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

PUAFIR608 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Investigate fatal fires

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Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency PUAFIR608 - Investigate fatal fires
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to undertake an investigation of a fire involving fatalities. It is applicable to specialist fire investigators who are required to apply a systematic approach to the investigation of fatalities at a fire scene.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.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
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
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Assess impact of fire on human remains
  • Presence of human remains is identified and confirmed at the scene and is processed, in accordance with coronial and organisational requirements
       
Element: Appropriate notifications to coronial services and police are made, in accordance with statutory and organisational procedures
       
Element: Effect of fire heat range on human remains is assessed
       
Element: Visible burn patterns and injuries on human remains are identified, assessed and documented
       
Element: Proximity of human remains to fire is assessed
       
Element: Origin and cause determination theories for fire are assessed
       
Element: Examine factors impacting on origin and cause of death
  • Human factors that may have prevented occupants escaping the fire and products of combustion are examined and recorded
       
Element: Effectiveness and operation of early warning detection and suppression systems are assessed
       
Element: Observations regarding deceased's clothing are made and recorded
       
Element: Observations of human behaviour before, during and after the fire are recorded
       
Element: Effects of environmental conditions are assessed and recorded
       
Element: Implement procedures for recovery of human remains and report findings
  • Disaster victim identification procedures are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
       
Element: Methods of protecting human remains prior to removal from a fire scene are implemented
       
Element: Consequential damage to human remains are recorded and reported to the appropriate authorities
       
Element: Human remains collected from a fire scene are recorded, in accordance with organisational procedures
       
Element: Techniques to minimise evidence deterioration are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures
       
Element: Techniques and equipment are used for scene analysis, reconstruction and testing of hypothesis, in accordance with organisational procedures
       
Element: Investigation report is completed and forwarded to appropriate authorities and stakeholders
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.

Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Presence of human remains is identified and confirmed at the scene and is processed, in accordance with coronial and organisational requirements 
 
 
 
 
 
Human factors that may have prevented occupants escaping the fire and products of combustion are examined and recorded 
 
 
 
 
Disaster victim identification procedures are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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