Elements and Performance Criteria
- Muster teams
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to providing support for rescue operations
- Validate team members' current rescue competency and constitute teams to incident requirements, and rescue guidelines
- Record rescue team membership
- Assess and monitor team members' state of readiness for rescue operation
- Allocate individual team preparation and mustering areas
- Maintain team's state of readiness and utilise when advised by Incident Control
- Regularly update team members on incident status
- Organise team and equipment
- Enlist and utilise support personnel
- Identify and procure appropriate equipment to meet response to the incident
- Allocate equipment to team and record allocation details
- Repair, or replace and test faulty equipment
- Record and review test results to ensure compliance with rescue guidelines, legislative requirements and site procedures
- Advise and consult Incident Control on personnel and equipment status
- Maintain supply of resources
- Arrange transport for teams entering the mine
- Identify, locate and procure ongoing resource requirements
- Report unavailability of vital equipment to Incident Control
- Distribute ongoing resource requirements to teams and fresh air base
- Ensure continuity of catering and supplies for team
- Ensure equipment is tested before going underground
- Record and report resource allocation and usage