Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manage active operational emergency disease or plant pest sites.
The unit applies to personnel who have been appointed or engaged to undertake a role within an emergency disease or plant pest incursion response.
This unit applies to individuals who take personal responsibility for their own work and exercise autonomy in undertaking complex work. They analyse information and demonstrate deep knowledge in a specific technical area. They analyse, design and communicate solutions to sometimes complex 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. Plan control procedures across the declared area | 1.1 Conduct planning and consultation with stakeholders and field personnel 1.2 Conduct planning in line with relevant standards, protocols and guidelines, and according to instructions from operations director 1.3 Identify, obtain, schedule, prioritise and deploy required resources 1.4 Identify work health and safety requirements and hazards associated with implementing control procedures and ensure appropriate action is taken to minimise risks to self and others 1.5 Identify criteria for implementing control procedures which satisfy relevant standards and protocols with minimal livestock or crop destruction and property damage 1.6 Prepare contingency plans for effective control of emergency disease or plant pest |
2. Manage the implementation of control procedures | 2.1 Coordinate control procedures to achieve effective emergency disease or plant pest control outcomes 2.2 Maintain ongoing consultation and communication links with all stakeholders, field staff, property owners or managers and others in control centre 2.3 Implement control procedures and services supplied under contract 2.4 Prepare and submit written and verbal reports as required |
3. Monitor and review the effectiveness of control procedures | 3.1 Monitor personnel to ensure that they are achieving specified objectives 3.2 Monitor supply of resources for appropriateness and availability 3.3 Monitor implementation of control procedures to ensure cost-effective compliance with relevant standards and protocols 3.4 Review priorities for emergency disease or plant pest control operations, and confirm or revise as appropriate |
4 Implement review findings | 4.1 Revise control activities as required 4.2 Advise relevant stakeholders and personnel of revisions to control activities promptly for implementation |
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:
apply standards, guidelines, protocols and legislation in:
planning control procedures
resourcing the control plan
addressing work health and safety requirements
determining criteria for implementing control procedures
contracting services
monitoring implementation of control procedures for cost effectiveness
monitoring, reviewing control operations and revising priorities as part of managing active emergency disease or plant pest sites
plan and resource control procedures, and contingency plans
engage with stakeholders and field personnel in planning process
engage with stakeholders, field staff, property owners/managers and others in control centre throughout the control period
manage and monitor implementation of control procedures
monitor personnel against specified objectives
monitor supply of resources
review priorities and revise as appropriate after consultation
review control activities as required and communicate to stakeholders and personnel.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
AUSVETPLAN or PLANTPLAN, and relevant standards, guidelines and protocols, and Nationally Agreed Standard Operating Procedures (NASOP)
incident control management procedures
the requirements of relevant commonwealth, state and territory legislation
relevant public sector policies, practices and constraints in relation to emergency disease or plant pest management
techniques for monitoring and reviewing control procedures, and resource expenditure
advanced communication principles to consult and communicate with a range of stakeholders and the control centre
project management principles.
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)