List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
ELEMENTS | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1 | Launch survival craft and rescue boats | 1.1 | Preparations for the launch of the survival craft or rescue boat are made according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
1.2 | Launch strategy is adopted appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions |
1.3 | Launching equipment is operated according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
1.4 | Survival craft or rescue boat is launched smoothly according to accepted safety practices and standards |
2 | Operate survival craft and rescue boats | 2.1 | Pre-start checks are conducted on the engine |
2.2 | Engine is started according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
2.3 | Orders are given for survivors to board the survival craft |
2.4 | Survival craft is cleared of the vessel and operated according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
2.5 | Survival craft is manoeuvred appropriately for the prevailing circumstances and conditions |
3 | Operate lifesaving and survival equipment | 3.1 | Location and accessibility of all lifesaving and survival equipment is established |
3.2 | Survival equipment is checked and operated according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
3.3 | Lifesaving clothing is correctly donned and used according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
3.4 | Strategies are implemented to counter threats to survival according to accepted survival practice |
4 | Recover survival craft | 4.1 | Persons are disembarked from the survival craft according to organisational procedures |
4.2 | Survival craft is recovered according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures |
4.3 | Survival craft and equipment are checked for signs of damage and faulty equipment |
4.4 | Identified faulty equipment or damage is reported according to organisational procedures |
5 | Organise abandon vessel musters and drills | 5.1 | Abandon vessel musters and drills are arranged according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures |
5.2 | Instruction is provided to others on organisational procedures and the correct use of lifesaving equipment |
5.3 | Musters and drills are reviewed against objectives |
5.4 | Reporting obligations are completed according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures |
5.5 | Risk control processes are implemented |
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:
acting appropriately in the prevailing circumstances and conditions in response to abandon ship and survival situations according to accepted safety practices and standards
communicating effectively with others as required when operating survival craft and ancillary survival equipment
conducting inspections of other survival equipment at intervals determined by the safety management system
conducting tests and pre-start checks of equipment at intervals determined by the safety management system
giving correct commands for launching and boarding survival craft and clearing the ship
interpreting and applying International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) practices and regulations
launching and operating various types of survival craft
organising abandon vessel drills
reading and interpreting instructions relevant to the safe operation of lifesaving appliances on board a vessel
recovering survival craft and rescue boats and resetting release devices
rowing and steering a survival craft and rescue boat
safely operating off-load and on-load release devices
selecting and using appropriate lifesaving appliances and communications equipment
using a compass
using portable radio equipment, pyrotechnics and other signalling equipment
using survival craft equipment including rigging devices to aid location.
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:
construction and outfit of survival craft and rescue boats
dangers associated with the use of on-load release devices
emergency muster and abandon vessel signals
International code of signals (ICS), purpose and meaning of signals
International Maritime Organization (IMO) safety symbols
International Safety Management (ISM) Code safety management system plans, procedures, checklists and instructions
maintenance procedures for survival craft and rescue boats
manoeuvring characteristics of survival craft and rescue boats
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) amendments 2014
operation of survival craft and rescue boats, their launching appliances and arrangements and their equipment
procedures and sequences for launching, carrying out pre-start engine checks and operating survival craft and rescue boats in a variety of sea and weather conditions
procedures for correctly operating and using lifesaving appliances and personal safety equipment on vessels and survival craft
relevant sections of applicable maritime regulations
relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation
SOLAS regulations
symptoms of hypothermia, its prevention and treatment
threats to survival on abandonment of a vessel and appropriate strategies for countering these threats
typical manoeuvring and engine characteristics for survival craft
ways of maximising detectability and location of survival craft using radio lifesaving appliances, pyrotechnic distress signals, satellite emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs), and search and rescue transponders (SARTs).