational guidelines |
Plans may include: | communicationsdemobilisation evacuation mediaredeployment |