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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare for operating in remote environments
   • Access, interpret and apply isolated and remote situations documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
   • Collate and record information relating to operating in the remote environment
   • Establish detailed operating and travel plans, including a disaster plan and fallback position, in consultation with supervising staff
   • Complete remote area survival training
   • Notify appropriate authorities of the action plans and time schedules
   • Identify and source relevant maps
   • Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues, and implement control measures
   • Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
   • Obtain and interpret emergency procedures, and be prepared for fire/accident/emergency
2. Prepare for departure
   • Prepare personal needs for activities or travel in remote areas
   • Prepare transportation and equipment for use in prescribed work location or along prescribed routes
   • Obtain, study and interpret relevant maps prior to departure
   • Report and record planned activities and itinerary prior to departure
3. Prepare for emergency situations
   • Check provisioning meets operational and emergency needs
   • Check that initial planning and regular monitoring ensures structured use of available provisions and resources
   • Include emergency management procedures as an integral part of operating plans
4. Operate in remote environments
   • Complete activities according to instructions and established time schedules
   • Carry out all activities in remote situations in accordance with procedures
   • Continually monitor hazards and risks , and ensure safety of self, other personnel, plant and equipment
   • Follow established reporting procedures on completion of planned activities on return to base
5. Plan and prepare for operating in remote environments
   • Access, interpret and apply isolated and remote situations documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Obtain, read, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
   • Collate and record information relating to operating in the remote environment
   • Establish detailed operating and travel plans, including a disaster plan and fallback position, in consultation with supervising staff
   • Complete remote area survival training
   • Notify appropriate authorities of the action plans and time schedules
   • Identify and source relevant maps
   • Identify and address potential risks, hazards and environmental issues, and implement control measures
   • Select and wear personal protective equipment appropriate for work activities
   • Obtain and interpret emergency procedures, and be prepared for fire/accident/emergency
6. Prepare for departure
   • Prepare personal needs for activities or travel in remote areas
   • Prepare transportation and equipment for use in prescribed work location or along prescribed routes
   • Obtain, study and interpret relevant maps prior to departure
   • Report and record planned activities and itinerary prior to departure
7. Prepare for emergency situations
   • Check provisioning meets operational and emergency needs
   • Check that initial planning and regular monitoring ensures structured use of available provisions and resources
   • Include emergency management procedures as an integral part of operating plans
8. Operate in remote environments
   • Complete activities according to instructions and established time schedules
   • Carry out all activities in remote situations in accordance with procedures
   • Continually monitor hazards and risks , and ensure safety of self, other personnel, plant and equipment
   • Follow established reporting procedures on completion of planned activities on return to base

Performance Evidence

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant documentation, policies and procedures

implements the requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient operation in isolated and remote situations including:

planning for operating in remote environments

preparing for operating in remote environments

preparing for emergency situations

operating in remote environments

demonstrates completion of operating in isolated and remote situations that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

identifying critical aspects of remote situations

identifying aspects of planning related to personal, emergency and provisions requirements

completing the work plan in isolated and remote situations

completing records and reports of activities

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of operating in isolated and remote situations through:

map reading and navigation skills including direction finding (e.g., GPS, use of compass, stars or watch)

surveying local topography, nearby inhabitants and locations within that area

survival techniques using basic First Aid

water supplies, sources and generation methods

emergency vehicle and mechanical equipment repair

operation of communication equipment (e.g., field communications by two-way, satellite telephony and HF radio), and distress signaling including use of signaling mirrors

applying basic rope skills including useful knots (reef, clove hitch, truckie's hitch, bowline); simple lashings and tying down loads

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