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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Support deployment preparations
  2. Communications and reporting procedures are established with different logistics elements
  3. Corporate training requirements are formulated, resourced and implemented to ensure staff competence
  4. Organisational requirements are defined, communicated to stakeholders and monitored in accordance with organisational policy and procedure
  5. Deficiencies in manpower and equipment are identified and an organisational response is developed
  6. Scoping and definition of requirement for contracted support to organisational deployment and sustainment is undertaken
  7. Planning data is gathered from subordinate organisations, collated and analysed to develop contingency plans
  8. Collation and preparation of movement documentation for deployment is coordinated
  9. Support organisation deployed elements
  10. Operational demands and deployment information are accessed and analysed to identify factors to be considered in supporting operations
  11. Liaison with relevant agencies and supporting organisations (such as external contracted services) is conducted to gather information, access services and coordinate deployment activities and movements
  12. Procurement and delivery of equipment and stores is monitored and appropriate action is initiated to overcome shortages
  13. Operations of deployed elements are monitored and where issues are identified, organisational responses are developed and communicated
  14. Accounting for, and attribution of costs for, all organisational logistics deployment activities is monitored to ensure compliance with organisational policy and procedures
  15. Personnel rotation and reinforcement arrangements are monitored to ensure placement of personnel in support operations is consistent with operational requirements and organisational policy and procedure
  16. Personnel and material tracking is monitored to ensure accurate knowledge of location and status of personnel and material
  17. Support organisation extraction and redeployment
  18. Priorities for extraction of logistic elements are determined based on need to support organisational activities
  19. Redeployment plan is developed
  20. Liaison with relevant agencies is conducted to gather information, access services and coordinate redeployment activities and movements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:

analysing and validating numerical information accurately

analysing task complexities

applying a broad range of problem-solving strategies to planning outcomes

identifying operational intent and recognising how own planning contributes to operation success

interpreting instructions and applying this to developing actions and tasks

interpreting policy and procedures

making informed decisions that align with organisational requirements

managing own planning tasks in accordance with other staff planners

moving forward despite planning task difficulty

preparing and issuing written instructions

undertaking analysis to determine where internal and external factors impact on health support requirements, and adjusting planning accordingly

using appropriate information technology and software

working cooperatively as a member of a team.


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

channels of communication and processes for obtaining advice, approvals

environmental considerations in planning logistics support

equal employment opportunity, equity and diversity principles

legislation, regulations, and guidelines relating to deployment logistics support

logistics concepts including mobilisation, deployment, reception, staging, onward movement, integration, sustainment, redeployment and reconstitution

organisation, its function and logistics support capabilities

organisational policy and procedure

organisational writing conventions

planning process.