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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Respond to emergency reports, signals and warnings
  2. Initiate and control initial emergency response
  3. Anticipate the further development of emergencies
  4. Assist with post initial response

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

ability to relate to a range of people from a range of cultural linguistic social and ethnic backgrounds and a range of physical and intellectual abilities

apply methods of accounting for people

assist people who need assistance

carry out a search pattern within an area

communicate clearly by the means specified in the workplace emergency procedures

contribute to emergency management planning

exercise leadership within a workplace emergency context

use equipment assigned to assist with implementing the workplace emergency procedures

Required Knowledge

arrangements for evacuating people who need support

assessing and anticipating the progress of emergencies that might reasonably be expected in the workplace

command control and coordinate function of the emergency control organisation

context of own role within the workplace emergency procedures

emergency assessment and reporting procedures

emergency reporting signals alarms warnings and procedures

emergency response and operating procedures

members of the emergency control organisation and their roles and responsibilities

evacuation priorities

hazard identification

precautions to be taken during emergencies and during an evacuation

methods of accounting for people during and after emergencies

methods of summoning first aid to occupants or visitor injured during an emergency evacuation

need to keep the relevant person informed of the developing situation

post initial response emergency activities

responses to meet the various situations

workplace procedures

Evidence Required

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

Assessment must confirm the ability to respond to emergency reports signals and warnings appropriately to supply clear directions under emergency conditions to make decisions appropriate to the situation to keep others appropriately informed to respond according to the workplace emergency procedures and to take on a leadership role consistent with the emergency control organisation

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over time with a range of emergencies that could be expected in the workplace

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace

Specific resources for assessment

Access to scenarios that reflect a range of emergency situations that may be expected in the workplace

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.

Emergency reports, signals and warnings may include:

audible/visual alarms

audible or vibrating pagers

coded or uncoded public address announcements

e-mail

screen alerts

stench alarms

verbal alert

People who may require assistance may include:

babies and children

people with a mobility, intellectual, visual, auditory or sensory impairment, either temporary or permanent, who require assistance during an emergency response

people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

people who are injured

people who are not able to comprehend the instructions given

pregnant women

the elderly

Emergency stations may include:

assembly or marshalling points

designated telephone or intercom

designated muster points

emergency control point

master emergency control point

warden’s inter-communication point (WIP) phones

Identification may include:

armbands

helmets, caps, hats

uniforms

tabards, vests or other distinguishing/distinctive clothing

Initial emergency response may include:

to evacuate

not to evacuate

to partially evacuate

advice or requests for emergency services

alternative evacuation

lateral evacuation

any guidance from emergency response team

designated assembly area

evacuation routes and destination

not to re-enter the evacuated area until directed by emergency personnel

shelter in place/lockdown

relocating or providing welfare services for evacuated persons

restricting entry to danger areas

searching floors or areas

supplying emergency equipment

use of response equipment

Relevant person may include:

emergency control organisation members

emergency services personnel

people with overall evacuation control responsibility or a person delegated with this responsibility

police, fire and emergency services

Post initial response activities may include:

assisting with recovery activities

assisting with authorised restoration of normal activity

participating in debriefing

providing advice

requests for emergency services or specialist response team

relocating or providing welfare services for evacuated persons

restricting entry to danger areas

security

supplying emergency equipment

checking the welfare of evacuees