Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
PUAFIR515 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Develop complex prescribed burn plans
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | PUAFIR515 - Develop complex prescribed burn plans |
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Description | |||
Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to develop complex prescribed burn plans for specified burn areas to achieve identified objectives.A prescribed burn is the controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area at a time, intensity and rate of spread required to attain planned resource management objectives. An approved prescribed burn plan includes a map identifying the area to be burned and incorporates the specifications and conditions under which the operation is to be conducted.Complex prescribed burns are characterised by moderate to high risk, a range of fire intensity, being in medium to large areas, having significant potential impact on assets and involving a variety of fuels and terrain. The burn operation may involve a large number of resources requiring the establishment of a formal management and support structure. It may require several separate ignitions, ground and/or aerial, possibly over several days and it may include a number of high value assets requiring complex protection actions. The unit is applicable to personnel responsible for developing complex prescribed burn prescriptions. 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 |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Identify burn area and burn objectives |
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Element: Burn objectives are identified and consultation process is undertaken, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Target consultation groups are identified, and consultation process is initiated, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Legislative and regulatory requirements are identified and complied with throughout planning process | ||||||||
Element: Prepare prescribed burnplan for a complex burn |
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Element: Risks from the proposed burn, both on and off site, are assessed and considered in planning process including operational hazards, safety of people, protection of property, assets, environmental and ecological risks | ||||||||
Element: Results of consultation are factored into the planning process, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Fire behaviour to meet burn objectives and to account for variations in fuel, terrain and weather is determined | ||||||||
Element: Burn ignition strategies and tactics suited to location that provide required fire behaviour and intensity are determined, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Lighting techniques and patterns for both ground based and aerial ignition for specific burn are identified | ||||||||
Element: Strategies for mitigating hazards and risks are identified and preparatory works are implemented | ||||||||
Element: Strategies and tactics for controlling prescribed burn are identified | ||||||||
Element: Type and quantity of resources required are identified | ||||||||
Element: Conditions for implementation of burn ignition strategies and tactics are specified, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Prescribed burn plan is prepared, in accordance with organisational procedures | ||||||||
Element: Contingencies are outlined in prescribed burn plan | ||||||||
Element: Gain prescribed burn planapproval |
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Element: Modifications and amendments to prescribed burn plan are made, based on feedback received | ||||||||
Element: Prescribed burn plan approval is gained |