Application
This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to implement facility emergency prevention safety procedures are within a facility, or a defined group of facilities. An individual undertaking this work may be supervising occupants of a facility; typically, they will be a general supervisor. The unit has been developed to cover the facilities as specified in Australian Standard (AS) 3745 and AS4083. For this unit, as covered by AS3745 and/or AS4083, occupants are people attending a facility on a permanent or temporary basis such as an employee, contractor, student or resident, but not a visitor or patient and a facility is a building, structure or workplace that is, or may be, occupied by people (occupants). All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in accordance with legislative requirements, facility policies and procedures and accepted safe work practices. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
ELEMENTS | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA | ||
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Ensure facility emergency prevention processes are implemented | 1.1 | Facility emergency prevention inspections are carried out, in accordance with facility emergency plan and safe work practices |
1.2 | Situations that could lead to facility emergencies are identified, mitigated, corrected, recorded and/or reported | ||
1.3 | Safe work practices and plans are reviewed and reported | ||
1.4 | Facility emergency response procedures are implemented to ensure personnel comply with identified emergency prevention practices | ||
2 | Ensure facility emergency protection systems, control equipment and evacuation systems remain effective | 2.1 | Facility emergency response procedures are implemented to ensure work practices do not interfere with emergency protection systems, emergency control equipment and evacuation system |
2.2 | Facility emergency response procedures are implemented to ensure problems or deficiencies with emergency protection systems, emergency control equipment and evacuation systems are corrected and reported |
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. |
Range Statement
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. | |
situations that could lead to facility emergencies must include three or more of the following | emergency lighting and/or exit lighting being damaged, missing emergency equipment not being maintained impairing exits and/or pathways to exits interfering with alarm systems not replacing or replenishing used emergency equipment not reporting damage to emergency control equipment or facilities propping open fire or smoke doors |
emergency protection systems must include three or more of the following | automatic fire, leak and spill movement detectors closed circuit television (CCTV) communications equipment facility emergency plan fire and smoke doors manual alarms security infrastructure special hazard identification systems spill or leak containment systems (sprinkler and deluge systems) warning systems |
emergency control equipment must include three or more of the following | communications equipment fire and smoke detection, alarm, mitigation and suppression systems first aid kits forcible entry tools initial response firefighting equipment isolation barriers personal protection kits security systems and equipment shower and eyewash spill control kits and equipment |
evacuation systems must include three or more of the following | access and egress escape equipment exits procedures |
Sectors
Public Safety |
Competency Field
Facility Emergency Response |