Certificate III in Public Safety (Preventive Health)
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Subjects
Qualification Requirement: 18 units
All 3 core units, plus 9 units from the specialisation elective units listed below, plus 3 units from the occupational health and safety elective units listed below, plus 3 units from the general elective units listed below
The general elective units may be taken from the remaining specialisation or occupational health and safety elective units listed below, the general elective units listed below, or may include 2 units taken from within this Training Package or any other endorsed Training Package at the same qualification level or a higher level.
Code | Core Units | |
Contribute to environmental health operations | ||
Apply knowledge of OHS legislation in the workplace | ||
Organise personal work priorities and development | ||
Code | Specialisation Elective Units | |
Participate in deployed health capability | ||
Assist with monitoring food storage and handling procedures in the community | ||
Perform basic water quality tests | ||
Perform and record sampling | ||
Assess pest management options | ||
Modify environment to manage pests | ||
Apply pesticide to manage pests | ||
Implement a pest management plan | ||
Advise client on pest management options | ||
Conduct fumigation | ||
Assist with quick assessment of disease outbreak | ||
Operate environmental measuring devices | ||
Undertake a vector borne diseases surveillance program | ||
Assist with field hygiene and sanitation | ||
Monitor water handling and distribution practices | ||
Conduct chlorine dosing of water at the point of supply | ||
Code | Occupational Health and Safety Elective Units | |
Participate effectively in OHS communication and consultative processes | ||
Contribute to OHS hazard identification and risk assessment | ||
Contribute to OHS hazard control | ||
Contribute to OHS issue resolution | ||
Contribute to implementing emergency prevention activities and response procedures | ||
Participate in OHS investigations | ||
Code | General Elective Units | |
Contribute to effective workplace relationships | ||
Contribute to team effectiveness | ||
Organise workplace information | ||
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices | ||
Organise personal work priorities and development | ||
Write simple documents | ||
Undertake a basic construction project | ||
FDFOPTISP2A | Implement sampling procedures | |
Apply first aid | ||
Use hand tools | ||
Use power tools/hand held operations | ||
Provide services to clients | ||
Conduct briefings/debriefings | ||
NOTES BSB units have been imported from the BSB07 Business Services Training Package. CPC unit has been imported from the CPC08 Construction, Plumbing and Services Integrated Framework Version 1. FDF unit has been imported from the FDF03 Food Processing Industry Training Package. HLT units have been imported from the HLT07 Health Training Package. MEM units have been imported from the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package. NWP units have been imported from the NWP07 Water Training Package. PRM units have been imported from the PRM04 Asset Maintenance Training Package. Information about customising PUA00 Public Safety Training Package qualifications is on page 12. | ||
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Licensing Information
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Employability Skills
Employability Skills Summary for PUA32809 Certificate III in Public Safety (Preventive Health)
Employability Skills are part of a unit of competency.
Employability Skills statements from a selection of units of competency from the PUA32809 Certificate III in Public Safety (Preventive Health) have been reproduced in the table below.
This table provides an example of Employability Skills for the qualification because Employability Skills within a qualification will vary depending on the qualification packaging options.
Public Safety qualifications have core units (which must be achieved) and elective units (where there is a choice of units which must be achieved) so different Employability Skills Summaries are possible within the one qualification, depending on the package of core units and chosen elective units. Employability Skill | Employability Skills Statement |
Communication | communicate technical information relating to environmental health to non health personnel to gain their support of environmental health activities compile and submit reports and returns to relevant persons, to assist with health surveillance at the organisational level formulate and discuss environmental health advice with stakeholders to fully develop environmental health measures and to ensure coordination with other local activities gather and communicate information in support of environmental health planning to team leader regularly update and communicate information on workplace OHS legislation, codes, standards, policies and procedures relevant to self and other employees |
Teamwork | assist line managers with physical health inspections attend and participate in planning briefs and activities to contribute to the team planning task implement team leadership management principles monitor personnel health to identify the spread of illness to enable early intervention of disease transmission and to limit the impact on the organisation operate as a member of a small planning team and be responsive to the team leader |
Problem solving | implement environmental injury control measures to reduce the risk of injury and to equip commanders with the information to make informed decisions regarding physical activity levels, water consumption and acclimatisation implement risk management principles manage workplace issues and problems respond to outbreak of disease, to limit the spread of disease and to protect the health of the organisation review and clarify health support assessment to ensure advice is based on full consideration of health threats identified in local operating area solve routine problems |
Initiative and enterprise | conduct research related to environmental health advice to ensure advice is technically correct and is based on organisational policies and procedures determine best use of available resources identify sources of stress and access appropriate supports and resolution strategies implement time management strategies to set priorities |
Planning and organising | coordinate a range of environmental health measures in a practical field setting identify environmental health measures through consideration of health threats and review of resources available to apply in the provision of environmental health measures organise work priorities and arrangements prioritise tasking |
Self-management | access, complete and record professional development opportunities to facilitate continuous learning and career development accurately monitor and adjust personal work performance through self-assessment to ensure achievement of tasks coordinate personal skill development and learning identify personal learning needs and skill gaps using self-assessment and advice from colleagues and clients in relation to role and organisational requirements identify signs of stress and effects on personal wellbeing organise and complete own work schedules recognise limits of own expertise and legal responsibilities, and access appropriate sources of expertise as required |
Learning | learn about duty of care arrangements learn about food storage and distribution standards including the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) approach to food control learn about legal framework of OHS in the workplace learn about pathophysiology of common communicable diseases learn about principles and techniques of goal setting, measuring performance, time management and personal assessment |
Technology | establish and maintain administrative systems use business technology efficiently and effectively to manage and monitor scheduling and completion of tasks use technology, as required, to implement environmental injury control measures to reduce the risk of injury and to equip commanders with the information to make informed decisions regarding physical activity levels, water consumption and acclimatisation use technology, as required, to monitor quality of field water supply via application of water quality measures to ensure availability of water supply to support the local area organisation use technology, as required, to monitor quality of food supply via application of food quality measures to ensure availability of food supply to support local area organisation |