This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to lead a team in oiled shoreline clean ups. It involves establishing teams, planning and implementing worksite management zones and the deployment and monitoring of teams to final reporting stage of a clean up.

The unit is applicable to shoreline supervisors or coordinators, supervising and managing oiled shoreline clean up activities including preparing and disseminating plans and strategies to control an oiled shoreline incident.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Establish the shoreline response unit

1.1

Determine the size and structure of the oiled shoreline response unit

1.2

Deploy appropriate staff to assist in the clean up response, in accordance with organisational procedures

1.3

Implement a site induction that incorporates safe systems of work, communication methods, hierarchy of roles and reporting systems used within the incident management system

1.4

Identify any training that may need to be implemented

2

Plan clean up operations

2.1

Identify hazards and assess risks relevant to the operation and ensure safe systems of work are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures

2.2

Establish priorities for shoreline protection and clean up based on data and reports received

2.3

Sector and segment shoreline for identification and management of clean up zone

2.4

Implement clean up methods appropriate to environmental conditions

3

Organise resources

3.1

Identify and organise response equipment through appropriate channels, in accordance with organisational procedures

3.2

Make arrangements for the transport of resources and personnel to oiled shoreline clean up site

3.3

Establish onsite support for personnel, in accordance with organisational procedures

4

Establish worksite management zones

4.1

Implement a three zone system to control access and activities around the incident control centre

4.2

Organise appropriate security for oiled shoreline and incident control centre

4.3

Establish a decontamination centre

5

Manage waste from clean up

5.1

Develop and implement ways to minimise waste

5.2

Establish temporary waste holding areas that allow for safe containment and appropriate segregation of waste

5.3

Arrange for the removal of waste from temporary to permanent storage, in accordance with relevant legislation

6

Deploy and monitor work teams

6.1

Develop and communicate work orders to relevant personnel, in accordance with organisational procedures

6.2

Brief teams and allocate tasks relating to relevant timeframe and role to be performed

6.3

Monitor work situation on a regular basis for effectiveness and safety performance of task

6.4

Maintain accurate logs to record actions and decisions made at site

6.5

Review and change plans, as required, in accordance with organisational procedures

7

Terminate response

7.1

Personnel are debriefed at conclusion of the incident, in accordance with organisational procedures

7.2

Equipment is returned to designated areas, as required

7.3

Post spill reports are completed and submitted to relevant personnel

7.4

Records are collected, collated, checked and forwarded to appropriate personnel, in accordance with organisational procedures

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

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.

Not applicable

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