The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Assessment for this unit of competency will involve an abandonment simulation. The unit will be assessed in as holistic a manner as is practical and may be integrated with the assessment of other relevant units of competency. Assessment will occur over a range of situations, which will include disruptions to normal, smooth operation.

Simulation should be based on an actual abandonment and will include walk throughs of the relevant competency components. Simulations may also include the use of case studies/scenarios, role plays and 3D virtual reality interactive systems. In the case of evacuation training or training for competencies practised in life threatening situations, simulation may be used for the bulk of the training.

This unit of competency requires an application of the knowledge contained in the use of survival equipment, to the level needed to maintain control and recognise and resolve problems. This can be assessed through questioning and the use of what-if scenarios both on the plant (during demonstration of normal operations and walk- throughs of abnormal operations) and off the plant.

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

The critical aspect of this competence is the preservation of life under adverse circumstances. Competence must be demonstrated in the ability to assist or to safely get oneself and others off an off-shore facility following an incident at sea and to survive in the water.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

As a general rule assessment will require access to an appropriate emergency evacuation training facility which has the capacity to gather evidence of operating competence over a range of situations. A bank of scenarios/case studies/what-ifs will be required as will a bank of questions which will be used to probe the reasoning behind the observable actions.

Method of assessment

In all plants it may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with relevant teamwork and communication units.

It may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with:

PMAOHS214B Undertake helicopter safety and escape.

Guidance information for assessment

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the assessee and the work being performed.

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

Required skills

Competence includes the ability to and be able to distinguish between causes of problems/alarms/fault indications such as:

delayed deployment of survival craft

life jacket malfunctions or failures

failure of life craft to deploy correctly

inability of life raft to right itself after overturning

safety equipment malfunctions

individual and group hypothermia.

Required knowledge

The knowledge referred to in the Evidence Guide for this unit includes:

offshore facility abandonment procedures

safe water entry procedures

life jacket operation

correct life raft and other survival craft deployment

life raft operation and management

boarding and righting a life raft

safety and emergency equipment deployment techniques

safety and emergency equipment operation

use of life-jackets

hypothermia prevention and reduction techniques (delaying and offsetting)

rescue and recovery techniques.

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the Performance Criteria, is detailed below. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs if the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Codes of practice/ standards

Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, the latest version must be used.

Context

This unit of competency includes all such items of equipment and unit operations which form part of the survival process. For your situation this may include:

life rafts and life raft deployment devices

emergency descent devices

position indicating devices

signalling devices

scramble nets and ladders

helicopter lifting strops

rescue harnesses.

Typical problems might include:

failure of safety equipment

interaction with heat or debris

prolonged exposure to the elements

risk of hypothermia.

Procedures

Procedures may be written, verbal, computer-based or in some other form. They include:

all work instructions

standard operating procedures

formulas/recipes

batch sheets

temporary instructions

any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant.

For the purposes of this Training Package, 'procedures' also includes good operating practice as may be defined by industry codes of practice (eg Responsible Care) and government regulations.

Health, safety and environment (HSE)

All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent health, safety and environment requirements, which may be imposed through State or Federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between Performance Criteria and HSE requirements, the HSE requirements take precedence.