Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
PUAFIR308 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | PUAFIR308 - Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident |
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Description | |||
Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to select, don, test and safely operate appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment at an incident involving dangerous goods and hazardous chemicals as well as safely combatting incidents involving hazardous materials.A hazardous material incident is a generic term used to refer to any incident involving any hazardous materials based on physio-chemical, chemical, biological or radiological properties that pose an unreasonable risk to life, property or the environment. This includes dangerous goods, goods too dangerous to be transported and hazardous chemicals.Incident Controllers will determine the appropriate level of personal protection clothing and equipment required at a hazardous materials incident, based on information collected at the site and advice received from electronic databases and specialist sources. The unit applies to personnel who through their work are required to don, test and operate designated personal protective clothing and equipment at a hazardous materials incident.The fire sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Competency Field | Fire |
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 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Complete operations |
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Element: Select, don and test personal protective clothingand equipment |
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Element: Personal protective clothing and equipment is donned and tested, in accordance with organisational procedures and safe work practices | ||||||||
Element: Personal protective clothing and equipment is checked, donned and tested prior to entry into fire or hazardous atmospheres to ensure it is operational and meets organisational Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) procedures | ||||||||
Element: Work in area of operation |
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Element: Activities undertaken in the area of operations are in accordance with organisational procedures |
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Element: Personal protective clothing and equipment are removed without damage, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Personal protective clothing and equipment are cleaned, maintained or serviced and stowed, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Documentation is completed, in accordance with organisational procedures |