REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

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

Required knowledge

Organisational policy and procedure pertaining to health support

Principles of health support

Preparedness requirements of health personnel and equipment

Policy and procedure relating to surface evacuation

Tasks and composition of health elements and their points of interaction

Health stores and equipment including resupply systems and procedures

Patient tracking and administration

Environment consideration in planning health support

Health intelligence sources collection and analysis processes

Health capabilities

Health planning inputs to the staff planning process

Estimation of casualty numbers and types

Requirements relating to the management of health waste

Supply handling storage of blood products

Legislative and regulatory environment pertaining to materiel logistics and health services delivery

The functionality and operation of logistic information management systems

Risks to health support

Staff planning process

Writing conventions

Integrated logistics support ILS

Required skills

Interpret instructions and apply this to the development of actions and tasks

Analyse the complexities of a task

Identify the operations intent and recognise how own planning contributes to operation success

Work cooperatively as a member of a team

Undertake analysis to determine where internal and external factors impact on the health support requirements and adjust planning accordingly

Use numeracy skills to accurately analyse and validate information

Use organisational skills to manage own planning tasks in concert with other staff planners

Use problemsolving skills to apply a broad range of problemsolving strategies to planning outcomes

Move forward despite the difficulty of the planning task

Interpret policy and procedures

Make decisive informed decisions that align with organisational requirements

Use appropriate information technology and software

Prepare and issue written instructions

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required knowledge and skills the range statement and the assessment guidelines for this Training Package

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

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria of this unit

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency should be demonstrated on at least one occasion covering the scope of the unit of competence

Resources for assessment include

a range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessment andor

access to an appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment and

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Assessment of this unit must be undertaken by a registered training organisation

As a minimum assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate writtenoral tests

Practical assessment must occur

through activities in an appropriately simulated environment andor

in an appropriate range of situations in the workplace

Health support planning factors may include:

Casualty planning data may include:

Health risk assessment may include:

Casualty estimates may include:

Health estimate may include:

Types of health support may include:

Health support imperatives may include:

Support control measures may include:

Health plan may include:

Other stakeholders may include: