Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

PMAOMIR430B Mapping and Delivery Guide
Conduct and assess incident exercises

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Issue Date: April 2024


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Unit of Competency PMAOMIR430B - Conduct and assess incident exercises
Description This unit addresses the competence required to conduct and assess incident exercises. The person would be engaged in the construction of scenarios that approximate incident situations and exercises in dealing with those incidents.
Employability Skills This unit contains employability skills.
Learning Outcomes and Application In a typical scenario the person would be a member of the incident room team and would be responsible for ensuring that both scheduled and unscheduled incident exercises took place. Results of these exercises would provide essential input into the audit and evaluation of incident preparedness of the facility. However, a proper post-exercise debrief is critical, as the exercise likewise has a strong educative value that promotes awareness and understanding among participants.Key aspects of the competence include:establishing key objectives and strategic outcomes from incident exercisesimproving the organisation's level of preparedness should an incident occurimproving the ability of personnel to respond appropriately and safely during an incidentThe person may:communicate extensively both inside and outside the organisationestablish and support mechanisms for the design and conducting of incident exercisesreview and evaluate the soundness of incident response plans and management systems. Generally the person would be an incident coordinator, manager or technical specialist and be part of an incident response team during the incident. They may have an ongoing role for managing the training and incident exercise system.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Determine objectives
  • Identify the need for the incident exercise in consultation with stakeholders
  • Determine the objectives of the exercise which meet the identified need
       
Element: Design exercise
  • Select the exercise style, consistent with the objectives, in consultation with stakeholders
  • Design the exercise to ensure that objectives are met and address health, safety and environment issues
  • Identify and secure the resources to support the exercise
  • Distribute the exercise plan stating the objectives to appropriate personnel
       
Element: Manage exercise
  • Brief personnel involved in the exercise in respect of aims, objectives, expectations and activity outcomes
  • Use the exercise plan to initiate and facilitate the conduct and direction of the exercise
  • Conduct the exercise in a manner that addresses health, safety and environment issues
  • Monitor the progress of the exercise and provide feedback to personnel
       
Element: Evaluate outcomes
  • Plan a post exercise debrief based on the conduct and outcomes of the exercise
  • Conduct a debrief with activity personnel
  • Review outcomes of the activities against objectives
  • Prepare and distribute a report of the activity to stakeholders
       


Evidence Required

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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 be by way of simulation or observation under incident conditions. 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 can include a variety of incident circumstances.

Simulations must, as closely as possible, approximate actual incident conditions and should be based on the actual facility. Assessments should include walk-throughs of the relevant competency components and may include the use of case studies/scenarios and role plays.

This unit of competency requires a significant body of knowledge which will be assessed through questioning and the use of 'what-if' scenarios both in the facility (during demonstration of normal operations and walk-throughs of abnormal operations) and off the site.

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

Consistent performance should be demonstrated. In particular look to see that competence in this unit reflects successful assessment in the critical aspects of:

clearly identifying the need for the exercise

planning, conduct and evaluation of exercise

hazard identification and control

demonstrated understanding and ability to address health, safety and environment issues

briefing and debriefing

These assessment activities should include a range of problems, including new, unusual and improbable situations which may have been generated from past workplace incident history, incidents in similar workplaces around the world, hazard analysis activities and/or similar sources.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment will require (1) access to an accurately simulated environment or (2) a suitable method of gathering evidence of responding ability over a range of situations. A bank of scenarios/case studies/what-ifs and a bank of questions to probe the reasoning behind the observable actions will likewise be required.

Method of assessment

It may be appropriate to assess this unit concurrently with other relevant units.

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.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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

Required skills

Competence includes the ability to isolate the causes of problems within the incident response system and to be able to distinguish between causes of problems indicated by:

exercises are not conducted according to expectations

unintended or inappropriate exercise outcomes

mismatches between equipment and incident requirements

lack of appropriate feedback at the conclusion of training exercises

an injury occurs during the conducting of the training exercise.

Required knowledge

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

legislative and regulatory arrangements relating to incident management

incident response plan and management systems

incident management concepts and principles

adult learning principles

relevant networks

problem solving and decision making techniques

assessment and review techniques

project management principles.

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

Types of exercise may include:

scenario analyses

case studies

role plays

discussion exercises / desktop exercises

functional centre exercises (specific task environments within the workplace)

field exercises

synthetic training

high level architecture

multimedia

virtual reality

distributed interactive software

The design process may include:

determination of activity management structure

development of documentation

design of activity

issuing notifications

briefings and debriefings

Activity personnel refers to people who assist in the conduct of the incident exercise and may include:

activity director

directing staff/coordinators/facilitators

safety officers

assessors/umpires

public relations staff

casualty simulators

role player liaison officers

administrative/welfare personnel to support learning and assessment tools

Activity documentation may include:

activity notification

activity management checklists

general instructions

safety instructions

timetable/schedule of events, exercise plan

activity inputs

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.

Relationship to Major Hazard Facility Legislation

Organisations within the Chemical, Hydrocarbons and Oil Refining industries may find themselves falling under the provisions of various Major Hazard Facilities legislation. In developing this unit consideration has been given to the requirements of Sections 8 and 9 of the National Standard for the Control of Major Hazard Facilities [NOHSC:1014(2002)] and the National Code of Practice for the Control of Major Hazard Facilities [NOHSC:2016(1996)].

This unit will assist individuals to meet some of their obligations under the relevant State or Territory legislation. Responsibility for appropriate contextualisation and application of the unit to ensure compliance however, remains with the individual organisation.

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify the need for the incident exercise in consultation with stakeholders 
Determine the objectives of the exercise which meet the identified need 
Select the exercise style, consistent with the objectives, in consultation with stakeholders 
Design the exercise to ensure that objectives are met and address health, safety and environment issues 
Identify and secure the resources to support the exercise 
Distribute the exercise plan stating the objectives to appropriate personnel 
Brief personnel involved in the exercise in respect of aims, objectives, expectations and activity outcomes 
Use the exercise plan to initiate and facilitate the conduct and direction of the exercise 
Conduct the exercise in a manner that addresses health, safety and environment issues 
Monitor the progress of the exercise and provide feedback to personnel 
Plan a post exercise debrief based on the conduct and outcomes of the exercise 
Conduct a debrief with activity personnel 
Review outcomes of the activities against objectives 
Prepare and distribute a report of the activity to stakeholders 

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