Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to carry out emergency disease or plant pest control activities at a site affected by an emergency disease outbreak or plant pest incursion.
The unit applies to personnel who undertake a role within an emergency disease or plant pest incursion response.
This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Prepare for emergency disease or plant pest control activities | 1.1 Clarify work instructions received from infected premises (IP) site supervisor in preparation for carrying out control procedures 1.2 Select and prepare appropriate equipment and materials to undertake control activities in line with IP site supervisor’s work instructions and associated safety requirements 1.3 Select and prepare personal protective equipment (PPE) 1.4 Identify animal welfare considerations if dealing with an emergency disease |
2. Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control activities | 2.1 Implement control activities in line with work instructions, work health and safety requirements and standards and protocols 2.2 Maintain a log of activities carried out on the IP in accordance with instructions from IP site supervisor 2.3 Use PPE as instructed by IP site supervisor 2.4 Give and receive work instructions within own area of responsibility |
3. Check and adjust emergency disease or plant pest control activities | 3.1 Check control activities within own area of responsibility regularly to ensure compliance with work instructions, work health and safety requirements and standards and protocols 3.2 Provide reports to IP site supervisor as required 3.3 Report any variations from work instructions and standards and protocols, or failure to achieve objectives to IP site supervisor and undertake remedial action within own scope of authority 3.4 Communicate any recommendations for adjusting work instructions to IP site supervisor |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.
The candidate must provide evidence that they can:
prepare for control activities
follow infected premises (IP) site supervisor instructions
identify animal welfare concerns
select, prepare and use personal protective equipment (PPE)
apply biosecurity principles and work health and safety practices in implementing, monitoring and reporting on variations to control activities
implement control activities
monitor, review and report on control activities within area of own responsibility, for compliance and effectiveness
undertake remedial action within own scope of authority
provide reports to IP site supervisor on variations to activities, failure to meet objectives and recommendations for adjustments to work instructions
communicate effectively with IP site supervisor and when giving and receiving work instructions to others
maintain log of activities as required.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
common control activities associated with emergency disease and plant pest control procedures at infected premises (IP)
objectives and work instructions commonly associated with IP control responses
own work role and responsibilities within an IP control response
animal welfare guidelines relevant to the species, disease and IP environment if animals are under control procedures
PPE gear commonly used in IP control response
biosecurity principles commonly associated with an IP control response
safe work practices applicable to work role and responsibilities in an IP environment
reporting templates and requirements for logging control activities
communication principles used in giving, receiving and clarifying instructions, and reporting on control activities.
Assessment Conditions
Assessors must satisfy current standards for RTOs.
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range Statement
Sectors
Emergency Response (BER)