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

PUASAR021 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents

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Issue Date: May 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency PUASAR021 - Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to deploy a canine search team to search for and locate multiple people concealed in a structural collapse and to manage a canine during the search. A canine search team consists of one disaster search canine and one canine search specialist.Canine search teams must be capable of working together in disaster search operations to locate victims. A canine must be capable of searching independently and efficiently, as directed by the canine search specialist.The types of incidents that may require an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) canine search team, working as a member of a USAR task force, includes earthquakes, terrorist incidents, aircraft crashes, disasters or major structural collapses. The unit is applicable to canine search specialists intending to work with task forces actively involved in USAR incidents and disaster operations.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 Search and Rescue
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: Prepare for search
  • Interviews and site assessment are conducted to establish an appropriate search strategy
  • Risks contained in the search area are identified and assessed and appropriate safety procedures are implemented
  • Adjustments are made, where appropriate, to search strategy, in accordance with any changes in information, environmental conditions, search progress and current rescue work being undertaken
       
Element: Conduct search
  • Canine search specialist deploys canine off lead and confirms appropriate actions and indications by canine to ensure search area is covered
  • Canine search specialist interprets canine demonstration of location is acted upon
  • Actions and indications of canine to correctly identify the presence of live human scent are correctly interpreted by canine search specialist
  • Search area is covered by canine search specialist and canine within required timeframe
       
Element: Risks contained in the search area are identified and assessed and appropriate safety procedures are implemented
       
Element: Adjustments are made, where appropriate, to search strategy, in accordance with any changes in information, environmental conditions, search progress and current rescue work being undertaken
       
Element: Handle and control canine
  • Work is undertaken with canine in a safe and appropriate manner
       
Element: Control of canine is maintained, at all times
       
Element: Canine search specialist encourages willingness to work independently in the canine, which is demonstrated by the canine, whilst maintaining control
       
Element: Canine search specialist maintains control whilst, commands are responded to by the canine, in the presence of distractions
       
Element: Assistance is provided by canine search specialist to canine throughout the search, where appropriate
  • Canine search specialist deploys canine off lead and confirms appropriate actions and indications by canine to ensure search area is covered
       
Element: Canine search specialist interprets canine demonstration of location is acted upon
       
Element: Actions and indications of canine to correctly identify the presence of live human scent are correctly interpreted by canine search specialist
       
Element: Search area is covered by canine search specialist and canine within required timeframe
       
Element: Provide search debriefing
  • Relevant information is recorded accurately, in accordance with organisational procedures and legislative requirements
       
Element: Sketch of search area showing alert locations is provided to relevant personnel on completion of search
       
Element: Recommendations are provided to relevant personnel on completion of search
       
Element: Maintain canine welfare and safety
  • Appropriate care, safety and welfare procedures for canine and canine search specialist are followed, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and legislative requirements
       
Element: Basic care of canine is implemented and completed, in accordance with organisational procedures
       

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
Interviews and site assessment are conducted to establish an appropriate search strategy 
Risks contained in the search area are identified and assessed and appropriate safety procedures are implemented 
Adjustments are made, where appropriate, to search strategy, in accordance with any changes in information, environmental conditions, search progress and current rescue work being undertaken 
Canine search specialist deploys canine off lead and confirms appropriate actions and indications by canine to ensure search area is covered 
Canine search specialist interprets canine demonstration of location is acted upon 
Actions and indications of canine to correctly identify the presence of live human scent are correctly interpreted by canine search specialist 
Search area is covered by canine search specialist and canine within required timeframe 
 
 
Work is undertaken with canine in a safe and appropriate manner 
 
 
 
Canine search specialist deploys canine off lead and confirms appropriate actions and indications by canine to ensure search area is covered 
 
 
 
Relevant information is recorded accurately, in accordance with organisational procedures and legislative requirements 
 
 
Appropriate care, safety and welfare procedures for canine and canine search specialist are followed, in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and legislative requirements 
 

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