Case for Endorsement - Australian Industry Standards€¦ · Public Safety Training Package Case for Endorsement 1 DESCRIPTION OF WORK On behalf of the Public Safety IRC, Australian

CASE FOR

ENDORSEMENT PUBLIC SAFETY

TRAINING PACKAGE

Release 1.0

Public Safety Training Package Case for Endorsement i

CONTENTS

DESCRIPTION OF WORK .................................................................................................................. 1

Industry Reference Committee sign off .................................................................................................... 6

DEVELOPED TRAINING PACKAGE COMPONENTS ......................................................................... 1

IRC DETAILS ..................................................................................................................................... 7

KEY STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................................................ 8

Technical Advisory Committee Members ............................................................................................ 8

EVIDENCE OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT .............................................................................................. 13

Public Safety Industry Reference Committee ........................................................................................ 13

States and Territories ............................................................................................................................... 13

Industry stakeholders ............................................................................................................................... 13

Reports by exception ................................................................................................................................ 13

Advice about alternative approaches explored .................................................................................... 13

Key stakeholder awareness of the expected impact of the changes................................................. 14

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TRAINING PACKAGE ............................................................... 16

INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS ABOUT TRAINING DELIVERY ........................................................... 19

COAG INDUSTRY SKILLS COUNCIL REFORMS TO TRAINING PACKAGES ................................... 20

EQUITY REPORT ............................................................................................................................. 24

EDITORIAL REPORT ....................................................................................................................... 24

QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT ..................................................................................................... 24

INDUSTRY PAPERS ........................................................................................................................ 25

LETTER OF SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................... 25

APPENDIX A – INDEPENDENT EQUITY REPORT ........................................................................... 26

APPENDIX B – INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL REPORT ..................................................................... 36

APPENDIX C – INDEPENDENT QUALITY REPORT......................................................................... 61

APPENDIX D – INDUSTRY PAPERS ................................................................................................ 76

APPENDIX E – LETTER OF SUPPORT ............................................................................................. 84

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY STANDARDS .......................................................................................... 85

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Public Safety Training Package Case for Endorsement 1

DESCRIPTION OF WORK On behalf of the Public Safety IRC, Australian Industry Standards (AIS) has prepared and developed

materials for the PUA Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 based on the Activity Orders

received from the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training. Public Safety Training

Package work included the review and development of:

• 31 Qualifications (1 new and 30 transitioned)

• 41 Skill Sets (24 transitioned and 17 new)

• 240 Units of Competency (162 transitioned, 62 reviewed and 16 new)

Development work included the transition of existing materials to the Standards for Training

Packages 2012. AIS has reviewed and developed 57 existing Units of Competency, 21 new Units of

Competency, 25 new Skill Sets and one new Qualification based on the Activity Order AISL/AA/2015-

16/001 and one Unit of Competency and seven Skill Sets based on the Activity Order AISL/BC/2015-

16/005.

PUA Public Safety Training Package materials reviewed and developed due to fire sector research

and changing skill needs related to prescribed burning:

• PUAFIR201 Assist with prescribed burning

• PUAFIR402 Conduct simple prescribed burns

• PUAFIR406 Develop simple prescribed burn plans

• PUAFIR506 Conduct complex prescribed burns

• PUAFIR515 Develop complex prescribed burn plans

One existing Unit of Competency was reviewed to ensure that assessment requirements were clear

and consistent with industry benchmarks:

• PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address fire prediction modelling requirements for

a level three wildfire:

• PUAFIR508 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a wildfire

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address the role of an Incendiary Operations

Supervisor:

• PUAFIR519 Supervise incendiary operations during aerial ignition

Seven new Skill Sets were developed for key roles in prescribed burning to address the high risk

nature of the work and to reflect the outcomes of the National Burning Project.


The objective of the National Burning Project, is to develop a national approach to the management

of prescribed burning to reduce bushfire risk to the Australian and New Zealand communities. The

intended national approach is at a landscape scale and balances operational, environmental,

economic and community health risks:

• PUASS00081 Burn crew member

• PUASS00080 Burn crew leader

• PUASS00082 Burn sector commander

• PUASS00086 Burn operations officer (Simple burns)

• PUASS00067 Burn operations officer (Complex burns)

• PUASS00087 Burn planner (Simple burns)

• PUASS00068 Burn planner (Complex burns)

The following Units of Competency and Skill Sets were reviewed and developed because of changed

national incident management policy and doctrinal requirements:

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address managing investigations at an incident:

• PUAOPE001 Manage investigations at an incident

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address managing the finance function at an

incident:

• PUAOPE002 Manage finance at an incident

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address managing the public information function

at an incident:

• PUAOPE003 Manage the public information function

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address managing the intelligence function within

Incident Management Teams:

• PUAOPE004 Manage the intelligence function

One new Unit of Competency was developed to address the leadership skills required to lead a large

Section or Unit of Competency at a Level 2 or 3 incident:

• PUATEA006 Lead a functional unit

Six existing Units of Competency were reviewed and developed to reflect changed requirements for

disaster relief and recovery and the introduction of the intelligence function:

• PUAOPE012 Control a Level 1 incident



• PUAOPE023 Manage operations for a Level 2 incident


• PUAOPE025 Manage planning for a Level 2 incident


Three existing Units of Competency were reviewed and developed to encapsulate strengthened

AIIMS doctrinal requirements related to safety management skills and knowledge:

• PUAFIR410 Provide safety advice at a rural or land management incident

• PUAFIR411 Provide safety advice at an urban incident

• PUAOPE026 Provide strategic safety advice at an incident

Eleven existing Units of Competency were reviewed and developed to reflect the National

Standardised Requisite Qualifications for Triple Zero Call Takers (NSRQ):

• PUAECO001Operate telephony systems

• PUAECO002 Process emergency incident calls and enquiries

• PUAECO003 Operate and control radio networks

• PUAECO004 Operate computer aided dispatch system

• PUAECO005 Dispatch resources from within an emergency communications centre

• PUAECO006 Read and interpret maps

• PUAECO007 Respond to and maintain monitored alarm systems

• PUAECO008 Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations

• PUAECO009 Coordinate emergency communications centre operations

• PUAECO010 Maintain standards of emergency service delivery

• PUAECO011 Support logistics in the field

Eleven existing Units of Competency were reviewed and developed because of the implementation

of the National Construction Code (NCC).

The National Construction Code (NCC) is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments

developed to incorporate all on-site building and plumbing requirements into a single code. The

NCC sets the minimum requirements for the design, construction and performance of buildings

throughout Australia. NCC 2016 was adopted by the States and Territories on 1st May 2016.

The NCC is a performance based code containing all performance requirements for the construction

of buildings. It is built around a hierarchy of guidance and code compliance levels, with the

performance requirements being the minimum level that buildings, building elements, and

plumbing and drainage systems must meet:

• PUAFIR206 Check installed fire safety systems

• PUAFIR314 Utilise installed fire safety systems

• PUAFIR403 Assess building plans

• PUAFIR404 Inspect dangerous goods facilities

• PUAFIR405 Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information

• PUAFIR517 Conduct an assessment of a building's performance based design

• PUAFIR507 Inspect building fire safety systems

• PUAFIR514 Assess and evaluate a facility's fire/incident safety management systems in

hazardous materials


• PUAFIR510 Inspect for legislative compliance

• PUAFIR516 Assess and evaluate a facility's fire and incident safety management systems

• PUAOPE011 Inspect property and facilities

Nine existing Units of Competency were reviewed and developed to ensure consistency and

alignment with the model WHS Regulations and emergency risk management best practice.

The model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations set out detailed requirements to support the

duties in the model WHS Act. For the model WHS Regulations, including amendments to the model

WHS Regulations, to have effect in a jurisdiction then the Regulations or amendments must be made

in that jurisdiction. The current version of the model WHS Regulations, dated 28th November 2016,

incorporates all amendments made since 2011:

• PUACOM011 Develop community awareness networks

• PUAEMR001 Establish context for emergency risk assessment

• PUAFIR308 Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident

• PUAFIR306 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident

• PUAFIR324 Render hazardous materials incidents safe

• PUAWHS001 Follow defined work, health and safety policies and procedures

• PUAWHS002 Maintain safety at an incident scene

• PUAWHS003 Implement and monitor the organisation's work, health and safety policies,

procedures and programs

• PUAWHS004 Establish and maintain the work, health and safety system

Eleven existing Units of Competency were reviewed and developed because of updates to Australian

Standard AS3745-2010.

Australian Standard AS 3745-2010 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities, outlines the minimum

requirements for the establishment, validation and implementation of an emergency plan for a

facility to provide for the safety of occupants of that facility and its visitors leading up to and during

an evacuation. Facility Emergency Response (FER) Units of Competency have been designed to

address the requirements of the Australian Standard.

As a result of changed Emergency Response terminology, Facility Emergency Response (FER) coding

has replaced Workplace Emergency Response (WER):

• PUAFER001 Identify, prevent and report potential workplace emergency situations

• PUAFER002 Ensure workplace emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes

are implemented

• PUAFER003 Manage and monitor workplace emergency procedures, equipment and other

resources

• PUAFER004 Respond to workplace emergencies

• PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation

• PUAFER006 Lead an emergency control organisation

• PUAFER007 Manage an emergency control organisation


• PUAFER008 Confine small workplace emergencies

• PUAFER009 Participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team

• PUAFER010 Lead a workplace emergency initial response team

• PUAFER011 Manage workplace emergency initial response teams

One new qualification, the Graduate Diploma of Crisis Leadership, with seven new Units of

Competency was developed in response to identified gaps in skills and knowledge related to crisis

leadership at emergency management incidents. The qualification has been developed to enhance

state and federal disaster resilience capabilities:

PUA80119 Graduate Diploma of Crisis Leadership

• PUAECL007 Define crisis context

• PUAECL006 Recognise personal effectiveness in a crisis

• PUAECL005 Support communities in a crisis

• PUAECL004 Lead in a crisis

• PUAECL003 Deliver value in a crisis

• PUAECL002 Lead and manage programs that develop resilience

• PUAECL001 Evaluate societal threats, uncertainty and surprise

One new Unit of Competency was developed to provide the necessary planning skills for biosecurity

emergency responders:

• PUABIO001 Conduct planning in a biosecurity response

Seven new skill sets were developed to align with key roles within biosecurity emergency response

situations:

Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations)

• PUASS00063 Biosecurity Responder Skill Set

• PUASS00060 Biosecurity Infected Premises Operations Skill Set

Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Leadership)

• PUASS00062 Biosecurity Movement Control Skill Set

• PUASS00063 Biosecurity Response Leader Skill Set

• PUASS00061 Biosecurity Infected Premises Supervision Skill Set

• PUASS00059 Biosecurity Field Surveillance Skill Set

Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management)

• PUASS00065 Biosecurity Response Manager Skill Set


Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 materials have been developed, in accordance with the

Training Package Products Policy, the Standards for Training Packages 2012 and the Training

Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy. It includes evidence of consultation with all

states and territories and key Public Safety industry stakeholders.

This Case for Endorsement contains Public Safety IRC feedback on how the reviewed and developed

PUA Public Safety Training Package materials support implementation of the November 2015 COAG

Industry and Skills Council Training Package reforms.

This Case for Endorsement is approved by the Public Safety IRC and is submitted to the Australian

Industry Skills Committee (AISC) through the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training

for the AISC endorsement consideration.

Industry Reference Committee sign off

Public Safety IRC members recommend that the PUA Training Package be submitted to the AISC for

endorsement with written support from the IRC chair.

Public Safety IRC Chair Signature: Date:


DEVELOPED TRAINING PACKAGE

COMPONENTS The draft PUA Public Safety Training Package materials to be approved in this Case for Endorsement

are available from AIS PUA Public Safety Training Package project site.

PUA Training Package Transition Project materials submitted for

endorsement

Qualifications

PUA20119 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)

PUA20219 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES)

PUA20619 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)

PUA20719 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)

PUA30319 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)

PUA30419 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)

PUA30519 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations)

PUA30619 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)

PUA30719 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)

PUA30819 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)

PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations)

PUA31419 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA40119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)

PUA40219 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership)

PUA40319 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)

PUA40419 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Leadership)

PUA41019 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)

PUA41119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA42619 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management)

PUA50119 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)

PUA50219 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Management)

PUA50419 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management)

PUA50519 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)

PUA50919 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue ‐ Coordination)

PUA51019 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA60119 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)

PUA60219 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue ‐ Management)

PUA60519 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)

PUA60719 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA60919 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)


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Units of competency

PUABIO001Conduct planning in a biosecurity emergency response

PUAECL001Evaluate societal threats, uncertainty and surprise

PUAECL002 Lead and manage programs that develop resilience

PUAECL003 Deliver value in crisis

PUAECL004 Lead in a crisis

PUAECL005 Support communities for crisis

PUAECL006 Recognise personal effectiveness in a crisis

PUAECL007 Define crisis context

PUAFIR518 Conduct and record a bushfire attack level (BAL) assessment

PUAFIR519 Supervise incendiary operations during aerial ignition

PUAOPE001 Manage the investigation function at an incident

PUAOPE002 Manage the finance function at an incident

PUAOPE003 Manage the public information function at an incident

PUAOPE004 Manage the intelligence function at an incident

PUASAR029 Undertake a complex transport rescue

PUATEA006 Lead a functional unit at an incident

PUAAMS001 Work in an aviation environment

PUAAMS002 Search as a member of an air search team

PUAAMS003 Conduct stores dropping operations

PUAAMS006 Coordinate search and rescue resources

PUAAMS007 Coordinate search and rescue operations

PUAAMS008 Manage search and rescue operations

PUACOM001 Communicate in the workplace

PUACOM002 Provide services to clients

PUACOM003 Manage information

PUACOM004 Manage organisational communication strategies

PUACOM005 Foster a positive organisational image in the community

PUACOM006 Plan and conduct a public awareness program

PUACOM007 Liaise with other organisations

PUACOM008 Develop and organise public safety awareness programs

PUACOM009 Manage media requirements at major incident

PUACOM010 Promote the organisation's mission and services

PUACOM011 Develop community awareness networks

PUACOM012 Liaise with media at a local level

PUACOM013 Administer a local public safety group

PUACOM014 Contribute to community safety

PUACOM015 Conduct community safety activities

PUAECO001 Operate telephony systems

PUAECO002 Process emergency incident calls and enquiries

PUAECO003 Operate and control radio networks

PUAECO004 Operate computer aided dispatch system

PUAECO005 Dispatch resources from within an emergency communications centre

PUAECO006 Read and interpret maps

PUAECO007 Respond to and maintain monitored automatic notification system

PUAECO008 Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations

PUAECO009 Coordinate emergency communications centre operations

PUAECO010 Maintain standards of emergency service delivery

PUAECO011 Support logistics in the field


PUAEME001 Provide emergency care

PUAEME002 Manage injuries at emergency incident

PUAEME003 Administer oxygen in an emergency

PUAEME004 Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury

PUAEME005 Provide pain management

PUAEMR001 Establish context for emergency risk assessment

PUAEMR002 Assess emergency risk

PUAEMR003 Develop treatment options for emergency risk

PUAEMR004 Manage risk treatment implementation

PUAEMR005 Treat operational risk

PUAEMR006 Assess operational risk

PUAEMR007 Develop emergency management plans

PUAEMR008 Contribute to an emergency risk management process

PUAEMR009 Facilitate emergency risk assessment

PUAEMR010 Plan and implement a treatment measure

PUAEMR011 Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises

PUAEMR012 Determine treatment options

PUAEMR013 Design emergency management exercises

PUAEMR014 Deliver recovery services

PUAEMR015 Establish and manage a recovery centre

PUAEMR016 Facilitate community involvement in recovery

PUAEMR017 Manage recovery functions and services

PUAEMR018 Work in an emergency management context

PUAEMR021 Facilitate emergency planning processes

PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

PUAFER001 Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

PUAFER002 Ensure facility emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are

implemented

PUAFER003 Manage and monitor facility emergency procedures, equipment and other resources

PUAFER004 Respond to facility emergencies

PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation

PUAFER006 Lead an emergency control organisation

PUAFER007 Manage an emergency control organisation

PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility

PUAFER009 Participate as a member of a facility emergency response team

PUAFER010 Lead a facility emergency response team

PUAFER011 Manage facility emergency response teams

PUAFIR201 Assist with prescribed burning

PUAFIR202 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non‐structural applications

PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire

PUAFIR205 Respond to aviation incident (specialist)

PUAFIR206 Check installed fire safety systems

PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

PUAFIR208 Participate in community safety activities

PUAFIR209 Work safely around aircraft

PUAFIR210 Prevent injury

PUAFIR211 Undertake hover‐exit operations from helicopter

PUAFIR212 Rappel from helicopter


PUAFIR219 Undertake helicopter winch operations

PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire

PUAFIR301Undertake community safety activities

PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire

PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire

PUAFIR304 Respond to marine emergencies

PUAFIR305 Respond to aviation incidents (general)

PUAFIR306 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident

PUAFIR307 Operate aerial appliance

PUAFIR308 Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident

PUAFIR309 Operate pumps

PUAFIR310 Operate specialist appliance

PUAFIR311 Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter

PUAFIR312 Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft

PUAFIR313 Operate aviation support equipment

PUAFIR314 Utilise installed fire safety systems

PUAFIR315 Navigate from an aircraft

PUAFIR323 Take local weather observations

PUAFIR324 Render hazardous materials incidents safe

PUAFIR325 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations

PUAFIR326 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations

PUAFIR401 Obtain incident intelligence

PUAFIR402 Conduct simple prescribed burns

PUAFIR403 Assess building plans

PUAFIR404 Inspect dangerous goods facilities

PUAFIR405 Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information

PUAFIR406 Develop simple prescribed burn plans

PUAFIR407 Interpret and analyse fire weather information

PUAFIR408 Plan aircraft operations

PUAFIR409 Develop air attack strategies

PUAFIR410 Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident

PUAFIR411 Provide safety advice at an urban incident

PUAFIR417 Supervise machinery use in wildfire operations

PUAFIR418 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents

PUAFIR501 Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities

PUAFIR502 Develop incident control strategies

PUAFIR503 Coordinate human resource management activities

PUAFIR504 Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies

PUAFIR505 Administer cost centre's financial resources

PUAFIR506 Conduct complex prescribed burns

PUAFIR507 Inspect building fire safety systems

PUAFIR508 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a wildfire

PUAFIR509 Implement prevention strategies

PUAFIR510 Inspect for legislative compliance

PUAFIR515 Develop complex prescribed burn plans

PUAFIR516 Assess and evaluate a facility's fire and incident safety management systems

PUAFIR517 Conduct an inspection of a performance based design building

PUAFIR601 Develop and administer organisational policies, procedures and practices

PUAFIR602 Manage the implementation of community safety strategies


PUAFIR603 Determine origin and cause of wildfire

PUAFIR604 Determine origin and cause of structure fire

PUAFIR605 Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire

PUAFIR606 Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation

PUAFIR607 Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations

PUAFIR608 Investigate fatal fires

PUAFIR609 Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence

PUAFIR610 Manage imaging and electronic data

PUAFIR611 Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results

PUAFIR612 Undertake post incident analysis

PUALAW001 Protect and preserve incident scene

PUALAW002 Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

PUALAW003 Give evidence in a judicial or quasi‐judicial setting

PUALAW004 Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi‐judicial setting

PUAMAN001 Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities

PUAMAN002 Administer allocation of resources

PUAMAN003 Manage human resources

PUAMAN004 Manage procurement

PUAMAN005 Manage projects

PUAMAN006 Manage and facilitate change

PUAMAN007 Manage financial resources

PUAMAN008 Manage physical resources

PUAOIL202 Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response

PUAOIL303 Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines

PUAOIL304 Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response

PUAOIL404 Apply decision making strategies in an oil spill response

PUAOIL405 Apply oiled shoreline assessment strategies in an oil spill response

PUAOIL406 Lead a team in oiled shoreline clean up

PUAOPE006 Control multi‐agency emergency situations

PUAOPE007 Command organisational personnel within a multi‐agency emergency response

PUAOPE009 Navigate in an aquatic environment

PUAOPE010 Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency

PUAOPE011 Inspect property and facilities

PUAOPE012 Control a Level 1 incident

PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

PUAOPE014 Navigate to an incident

PUAOPE015 Conduct briefings and debriefings

PUAOPE016 Manage a multi‐team sector

PUAOPE017 Coordinate resources for a multi‐agency incident



PUAOPE020 Lead a crew

PUAOPE022 Manage logistics for a complex incident

PUAOPE023 Manage operations for a Level 2 incident


PUAOPE025 Manage planning for a complex incident

PUAOPE026 Provide strategic safety advice at an incident

PUAOPE027 Undertake beach safety management activities

PUAPRO001 Promote a learning environment in the workplace


PUAPRS205 Manage marketing requirements

PUASAR001 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

PUASAR002 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

PUASAR003 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR team

PUASAR004 Implement and monitor USAR operation plans

PUASAR005 Review USAR team plans implemented at an incident

PUASAR011 Search as a member of an aquatic search team

PUASAR012 Apply surf awareness and self‐rescue skills

PUASAR013 Participate in an aquatic rescue operation

PUASAR014 Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations

PUASAR015 Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation

PUASAR016 Operate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operations

PUASAR017 Undertake advanced surf rescue

PUASAR018 Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR incidents

PUASAR019 Train canines to work in a USAR environment

PUASAR020 Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents

PUASAR021 Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents

PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASAR023 Participate in a first response urban search and rescue Category 1

PUASAR024 Undertake road crash rescue

PUASAR025 Undertake confined space rescue

PUASAR026 Undertake industrial and domestic rescue

PUASAR027 Undertake land search rescue

PUASAR028 Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse

PUASAR030 Undertake trench rescue

PUASAR031 Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2 rescue technician

PUASAR032 Undertake vertical rescue

PUASES008 Undertake storm and water damage operations

PUASES009 Undertake inland floodboat operations

PUASES010 Plan, activate and maintain a communications network

PUASES011 Manage emergency operations

PUASES012 Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

PUASES013 Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights

PUASES014 Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques

PUASES015 Operate over‐snow vehicle

PUASES016 Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations

PUATEA001 Work in a team

PUATEA002 Work autonomously

PUATEA003 Lead, manage and develop teams

PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation

PUATEA005 Manage own professional performance

PUAVEH001 Drive vehicles under operational conditions

PUAWHS001 Follow defined work, health and safety policies and procedures

PUAWHS002 Maintain safety at an incident scene

PUAWHS003 Implement and monitor organisational work, health and safety policies, procedures

and programs

PUAWHS004 Establish and maintain the work, health and safety system


IRC DETAILS Public Safety Industry Reference Committee

The Public Safety IRC members agreed to put forward the PUA Public Safety Training Package

materials for endorsement consideration by the AISC. The IRC members support the Case for

Endorsement (CfE), draft skill sets and units of competency and anticipate minimal impact of these

changes on Public Safety and allied industry stakeholders and the Vocational Education and Training

(VET) sector. A summary of the IRC’s decision is in the National Repository (VETNet).

Public Safety Industry Reference Committee Members

Mr Mark Burgess (Chair)

Police Federation of Australia

Ms Lynda Douglas (Deputy chair)

Department of Defence

Ms Jean Dyzel

Australia New Zealand Council of Police

Professionalisation (ANZPA)

Ms Sandra Lunardi

Australasian Fire & Emergency Service Authorities

Council (AFAC)

Mr Paul Wallworth

Australian Council of State & Territory Emergency

Services

Mr Jason Males

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Mr Brendan Angwin

United Firefighters Union Australia

Mr John Scully

Defence Force Welfare Association

Mr Neville Kitchin

Community and Public Services Union

(SPSF Group)

Mr Stephen Leahy

Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopters

Ms Carola Washbourne

Emergency management

Mr Ian Gabites

Volunteer firefighter

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KEY STAKEHOLDERS

Technical Advisory Committee Members

Representative Organisation

Sandra Lunardi (TAC Chair) Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC)

Brendan Angwin (TAC Chair) United Firefighters Union of Australia

Wendy Blair Office of Environment and Heritage New South Wales

Greg Butters Tasmania Fire Service

Cassandra Curtis South Australia Country Fire Service

Serena Eales South Australia Country Fire Service

Ian Gabites Volunteer Firefighter Tasmania

Stephen Glassock New South Wales Rural Fire Service

James Harington Air services Australia

Greg Harry New South Wales Department of Environment, Water and Natural

Resources

Anne McLean New South Wales Department of Environment, Water and Natural

Resources

Ken Middleton New South Wales Rural Fire Service Association

Ken Murphy New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Clinton Neuman Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Deb Parsons South Australia Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Gregg Paterson Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria

Richard Frayne Australian Capital Territory Fire and Rescue

Ed Starinskas United Firefighters Union Australia

Brad Stringer Department of Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia

Joanne Watson United Firefighters Union Australia

Brian Whittaker Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne

Cory Woodyatt United Firefighters Union Australia


Public Safety Technical Advisory Committee Members

State Emergency Services Technical Advisory Committee Members

Search and Rescue Technical Advisory Committee Members


Sandra Lunardi (TAC Chair) Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC)

Brendan Angwin (TAC Chair) United Firefighters Union of Australia

Chris Price Australian New Zealand Policing Advisory Authority (ANZPAA)

Ben Ribbons Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency

Chhavi Shaw New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Pamela Simon Surf Lifesaving Australia

Jodie-Anne Stevenson Tasmania Fire Service

Scott Turner South Australia Country Fire Service

Jennifer Vincent Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)

Paul Wallworth State Emergency Service Victoria (SES)

Craig Waters Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services

Brian Whittaker Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne

Greg Paterson Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria

Jemma Krasowski South Australia Metropolitan Fire Brigade

James Harington Air Services Australia

Mick Fleming Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)

Wendy Blair Office of Environment and Heritage/National Parks Wildlife Service,

New South Wales

Kevin Archer Office of Emergency Management New South Wales, Department of

Justice

Christopher Morris Australian New Zealand Policing Advisory Authority (ANZPAA)


Paul Wallworth (TAC Chair) State Emergency Services Victoria (SES)


Rachel Taylor Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services cadet program - NTPFES College (RTO No. 0384)

Tarn Seres Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Trevor Arnold South Australia State Emergency Services (SES)


Stephen Leahy (TAC Chair) Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopters

Greg Hackfath Lifeguard New South Wales


Emergency Management Technical Advisory Committee Members

Emergency Communications Technical Advisory Committee Members

Alison Porter Lifesaving Victoria


Mick Smith New South Wales Police


Paul Wallworth Victoria State Emergency Services (SES)

Jim Whitehead Queensland Water Police


Trevor Arnold South Australia State Emergency Services (SES)

Russell Turner New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Tony Hine New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Bradley Turner New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Mick Fleming Australian Maritime Search and Rescue


Paul Wallworth (TAC Chair) Victorian State Emergency Services (SES)

Heather Crawley TAFE New South Wales

Tony Duckmanton Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA)

Jennifer Schoof Yarra Ranges Council Victoria

Kevin Archer New South Wales Department of Justice


Alexandra Cooney (TAC Chair) New South Wales Police

Paul Wallworth Victoria State Emergency Services (SES)

Liz Charles South Australia Ambulance Service

Mandi Jaehne South Australia Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Philip Lindsay New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Fadia Mitri Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne

Julie Nolan Emergency Services Australia

Kylie West Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Victoria


Wayne Snell New South Wales State Emergency Services (SES)


Andrew Ugarte Surf Life Saving New South Wales

Alastair Barber Tasmania Fire Services


Biosecurity Technical Advisory Committee Members

Additional Industry Stakeholders


Jason Males (TAC Chair) Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Mick Armstrong New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

Corey Bell Australian Government Department of Primary Industries and Resources

Tony Callan Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Lyn Cameron Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia

Kevin Cooper Biosecurity Contractor

Robyn Gob Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Stephen Hughes Australian Capital Territory Government

Barry Kay New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

Sally Marcroft Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources Victoria

Ben Byrne Animal Health Australia

Natalie O’Donnell Plant Health Australia

Elena Petrenas Primary Industries and Regions South Australia

Lyn Stenos LKS Emergency Management

Jessica Tyson Tasmania Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment

Stacy Hook Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Hannah Wellman Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources


Richard Alder National Aerial Firefighting Centre

Alistair Allan Safety Institute of Australia

Andrew Andreou Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria

Barry Archer Property Council of Australia and Australian Standards (AS) Committee

Emergency Management Planning – Facilities

George Arnold Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne

Wayne Atkins South Australia Country Fire Authority

Michael Baker South Australia State Emergency Service (SES)

Gary Baxter Department of Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia

Ian Bonython South Australia State Emergency Service (SES)

Bradley Bourke Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Western

Australia

David Boverman New South Wales Fire Brigades

Hisham Buang Department of Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia

Greg Buckley New South Wales Fire and Rescue

Trevor Butterfield Queensland Fire and Emergency Services


In addition to the above lists, approximately 640 registered industry and VET stakeholders were

contacted and informed about the project and invited to comment on draft qualifications, Skill Sets

and Units of Competency at various stages of the project via AIS targeted email alerts.

Over 50 Public Safety organisations representing various industry sectors attended AIS Industry

Skills Forums held throughout Australia in 2018 to assist in developing IRC Skills Forecasts where

they were updated about the project.

David Campbell South Australia Country Fire Authority

James Carter Mandara Consulting Group

Mark Carter Metropolitan Fire Brigade Melbourne

Matthew Cartwright Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Victoria

Scott Cashmere Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA)

Daniel Catrice Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Victoria

Christine Caughey Department of Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia

Mark Chladil Tasmania Fire Service

Eric Claussen New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service

Steve Clyde-Smith Australian Capital Territory Fire and Rescue

Paul Considine Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC)

Michael Conway Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

Danny Corcoran New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service

Greg Cormack New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES)

Jeannie Cotterell Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency

Sam Crothers New South Wales Rural Fire Service

Jeff Davis Department of Fire and Emergency Services Western Australia

Ian Dicker New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service

Prue Dobbin Dobbin Consulting Pty Ltd

Mark Dobson Tasmania Fire Service


EVIDENCE OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT

Public Safety Industry Reference Committee

The Public Safety IRC members have agreed to put forward the PUA Public Safety Training Package

materials for endorsement by the AISC. The IRC members support the Case for Endorsement and

anticipate minimal impact of these changes on the Public Safety industry and the Vocational

Education and Training sector. A summary of the IRC’s decision is in the National Repository

(VETNet).

States and Territories

The Case for Endorsement, all endorsed and non-endorsed components of the PUA Public Safety

Training Package including a detailed mapping document were made available to all State Training

Authorities (STAs) on 16 July to 24 August 2018 and XX March to XX March 2019.

Industry stakeholders

During the review and development of the PUA Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 AIS used

the following communication strategies to ensure relevant stakeholders were consulted:

• face to face meetings

• telephone calls, video and/or teleconference meetings

• emails to key Public Safety industry stakeholders

• IRC member communications to relevant industry networks using various methods

• establishment of Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) from industry to validate the

changes being made to the training materials

• emails to State and Territory Training Authorities (STAs) and VET regulators

• email alerts on project progress to stakeholders

• project updates and draft materials posted on the AIS website throughout the life of the

project

Reports by exception

There are no reports by exception for the PUA Public Safety Training Package being submitted to the

AISC.

Advice about alternative approaches explored

Public Safety Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members were informed of the requirements of

the Standards for Training Packages 2012 and the minimum standard arrangements that IRCs must

adhere to. TAC members reviewed and discussed the Packaging Rules for qualifications and the use

of prerequisites.

The Public Safety TACs consulted extensively with industry stakeholders who provided significant

feedback on the usage of the PUA Public Safety Training Package. The six TACs made the decision to


continue with the qualification Packaging Rules and prerequisite structure used in the PUA12

Training Package as they believe this reflectes industry requirements.

The Public Safety industry contend that adhering to the Standards for Training Packages in relation

to the listing of prerequisites and qualification Packaging Rules does not meet industry needs. All

seven TAC Chairs met to discuss the issue and agreed on a strategy. Papers have been prepared by

the Fire, SES and Biosecurity Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) to explain the industry stance

(see Appendix B).

The TACs were advised that their decisions on qualification Packaging Rules and the structuring of

prerequisites did not meet the literal interpretation of the following standards:

Standard 5 from the Standards for Training Packages requires that the structure of a Unit of

Competency complies with the mandated template. Within the Unit of Competency template is an

optional field ‘Prerequisite Units’ where any Units of Competency in which the candidate must be

deemed competent prior to the determination of their current Unit of Competency is listed.

Standard 9 from the Standards for Training Packages requires that the structure of the information

for the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualification complies with the mandated

template. The qualification template specifies the total number of Units of Competency required to

achieve the qualification, the number of core and elective Units of Competency and lists all core and

elective unit codes and titles, including prerequisite units where they apply.

Key stakeholder awareness of the expected impact of the changes

Key Public Safety industry stakeholder views were sought throughout the project via public

consultation, updates on the AIS website project page and notifications sent to stakeholders. All

feedback was documented and presented to TAC members during the review and development of

the PUA Public Safety Training Package.

The following Training Package components proposed for deletion from the National Register being

submitted to the AISC include three duplications, the replacement of one Unit of Competency with

another and one Unit of Competency that was superseded:

• PUAAMS001A Work in an aviation environment

• PUAAMS002A Search as a member of an air search team

• PUAFIR508B Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire/incident safety management systems in

hazardous materials

• PUAFIR506B Conduct an inspection of a performance based design building

• PUAOPE021A Manage public information function at an incident

State and Territory Training Authorities National VET policies have been addressed during the development process via consultation with

State and Territory Training Authorities (STAs). State and Territory Training Authorities, registration

and accreditation bodies and training providers are expected to ensure that processes for the PUA

Public Safety Training Package are implemented, in accordance with government policy.


Name State and Territory Organisations Response

Guy Valentine Department of Education, Training

and Employment Skills Investment

and Market Strategy Queensland

Liam White Australian Capital Territory Education

and Training Directorate

Lisa Barron Department of Training and

Workforce Development Western

Australia

Lucinda Pita Department of Training and

Workforce Development Western

Australia

Dianne Fong Department of Trade, Business and

Innovation Northern Territory

Marina Borrello Skills South Australia, Department of

State Development

Lee Carter Department of Education and Training

Victoria

Susan Bayly-Stark

Bec Evans

Skills Tasmania, Department of State

Growth

Vera

Kostadinovska

Department of Industry/State Training

Services New South Wales


IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW TRAINING

PACKAGE Advice about how training package components meet occupational and licensing

requirements

No occupational and licensing requirements were identified in the PUA Public Safety Training

Package.

Implementation issues of note and management strategy

Implementation advice for the PUA Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 is included within the

Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG), available from:

https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=3eca5672-6d5a-410b-8942-

810d0ba05bbf

Supporting equitable access and progression of learners

The proposed qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency meet the diverse needs of learners

and industry organisations. Qualifications and Units of Competency that enable application in

different contexts is demonstrated with the use of imported Units of Competency from other

Training Packages. There is capacity for PUA Public Safety qualifications and Units of Competency to

be adapted to evolving job roles within the industry.

Equitable access and progression of learners is displayed. Assessment requirements state that

‘Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy

requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.’

The Equity Review undertaken for the Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 provides evidence

that the draft endorsed materials meet the requirements of flexibility and functionality. Access to

training and mobility within and between industry sectors is supported by the Public Safety IRC.

Supporting learner transition between education sectors

Qualifications in the PUA Public Safety Training Package that are suitable for delivery via an

Australian Apprenticeship or Traineeship pathway can be located at the Australian Apprenticeship

website http://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/

VET in Schools programs are packaged and delivered in a variety of ways across Australia. It is

recommended that schools work in partnership with an RTO where qualifications or Skill Sets result

in strong transferable skills relevant to the needs of individuals and organisations.

There is limited opportunity for interaction between schools and the VET sectors in the PUA Public

Safety Training Package due to the high risk nature of the work carried out in emergency situations.

Some Units of Competency in the Certificate II in Public Safety (SES) may be appropriate for a VET in

schools’ program depending on local needs and resources.

https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=3eca5672-6d5a-410b-8942-810d0ba05bbf

https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=3eca5672-6d5a-410b-8942-810d0ba05bbf

http://www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au/


The NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services Cadet program is a two year program for students

commencing in year 11 which offers Units of Competency for a Certificate II in Community

Engagement and/or becoming a NT Emergency Services Volunteer.

Supporting movement of skills within and across organisations and sectors

The PUA Public Safety Training Package qualifications are clearly set out and provide comprehensive

and concise advice on all requirements. The qualifications framework and pathways advice are

designed to reflect Public Safety industry needs and to provide clear and unambiguous advice on

occupations.

Specific pathway advice for Public Safety industry qualifications is contained in the PUA Public Safety

Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG).

Implications of new and revised components

There are no known or identified negative impacts from the PUA Public Safety Training Package. The

revised qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency will enable industry organisations to

access personnel with a high level of transferable knowledge and skills.

The expectation is that graduates will be equipped to operate effectively and efficiently in a broad

range of Public Safety industry sectors and environments and that training providers will focus on

providing quality training and assessment strategies that meet the outcomes identified in the Units

of Competency.

Industry priorities for implementation

Safety, technology and relevant industry knowledge and skills are an essential consideration in all

job roles throughout the various sectors of the Public Safety industry. As such, they were key

considerations in the development and review of all PUA Public Safety Training Package materials.

Public Safety industry consultation identified that changes to the PUA Public Safety Training Package

would result in benefits due to the:

• transition of the Training Package to the Standards for Training Packages 2012

• implementation of changed skill requirements identified through industry research related

to the National Guidelines for Prescribed Burning Operations, including enhancements to

wildfire behaviour analysis and fire and hazardous material incident response

• alignment of the PUA Public Safety Training Package materials with changed policy and

doctrinal requirements of the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System

(AIIMS-4) 2017 edition

• implementation of the National Standardised Requisite Qualifications for Triple Zero Call

Takers (NSRQ) as requested by the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department

• alignment of the PUA Public Safety Training Package materials with compliance

requirements of the National Construction Code (NCC)

• alignment of the PUA Public Safety Training Package materials with revised industry

requirements of the model Work, Health and Safety Regulations

• alignment of the PUA Public Safety Training Package materials with revised industry

requirements of the Australian Standard AS 3745-2010 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities


• implementation of identified industry skills needed for operational supervision and crisis

leadership within incident management teams, disaster recovery and emergency

management contexts.

Supporting implementation across a range of settings

The Public Safety industry is committed to delivery and assessment practice that is fair, reliable and

evidenced by knowledge, skills and work performance that meets industry standards. The extensive

development, consultation and validation processes undertaken to develop the PUA Public Safety

Training Package materials ensures that the qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency can

be implemented nationally.

Assessment requirements for Units of Competency specify:

• Performance Evidence

• Knowledge Evidence

• Assessment Conditions

Delivery of PUA Public Safety training and assessment to learners regardless of their location can

occur via a range of different delivery models, including:

• training delivered in the workplace or at a training provider’s site

• distance or online learning

• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Assessment processes and techniques are appropriate to the Language, Literacy and Numeracy

(LLN) needs of the learner.

How the downstream impacts (including state and territory funding arrangements)

of the changes will be managed (for example, where the Case for Endorsement

recommends the deletion of units/qualifications)

There are no anticipated funding impacts due to changes to the PUA Public Safety Training Package

related to deletions of recommended Units of Competency.

RTOs will need to review the Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) to view mapping

tables. Where necessary, they will then need to adjust their Scope of Registration.


INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS ABOUT TRAINING

DELIVERY PUA Public Safety Training Package materials have been developed to address current and future

needs of the Australian Public Safety industry. The revised and new Skills Sets, qualifications and

Units of Competency address clearly identified gaps in skills and knowledge in the Public Safety

industry.

Public Safety industry stakeholder expectations are that training provided by Registered Training

Organisations (RTOs) will address this need and that learners will attain the skills and knowledge

that is relevant and transferable across the Public Safety industry.

Advice about how training package components meet occupational and licensing

requirements

No occupational and licensing requirements were identified in the PUA Public Safety Training

Package.

Timelines for implementation of the components

It is expected that RTOs will implement revised training and assessment strategies based on the

proposed materials consistent with a general transition and teach out time frame of 12 months

from the time of endorsement and release onto the National Register of VET (TGA).

Overarching expectations of industry for the delivery and assessment of training

package components

The PUA Public Safety Training Package Units of Competency are clearly written and have consistent

breadth and depth. They have been written to represent the work requirements of industry and to

specify the knowledge and skills required for job functions.

Evidence of performance must demonstrate that the learner has successfully met the requirements

of the Elements and Performance Criteria in the Unit of Competency. The frequency and volume of

this evidence is determined by the assessor and typically, will vary depending on the context under

which the assessment is conducted and the aptitude of the learner.

Assessors must hold credentials specified within the Standards for Registered Training

Organisations current at the time of assessment.

All assessments must satisfy the ‘Principles of Assessment’ and ‘Rules of Evidence’ and all regulatory

requirements included within the Standards for Registered Training Organisations current at the

time of the assessment.

It is anticipated that the PUA Public Safety Training Package material will be delivered by a variety of

enterprise, public and private Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). There are currently 290

RTOs listed on http://www.training.gov.au that have the PUA Public Safety Training Package on their

Scope of Registration at time of this submission.

http://www.training.gov.au/


Reflection of contemporary work organisation and job profiles

Public Safety industry qualifications and Units of Competency are written specifically to meet

industry needs and reflect current occupational outcomes and work practices. AIS and the Public

Safety IRC used a broad consultation and engagement model that allowed Public Safety industry

stakeholders to comment on all qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency.

Stakeholders came from a range of Public Sector organisations and agencies, industry learning and

development groups, industry representative groups and training organisations.

The proposed qualifications, Skill Sets and Units of Competency have national portability and are

based on job roles identified by industry. Whilst job roles internationally may have different titles,

the skills and knowledge developed in the qualifications would support international portability

within the Public Safety industry. All qualification outcomes are aligned with the Australian

Qualifications Framework (AQF).

Future Training Package development and review will continue to consider the diversity of learners,

their needs and to foster flexibility where it will not have an adverse effect on the outcomes of

Public Safety industry qualifications.

Credit arrangements existing between Training Package qualifications and higher

education qualifications

The attainment of a specialist industry qualification may support access to further work and/or

qualification pathways including tertiary courses. Currently, no nationally agreed credit transfer

arrangements between the qualifications in the PUA Public Safety Training Package and tertiary

qualifications exists. However, individual higher education institutions may offer credit transfers

based on previously gained qualifications, skills and experience.

COAG INDUSTRY SKILLS COUNCIL REFORMS

TO TRAINING PACKAGES Explanation of how the decision being sought from the AISC would support the COAG

Industry and Skills Council reforms to training packages

Removal of obsolete, superfluous and duplicative qualifications and units from the system

Completion of the PUA Public Safety Training Package development and review work including

extensive industry consultation with stakeholders confirms that obsolete, superfluous and

duplicative qualifications and Units of Competency were removed from the system:

• PUAAMS001A Work in an aviation environment

• PUAAMS002A Search as a member of an air search team

• PUAFIR508B Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire/incident safety management systems in

hazardous materials

• PUAFIR506B Conduct an inspection of a performance based design building

• PUAOPE021A Manage public information function at an incident


Include information about industry’s expectations of training delivery (i.e. duration of

training mode of delivery and learner characteristics)

Industry’s expectations are that Public Safety training provided by Registered Training Organisations

(RTOs) will address the needs of individuals and industry. The duration of training will be such that it

provides individuals with the skills and knowledge that are relevant and transferable across industry

sectors and organisations. Training delivery can be delivered on or off the job, via distance and/or

online learning or through Recognised Prior Learning (RPL).

Improve qualification design to enable individuals to upskill and move easily from one

related occupation to another

The Packaging Rules in the qualifications include core and elective Units of Competency and provide

multiple and direct entry points. The Units of Competency within the Skill Sets and qualifications

provide transferable occupational skills that have national and international portability.

Improve the efficiency of the training system through the creation of units of competence

that can be owned and used by multiple industry sectors

The Units of Competency in the PUA Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 related to incident

management are core business for a number of agencies and organisations and are critical for

sector interoperability. Fire, SES, Biosecurity and Emergency Management in particular, rely on

these Units of Competency for training of personnel in the control and management of incidents:

• PUAOPE006 Control multi-agency emergency situations

• PUAOPE007 Command organisational personnel within a multi-agency emergency response


• PUAOPE015 Conduct briefings and debriefings

• PUAOPE016 Manage a multi-team sector

• PUAOPE017 Coordinate resources for a multi-agency incident

• PUAOPE020 Lead a crew

• PUAOPE995 Manage the investigation function at an incident

• PUAOPE996 Manage the finance function at an incident

• PUAOPE997 Manage the public information function at an incident

• PUAOPE998 Manage the intelligence function at an incident

• PUATEA999 Lead a functional unit at an incident

• PUAOPE022 Manage logistics for a complex incident



• PUAOPE025 Manage planning for a complex incident





Fosters greater recognition of skill sets

The development of Skill Sets in the PUA Public Safety Training Package Release 1.0 addresses

identified industry knowledge and skill requirements. Seventeen new Skill Sets were developed

to meet industry needs.

• PUASS00059 Biosecurity field surveillance

• PUASS00060 Biosecurity infected premises operations

• PUASS00061 Biosecurity infected premises supervisor

• PUASS00062 Biosecurity movement control

• PUASS00063 Biosecurity responder

• PUASS00064 Biosecurity response leader

• PUASS00065 Biosecurity response manager

• PUASS00067 Complex prescribed burn officer

• PUASS00068 Complex prescribed burn planner

• PUASS00073 Local prescribed burn assistant

• PUASS00074 Local prescribed burn planner

• PUASS00075 Local prescribed burn supervisor

• PUASS00080 Prescribed burn crew leader

• PUASS00081 Prescribed burn crew member

• PUASS00082 Prescribed burn sector commander

• PUASS00086 Simple prescribed burn officer

• PUASS00087 Simple prescribed burn planner

Evidence of completion of the training package development work assigned by the

AISC in the Case for Change

The Public Safety IRC signed off on this Case for Endorsement on ; this dictates the completion of

the work assigned from the Case for Change, by the AISC.

The Quality Report detailed in Appendix C provides confirmation that the draft endorsed

components meet the Standards for Training Packages 2012.

The final draft of the PUA Public Safety Training Package materials and CVIG including mapping

tables are provided with this CfE.

Evidence that training package components are prepared for publication

The Quality Report detailed in Appendices provides confirmation that the draft endorsed

components meet the Standards for Training Packages 2012. Training package products presented

for endorsement can be viewed via the following links:

• https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingPackages.aspx

• http://www.australianindustrystandards.org.au/

https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingPackages.aspx

http://www.australianindustrystandards.org.au/


APPENDICES

S


EQUITY REPORT Independent Equity Report

Provided by Ron Horne – See Appendix A

EDITORIAL REPORT Independent Editorial Report

Provided by Anna Henderson – See Appendix B

QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT Independent Quality Report

Provided by Terry Smith – See Appendix C

AIS Declaration

AIS declares that the draft endorsed components of the PUA Public Safety Training Package meets

the requirements of the:

• Standards for Training Packages 2012

• Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy

• Training Package Products Policy

• Training Product Development Programme Guidelines

Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG)

AIS and the Public Safety IRC confirm that the Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) is

available and has been quality assured.

Statement of evidence against the Training Package Quality Principles

The Public Safety IRC confirms that evidence against the following quality principles has been

obtained and is reflected in this CfE. The PUA Public Safety Training Package:

• Reflects identified workforce outcomes

• Supports national and international portability of skills and competencies including

reflecting licensing and regulatory requirements

• Reflects national agreement about the core transferable skills and core job specific skills

required for job roles as identified by industry

• Is flexible for meeting the diversity of individual and employer needs including the capacity

to adapt to changing job roles and workplaces

• Facilitates recognition of an individual’s skills and knowledge and supports movement

between school, vocational education and higher education sectors

• Supports interpretation by training providers and other organisations, with simple and

concise language and a clear articulation of assessment requirements.


INDUSTRY PAPERS See Appendix D

LETTER OF SUPPORT Provided by Mark Burgess – See Appendix E


APPENDIX A – INDEPENDENT EQUITY REPORT Section 1 - Equity Report Public Safety Training Package ‐ Release 1.0

Information required Details

Training Package title and code Public Safety Training Package ‐ Release 1.0

Number of new qualifications and their titles 1

1 new PUA qualification


Number of revised qualifications

and their titles

30 transitioned qualifications

see attached list

Number of new units of

competency and their titles

16 new PUA units of competency

see attached list

Number of revised units of competency and their titles

224 revised units of competency (162 transitioned

and 62 reviewed)

see attached list

Confirmation that the draft training package components meet the requirements in Section 2 Equity checklist of draft training package components

The PUA units of competency, qualifications and Skill

Sets reviewed meet the requirements as outlined in

Section 2 – Equity checklist of draft training package

components.

Is the Equity Report prepared by a member of the Quality Assurance Panel? If ‘yes’ please provide the name.

No

Date of completion of the report 29th January 2019

Ron Horne, MEdu, FCILT

Senior Industry Skills Specialist

Australian Industry Standards

1 When the number of training products is high the titles can be presented as an attached list.

2 Person that is not a member of the Training Package Quality Assurance Panel is required to provide to the SSO information

demonstrating experience in analysis of equity issues in the training or educational context; demonstrated understanding of

vocational education and training; and details of relevant qualifications and/or professional memberships.


Section 2 – Equity checklist of draft training package components

Equity requirements Equity reviewer comments

Provide brief commentary on whether the draft endorsed

components meet each of the equity requirements

The training package component(s) comply with Standard 2 of the Standards for Training Packages 2012. The standard requires compliance with the Training Package Products Policy, specifically with the access and equity requirements:

• Training Package developers

must meet their obligations

under Commonwealth anti-

discrimination legislation and

associated standards and

regulations.

• Training Package developers

must ensure that Training

Packages are flexible and that

they provide guidance and

recommendations to enable

reasonable adjustments in

implementation.

It is the view of this equity reviewer that the training package developed complied with Standard 2 of the Standards for Training Packages 2012.

Section 3 ‐ Training Package Quality Principles

Quality Principle 4

Be flexible to meet the diversity of individual and employer needs, including the capacity

to adapt to changing job roles and workplaces.

Key features

Do the units of competency meet the diversity of individual and employer needs and support

equitable access and progression of learners?

What evidence demonstrates that the units of competency and their associated assessment

requirements are clearly written and have consistent breadth and depth so that they support

implementation across a range of settings?

Are there other examples that demonstrate how the key features of flexibility are being achieved?



1. What evidence demonstrates that the draft components provide flexible qualifications/units of competency that enable application in different contexts?’

The PUA qualifications are structured to reflect the current and future needs of the Public Safety Sector.

2. Is there evidence of multiple entry and exit points?

The Units of Competency offer a variety of multiple entry and exit points.

3. Have prerequisite units of competency been minimised where possible?

The need for prerequisite units was addressed by offering public safety sector stakeholders four options; update, review, remove, or restructure prerequisites.

There is evidence prerequisite units of competency have been minimised however, it is the view of this equity reviewer, units with optional prerequisite vary the vocational outcome of the unit and qualification.

4. Are there other examples of evidence that demonstrate how the key features of the flexibility principle are being achieved?

The inclusion of Units of Competency imported from other Training Packages provides greater flexibility of choice and provides skills that are transferable across a range of industry sectors.

Quality Principle 5

Facilitate recognition of an individual’s skills and knowledge and support movement between

the school, vocational education and higher education sectors.

Key features

Support learner transition between education sectors.


1. What evidence demonstrates pathways from entry and preparatory level as appropriate to facilitate movement between schools and VET, from entry level into work, and between VET and higher education qualifications?

The key transition provided by these units of competency is between job functions, ranging from entry level to skilled and/or specialised, within the public sector.

Learner transition between education sectors is facilitated via VET qualifications.

Quality Principle 6

Support interpretation by training providers and others through the use of simple, concise

language and clear articulation of assessment requirements.

Key features

Support implementation across a range of settings and support sound assessment practices.



1. Does the Companion Volume Implementation Guide include advice about: • Pathways • Access and equity • Foundation skills?

(see Training Package Standard 11)

The reviewer has cited the Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) and it includes advice about:

• Pathways

• Access and equity

• Foundation skills

Simple, concise language and clear articulation of assessment requirements is in evidence. Assessment processes across a range of settings and the support of sound assessment practices is in evidence.

2. Are the foundation skills explicit and recognisable within the training package and do they reflect and not

exceed the foundation skills required in the workplace?

Foundation skills are explicit in the performance criteria of the PUA Units of Competency.

The Equity Report is prepared by

Ron Horne, MEdu, FCILT

Senior Industry Skills Specialist, Australian Industry Standards

▪ I am not a member of the current Training Package Quality Assurance Panel.

▪ I have extensive business, transport and logistics industry, course design and Training

Package experience in development, consultation and validation processes and in working

with industry on equity issues.

▪ I have been actively involved in the evaluation of Training Packages, including confirming

that contents comply with access and equity policy.

Demonstrated experience in management of the following programmes

WELL

NWDF and State funding to address access and equity

Compliance, inclusive of addressing access and equity for learners and resolving complaints related

to these issues

Worker and/or learner assistance related to employment including assessing assistance required

Demonstrated experience in analysis of equity issues in the training or educational context

Post graduate studies on VET sector policy and implementation

Demonstrated understanding of vocational education and training

Worked in this sector in a variety of positions Current role with TLISC/AIS since January 2014

Demonstrated commitment by the person to ongoing professional development

Participation in ongoing Commonwealth Departmental forums Upgrading qualifications ‐ Post

graduate studies

Completion of courses and professional development programmes related to VET

Details of relevant qualifications

Master of Education

Bachelor of Business (Transport Studies)

Advanced Diploma of Logistics Management Diploma of Management

Diploma of Quality Auditing

Diploma of Training Design and Development Diploma of Vocational Education and Training


Number of new qualifications and their titles ‐ 1 new qualification


Number of revised qualifications and their titles ‐ 30 transitioned qualifications

PUA20119 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)

PUA20219 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES)

PUA20619 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)

PUA20719 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)

PUA30319 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)

PUA30419 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)

PUA30519 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations)

PUA30619 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)

PUA30719 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)

PUA30819 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)

PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations)

PUA31419 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA40119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)

PUA40219 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership)

PUA40319 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)

PUA40419 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Leadership)

PUA41019 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)

PUA41119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA42619 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management)

PUA50119 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)

PUA50219 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Management)

PUA50419 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management)

PUA50519 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)

PUA50919 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue ‐ Coordination)

PUA51019 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA60119 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)

PUA60219 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue ‐ Management)

PUA60519 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)

PUA60719 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)

PUA60919 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)

Number of new units of competency and their titles ‐ 16 new units of competency

PUABIO001 Conduct planning in a biosecurity emergency response

PUAECL001 Evaluate societal threats, uncertainty and surprise

PUAECL002 Lead and manage programs that develop resilience

PUAECL003 Deliver value in crisis

PUAECL004 Lead in a crisis

PUAECL005 Support communities for crisis

PUAECL006 Recognise personal effectiveness in a crisis

PUAECL007 Define crisis context

PUAFIR518 Conduct and record a bushfire attack level (BAL) assessment

PUAFIR519 Supervise incendiary operations during aerial ignition

PUAOPE001 Manage the investigation function at an incident

PUAOPE002 Manage the finance function at an incident

PUAOPE003 Manage the public information function at an incident

PUAOPE004 Manage the intelligence function at an incident

PUASAR029 Undertake a complex transport rescue

PUATEA006 Lead a functional unit at an incident

Number of revised units of competency and their titles ‐ 224 revised units of competency


(162 transitioned and 62 reviewed)

PUAAMS001 Work in an aviation environment

PUAAMS002 Search as a member of an air search team

PUAAMS003 Conduct stores dropping operations

PUAAMS006 Coordinate search and rescue resources

PUAAMS007 Coordinate search and rescue operations

PUAAMS008 Manage search and rescue operations

PUACOM001 Communicate in the workplace

PUACOM002 Provide services to clients

PUACOM003 Manage information

PUACOM004 Manage organisational communication strategies

PUACOM005 Foster a positive organisational image in the community

PUACOM006 Plan and conduct a public awareness program

PUACOM007 Liaise with other organisations

PUACOM008 Develop and organise public safety awareness programs

PUACOM009 Manage media requirements at major incident

PUACOM010 Promote the organisation's mission and services

PUACOM011 Develop community awareness networks

PUACOM012 Liaise with media at a local level

PUACOM013 Administer a local public safety group

PUACOM014 Contribute to community safety

PUACOM015 Conduct community safety activities

PUAECO001 Operate telephony systems

PUAECO002 Process emergency incident calls and enquiries

PUAECO003 Operate and control radio networks

PUAECO004 Operate computer aided dispatch system

PUAECO005 Dispatch resources from within an emergency communications centre

PUAECO006 Read and interpret maps

PUAECO007 Respond to and maintain monitored automatic notification system

PUAECO008 Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations

PUAECO009 Coordinate emergency communications centre operations

PUAECO010 Maintain standards of emergency service delivery

PUAECO011 Support logistics in the field

PUAEME001 Provide emergency care

PUAEME002 Manage injuries at emergency incident

PUAEME003 Administer oxygen in an emergency

PUAEME004 Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury

PUAEME005 Provide pain management

PUAEMR001 Establish context for emergency risk assessment

PUAEMR002 Assess emergency risk

PUAEMR003 Develop treatment options for emergency risk

PUAEMR004 Manage risk treatment implementation

PUAEMR005 Treat operational risk

PUAEMR006 Assess operational risk

PUAEMR007 Develop emergency management plans

PUAEMR008 Contribute to an emergency risk management process

PUAEMR009 Facilitate emergency risk assessment

PUAEMR010 Plan and implement a treatment measure

PUAEMR011 Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises

PUAEMR012 Determine treatment options

PUAEMR013 Design emergency management exercises


PUAEMR014 Deliver recovery services

PUAEMR015 Establish and manage a recovery centre

PUAEMR016 Facilitate community involvement in recovery

PUAEMR017 Manage recovery functions and services

PUAEMR018 Work in an emergency management context

PUAEMR021 Facilitate emergency planning processes

PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

PUAFER001 Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

PUAFER002 Ensure facility emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are

implemented

PUAFER003 Manage and monitor facility emergency procedures, equipment and other resources

PUAFER004 Respond to facility emergencies

PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation

PUAFER006 Lead an emergency control organisation

PUAFER007 Manage an emergency control organisation

PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility

PUAFER009 Participate as a member of a facility emergency response team

PUAFER010 Lead a facility emergency response team

PUAFER011 Manage facility emergency response teams

PUAFIR201 Assist with prescribed burning

PUAFIR202 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non‐structural applications

PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire

PUAFIR205 Respond to aviation incident (specialist)

PUAFIR206 Check installed fire safety systems

PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

PUAFIR208 Participate in community safety activities

PUAFIR209 Work safely around aircraft

PUAFIR210 Prevent injury

PUAFIR211 Undertake hover‐exit operations from helicopter

PUAFIR212 Rappel from helicopter

PUAFIR219 Undertake helicopter winch operations

PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire

PUAFIR301 Undertake community safety activities

PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire

PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire

PUAFIR304 Respond to marine emergencies

PUAFIR305 Respond to aviation incidents (general)

PUAFIR306 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident

PUAFIR307 Operate aerial appliance

PUAFIR308 Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident

PUAFIR309 Operate pumps

PUAFIR310 Operate specialist appliance

PUAFIR311 Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter

PUAFIR312 Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft

PUAFIR313 Operate aviation support equipment

PUAFIR314 Utilise installed fire safety systems

PUAFIR315 Navigate from an aircraft

PUAFIR323 Take local weather observations

PUAFIR324 Render hazardous materials incidents safe

PUAFIR325 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations


PUAFIR326 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations

PUAFIR401 Obtain incident intelligence

PUAFIR402 Conduct simple prescribed burns

PUAFIR403 Assess building plans

PUAFIR404 Inspect dangerous goods facilities

PUAFIR405 Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information

PUAFIR406 Develop simple prescribed burn plans

PUAFIR407 Interpret and analyse fire weather information

PUAFIR408 Plan aircraft operations

PUAFIR409 Develop air attack strategies

PUAFIR410 Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident

PUAFIR411 Provide safety advice at an urban incident

PUAFIR417 Supervise machinery use in wildfire operations

PUAFIR418 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents

PUAFIR501 Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities

PUAFIR502 Develop incident control strategies

PUAFIR503 Coordinate human resource management activities

PUAFIR504 Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies

PUAFIR505 Administer cost centre's financial resources

PUAFIR506 Conduct complex prescribed burns

PUAFIR507 Inspect building fire safety systems

PUAFIR508 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a wildfire

PUAFIR509 Implement prevention strategies

PUAFIR510 Inspect for legislative compliance

PUAFIR515 Develop complex prescribed burn plans

PUAFIR516 Assess and evaluate a facility's fire and incident safety management systems

PUAFIR517 Conduct an inspection of a performance based design building

PUAFIR601 Develop and administer organisational policies, procedures and practices

PUAFIR602 Manage the implementation of community safety strategies

PUAFIR603 Determine origin and cause of wildfire

PUAFIR604 Determine origin and cause of structure fire

PUAFIR605 Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire

PUAFIR606 Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation

PUAFIR607 Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations

PUAFIR608 Investigate fatal fires

PUAFIR609 Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence

PUAFIR610 Manage imaging and electronic data

PUAFIR611 Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results

PUAFIR612 Undertake post incident analysis

PUALAW001 Protect and preserve incident scene

PUALAW002 Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

PUALAW003 Give evidence in a judicial or quasi‐judicial setting

PUALAW004 Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi‐judicial setting

PUAMAN001 Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities

PUAMAN002 Administer allocation of resources

PUAMAN003 Manage human resources

PUAMAN004 Manage procurement

PUAMAN005 Manage projects

PUAMAN006 Manage and facilitate change

PUAMAN007 Manage financial resources

PUAMAN008 Manage physical resources


PUAOIL202 Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response

PUAOIL303 Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines

PUAOIL304 Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response

PUAOIL404 Apply decision making strategies in an oil spill response

PUAOIL405 Apply oiled shoreline assessment strategies in an oil spill response

PUAOIL406 Lead a team in oiled shoreline clean up

PUAOPE006 Control multi‐agency emergency situations

PUAOPE007 Command organisational personnel within a multi‐agency emergency response

PUAOPE009 Navigate in an aquatic environment

PUAOPE010 Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency

PUAOPE011 Inspect property and facilities


PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

PUAOPE014 Navigate to an incident

PUAOPE015 Conduct briefings and debriefings

PUAOPE016 Manage a multi‐team sector

PUAOPE017 Coordinate resources for a multi‐agency incident



PUAOPE020 Lead a crew

PUAOPE022 Manage logistics for a complex incident



PUAOPE025 Manage planning for a complex incident

PUAOPE026 Provide strategic safety advice at an incident

PUAOPE027 Undertake beach safety management activities

PUAPRO001 Promote a learning environment in the workplace

PUAPRS205 Manage marketing requirements

PUASAR001 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

PUASAR002 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

PUASAR003 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR team

PUASAR004 Implement and monitor USAR operation plans

PUASAR005 Review USAR team plans implemented at an incident

PUASAR011 Search as a member of an aquatic search team

PUASAR012 Apply surf awareness and self‐rescue skills

PUASAR013 Participate in an aquatic rescue operation

PUASAR014 Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations

PUASAR015 Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation

PUASAR016 Operate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operations

PUASAR017 Undertake advanced surf rescue

PUASAR018 Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR incidents

PUASAR019 Train canines to work in a USAR environment

PUASAR020 Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents

PUASAR021 Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents

PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASAR023 Participate in a first response urban search and rescue Category 1

PUASAR024 Undertake road crash rescue

PUASAR025 Undertake confined space rescue

PUASAR026 Undertake industrial and domestic rescue

PUASAR027 Undertake land search rescue

PUASAR028 Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse


PUASAR030 Undertake trench rescue

PUASAR031 Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2 rescue technician

PUASAR032 Undertake vertical rescue

PUASES008 Undertake storm and water damage operations

PUASES009 Undertake inland floodboat operations

PUASES010 Plan, activate and maintain a communications network

PUASES011 Manage emergency operations

PUASES012 Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

PUASES013 Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights

PUASES014 Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques

PUASES015 Operate over‐snow vehicle

PUASES016 Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations

PUATEA001 Work in a team

PUATEA002 Work autonomously

PUATEA003 Lead, manage and develop teams

PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation

PUATEA005 Manage own professional performance

PUAVEH001 Drive vehicles under operational conditions

PUAWHS001 Follow defined work, health and safety policies and procedures

PUAWHS002 Maintain safety at an incident scene

PUAWHS003 Implement and monitor organisational work, health and safety policies, procedures

and programs

PUAWHS004 Establish and maintain the work, health and safety system


APPENDIX B – INDEPENDENT EDITORIAL

REPORT

Editorial Report

1. Cover page

Information required Detail

Training Package title and code Public Safety Training Package (PUA)

Release 1

Number of new qualifications

and their titles

One new qualification:

• PUA80119 Graduate Diploma of Crisis Leadership


Number of revised

qualifications and their titles

30 revised qualifications:

• PUA20119 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)

• PUA20219 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES)

• PUA20619 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and

Emergency Operations)

• PUA20719 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting

Operations)

• PUA30319 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and

Rescue)

• PUA30419 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)

• PUA30519 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations)

• PUA30619 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and

Emergency Operations)

• PUA30719 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting

Operations)

• PUA30819 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency

Communications Centre Operations)

• PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity

Emergency Response Operations)

• PUA31419 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety)

• PUA40119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency

Communications Centre Operations)

• PUA40219 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership)

• PUA40319 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting

Supervision)

• PUA40419 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity

Emergency Response Leadership)

• PUA41019 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)

• PUA41119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)

• PUA42619 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and

Rescue Management)

• PUA50119 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency

Management)

• PUA50219 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency

Response Management)


• PUA50419 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations

Management)

• PUA50519 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting

Management)

• PUA50919 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue -

Coordination)

• PUA51019 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)

• PUA60119 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency

Management)

• PUA60219 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and

Rescue - Management)

• PUA60519 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting

Management)

• PUA60719 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community

Safety)

• PUA60919 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire

Investigation)


Number of new units of


16 new units of competency:

• PUABIO001 Conduct planning in a biosecurity emergency

response

• PUAECL001 Evaluate societal threats, uncertainty and

surprise

• PUAECL002 Lead and manage programs that develop

resilience

• PUAECL003 Deliver value in crisis

• PUAECL004 Lead in a crisis

• PUAECL005 Support communities for crisis

• PUAECL006 Recognise personal effectiveness in a crisis

• PUAECL007 Define crisis context

• PUAFIR518 Conduct and record a bushfire attack level (BAL)

assessment

• PUAFIR519 Supervise incendiary operations during aerial

ignition

• PUAOPE001 Manage the investigation function at an

incident

• PUAOPE002 Manage the finance function at an incident

• PUAOPE003 Manage the public information function at an

incident

• PUAOPE004 Manage the intelligence function at an incident

• PUASAR029 Undertake a complex transport rescue

• PUATEA006 Lead a functional unit at an incident

Number of revised units of


224 units - See Attachment A:

Confirmation that the draft

training package components

are publication-ready

Yes - draft training package components are publication ready.

Is the Editorial Report

prepared by a member of the

Quality Assurance Panel? If

‘yes’ please provide a name.

Yes – Anna Henderson


Date of completion of the

report

12/02/2019


2. Content and structure

Units of competency

Editorial requirements Comments AIS response

Standard 5:

• The structure of units of

competency complies with the

unit of competency template.

The structure of the draft PUA

units complies with most

aspects of the unit of

competency template:

application, elements,

performance criteria, and unit

mapping information.

As per Australia Industry

Standards (AIS) policy, the PUA

units do not include foundation

skills information. All units have

the following statement

‘Foundation skills essential to

performance are explicit in the

performance criteria of this unit

of competency.’ This is a grey

area because it is subject to

interpretation but personally, I

don’t think the foundation skills

in AIS units are always explicit

in the performance criteria.

Advice about PUA foundation

skills is on page 47 of the Public

Safety Companion Volume

Implementation Guide (CVIG)

Release 1.

Unit of competency advice

provided:

In some of the units the title

and/or the application is not

supported by the performance

criteria, performance evidence

and knowledge evidence, e.g.:

In the following fire units –

PUAFIR503, PUAFIR504, PUAFIR505, PUAFIR601,

As per the Quality Report ‘Foundation

Skills are explicit and embedded in the

performance criteria throughout the

units of competency.’

Industry was extensively consulted and

validated the approach taken in the PUA

Public Safety Training Package to

Foundation Skills.

The QA Report notes that ‘It is not

necessary to repeat unit title key words

throughout the unit as the title is a

functional area of competence and the

criteria are the measures.



PUAMAN003, PUAMAN004,

PUAMAN005 and PUAMAN006,

there is no mention of the fire

sector in the performance

criteria, performance evidence

and knowledge evidence. Given

that there is a statement that

sets the context for the fire

sector in the application, the

unique requirements of the fire

sector should be specified

throughout these units (i.e.

where relevant in the

performance criteria,

performance evidence,

knowledge evidence and

assessment conditions).

PUAMAN004 Manage

procurement – there is no

mention of ‘procurement’ in the

unit (other than the title). This

unit is more about managing

tenders and contracts.

Some unit hierarchical

prerequisite requirements are

questionable, e.g.: the

prerequisite for PUACOM007 is

PUACOM005, which also has a

prerequisite – PUATEA004. This

is also the case in PUATEA001,

PUATEA002 and PUATEA003.

These are not technical units

that require prior technical

skills. I question the necessity

for these prerequisites

(particularly the multi-faceted

prerequisites).

AIS did not address most

editorial suggestions provided

Unit applications provide context without

the context needing to be repeated

throughout the unit. The application has

specified the context and that context

therefore then applies to the whole unit

and its application.’

Public Safety is a complex environment

in which safety is a key concern of all

participants. Extensive consultation was



to them. They informed me that

industry did not accept the

changes.

undertaken with industry on all

prerequisites listed in the PUA Training

Package.

In discussions with the editor it was

carefully explained that there had been

extensive consultation with industry and

that they were very specific as to their

requirements.

Standard 7:

• The structure of assessment

requirements complies with

the assessment requirements

template.

All draft units of competency

specify the performance

evidence (including references

to volume and frequency) and

knowledge evidence to be

demonstrated for assessment,

along with required conditions

for assessment as per the

appropriate template.

However, the performance

evidence in many of the PUA

units does not cross reference

with the performance criteria,

e.g. in 166 PUA units, the

WHS/OHS requirements that

are specified in the

performance evidence are not

mentioned in the performance

criteria (sometimes they are

implied, but not explicit).

Over 100 unit specific cross

reference strengthening

examples were provided (i.e.

where to incorporate WHS/OHS

in the units’ performance

criteria and where to delete it

from the performance evidence

if it was not seen to be relevant)

but AIS did not accept any

editorial suggestions. They

informed me that industry did

not accept the changes.

As the QA Report notes ‘Workplace

health and safety requirements are

implicit in modern performance

standards but are also explicitly

mentioned as requirements in

performance evidence within these units,

where applicable.’

Industry have specified that they regard

work, health and safety as a bedrock that

underpins all organisational/agency

policies and procedures due to the

nature of the work being performed.


Qualifications

Editorial requirements Comments by the editor AIS Response

Standard 9:

• The structure of the

information for qualifications

complies with the qualification

template.

Not all the qualifications comply

with the qualification template.

In PUA50219, the extensive

prerequisite requirements are

not listed, despite the inclusion

of the following generic

statement: “where a prerequisite

is attached to a unit, it is identified

by the symbol L”. If you include

the prerequisite unit

requirements in the Core

category of this qualification it

adds up to around 16 units,

depending on the stream

selected. The packaging rules,

which specifies that 5 core units

must be completed is

misleading.

The other PUA qualifications list

the prerequisite units but, in the

PUA qualifications’ packaging

rules, prerequisite units are not

counted as part of the total

number of units required for

selection.

AIS did not address most

editorial suggestions provided

to them. They informed me that

industry did not accept the

changes. Page 8 of the Case for

Endorsement (CfE) and CfE

attachments address industry’s

stance in relation to the listing

of prerequisites.

The QA Report states that ‘The

qualifications comply with the template

– the prerequisites are listed and their

connection to other units is clear. The

qualifications meet all requirements.

Coding and naming are correct.

Packaging rules are clear. Core and

elective units are listed.’

As noted by the Editor, industry has

provided papers to specifically address

the reasoning behind the stance taken

with regards to prerequisites.

Standard 10:

• Credit arrangements existing

between Training Package

The Public Safety CVIG Release 1

provides information that no

national credit arrangements


Editorial requirements Comments by the editor AIS Response

qualifications and Higher

Education qualifications are

listed in a format that complies

with the credit arrangements

template.

with Higher Education exist at

this time (page 44-45).

Companion Volumes

Editorial requirements Comments by the editor

Standard 11:

• A quality assured companion volume

implementation guide is available and complies with

the companion volume implementation guide

template.

The Training Package components in this submission

are accompanied by the Public Safety CVIG Release 1.

The CVIG complies with the companion volume

implementation guide template included in the 2012

Standards.

3. Proofreading


• Unit codes and titles and qualification codes and

titles are accurately cross-referenced throughout

the training package product(s) including mapping

information and packaging rules, and in the

companion volume implementation guide.

The unit codes and titles have been proofread and

cross referenced in the documentation provided –

qualifications, Case for Endorsement, and CVIG.

• Units of competency and their content are

presented in full.

Yes, the units of competency in this submission are

presented in full.

• The author of the Editorial Report is satisfied with

the quality of the training products, specifically with

regard to:

o absence of spelling, grammatical and typing

mistakes

o consistency of language and formatting

o logical structure and presentation of the document.

o compliance with the required templates

I am satisfied with the quality of the training products

with regard to:

• Absence of spelling, grammatical and typing

mistakes

• Logical structure and presentation of the

documents and

• Consistency of formatting.


Attachment A: Revised units of competency

• PUAAMS001 Work in an aviation environment

• PUAAMS002 Search as a member of an air search team

• PUAAMS003 Conduct stores dropping operations

• PUAAMS006 Coordinate search and rescue resources

• PUAAMS007 Coordinate search and rescue operations

• PUAAMS008 Manage search and rescue operations

• PUACOM001 Communicate in the workplace

• PUACOM002 Provide services to clients

• PUACOM003 Manage information

• PUACOM004 Manage organisational communication strategies

• PUACOM005 Foster a positive organisational image in the community

• PUACOM006 Plan and conduct a public awareness program

• PUACOM007 Liaise with other organisations

• PUACOM008 Develop and organise public safety awareness programs

• PUACOM009 Manage media requirements at major incident

• PUACOM010 Promote the organisation's mission and services


• PUACOM012 Liaise with media at a local level

• PUACOM013 Administer a local public safety group

• PUACOM014 Contribute to community safety

• PUACOM015Conduct community safety activities

• PUAECO001 Operate telephony systems






• PUAECO007 Respond to and maintain monitored automatic notification system






• PUAEME001 Provide emergency care

• PUAEME002 Manage injuries at emergency incident

• PUAEME003 Administer oxygen in an emergency

• PUAEME004 Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury

• PUAEME005 Provide pain management


• PUAEMR002 Assess emergency risk

• PUAEMR003 Develop treatment options for emergency risk

• PUAEMR004 Manage risk treatment implementation

• PUAEMR005 Treat operational risk

• PUAEMR006 Assess operational risk

• PUAEMR007 Develop emergency management plans

• PUAEMR008 Contribute to an emergency risk management process

• PUAEMR009 Facilitate emergency risk assessment

• PUAEMR010 Plan and implement a treatment measure

• PUAEMR011 Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises

• PUAEMR012 Determine treatment options

• PUAEMR013 Design emergency management exercises

• PUAEMR014 Deliver recovery services

• PUAEMR015 Establish and manage a recovery centre

• PUAEMR016 Facilitate community involvement in recovery

• PUAEMR017 Manage recovery functions and services

• PUAEMR018 Work in an emergency management context

• PUAEMR021 Facilitate emergency planning processes

• PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

• PUAFER001Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

• PUAFER002 Ensure facility emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are

implemented

• PUAFER003 Manage and monitor facility emergency procedures, equipment and other

resources

• PUAFER004 Respond to facility emergencies





• PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility

• PUAFER009 Participate as a member of a facility emergency response team

• PUAFER010 Lead a facility emergency response team

• PUAFER011 Manage facility emergency response teams


• PUAFIR202 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications

• PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

• PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire

• PUAFIR205 Respond to aviation incident (specialist)


• PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

• PUAFIR208 Participate in community safety activities

• PUAFIR209 Work safely around aircraft

• PUAFIR210 Prevent injury

• PUAFIR211 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter

• PUAFIR212 Rappel from helicopter

• PUAFIR219 Undertake helicopter winch operations

• PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire

• PUAFIR301 Undertake community safety activities

• PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire


• PUAFIR304 Respond to marine emergencies

• PUAFIR305 Respond to aviation incidents (general)


• PUAFIR307 Operate aerial appliance


• PUAFIR309 Operate pumps

• PUAFIR310 Operate specialist appliance

• PUAFIR311 Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter


• PUAFIR312 Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft

• PUAFIR313 Operate aviation support equipment


• PUAFIR315 Navigate from an aircraft

• PUAFIR323 Take local weather observations


• PUAFIR325 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations

• PUAFIR326 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations

• PUAFIR401 Obtain incident intelligence






• PUAFIR407 Interpret and analyse fire weather information

• PUAFIR408 Plan aircraft operations

• PUAFIR409 Develop air attack strategies

• PUAFIR410 Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident


• PUAFIR417 Supervise machinery use in wildfire operations

• PUAFIR418 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents

• PUAFIR501 Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities

• PUAFIR502 Develop incident control strategies

• PUAFIR503 Coordinate human resource management activities

• PUAFIR504 Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies

• PUAFIR505 Administer cost centre's financial resources




• PUAFIR509 Implement prevention strategies





• PUAFIR517 Conduct an inspection of a performance based design building

• PUAFIR601 Develop and administer organisational policies, procedures and practices

• PUAFIR602 Manage the implementation of community safety strategies

• PUAFIR603 Determine origin and cause of wildfire

• PUAFIR604 Determine origin and cause of structure fire

• PUAFIR605 Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire

• PUAFIR606 Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation

• PUAFIR607 Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations

• PUAFIR608 Investigate fatal fires

• PUAFIR609 Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence

• PUAFIR610 Manage imaging and electronic data

• PUAFIR611 Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results

• PUAFIR612 Undertake post incident analysis

• PUALAW001 Protect and preserve incident scene

• PUALAW002 Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

• PUALAW003 Give evidence in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

• PUALAW004 Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

• PUAMAN001 Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities

• PUAMAN002 Administer allocation of resources

• PUAMAN003 Manage human resources

• PUAMAN004 Manage procurement

• PUAMAN005 Manage projects

• PUAMAN006 Manage and facilitate change

• PUAMAN007 Manage financial resources

• PUAMAN008 Manage physical resources

• PUAOIL202 Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response

• PUAOIL303 Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines

• PUAOIL304 Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response

• PUAOIL404 Apply decision making strategies in an oil spill response

• PUAOIL405 Apply oiled shoreline assessment strategies in an oil spill response

• PUAOIL406 Lead a team in oiled shoreline clean up




• PUAOPE009 Navigate in an aquatic environment

• PUAOPE010 Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency



• PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

• PUAOPE014 Navigate to an incident












• PUAOPE027 Undertake beach safety management activities

• PUAPRO001 Promote a learning environment in the workplace

• PUAPRS205 Manage marketing requirements

• PUASAR001 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

• PUASAR002 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

• PUASAR003 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR team

• PUASAR004 Implement and monitor USAR operation plans

• PUASAR005 Review USAR team plans implemented at an incident

• PUASAR011 Search as a member of an aquatic search team

• PUASAR012 Apply surf awareness and self-rescue skills

• PUASAR013 Participate in an aquatic rescue operation

• PUASAR014 Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations

• PUASAR015 Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation


• PUASAR016 Operate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operations

• PUASAR017 Undertake advanced surf rescue

• PUASAR018 Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR

incidents

• PUASAR019 Train canines to work in a USAR environment

• PUASAR020 Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents

• PUASAR021 Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents

• PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

• PUASAR023 Participate in a first response urban search and rescue Category 1

• PUASAR024 Undertake road crash rescue

• PUASAR025 Undertake confined space rescue

• PUASAR026 Undertake industrial and domestic rescue

• PUASAR027 Undertake land search rescue

• PUASAR028 Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse

• PUASAR030 Undertake trench rescue

• PUASAR031 Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2 rescue technician

• PUASAR032 Undertake vertical rescue

• PUASES008 Undertake storm and water damage operations

• PUASES009 Undertake inland floodboat operations

• PUASES010 Plan, activate and maintain a communications network

• PUASES011 Manage emergency operations

• PUASES012 Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

• PUASES013 Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights

• PUASES014 Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques

• PUASES015 Operate over-snow vehicle

• PUASES016 Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations

• PUATEA001 Work in a team

• PUATEA002 Work autonomously

• PUATEA003 Lead, manage and develop teams

• PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation

• PUATEA005 Manage own professional performance

• PUAVEH001 Drive vehicles under operational conditions




• PUAWHS003 Implement and monitor organisational work, health and safety policies,




3. Proofreading


• Unit codes and titles and qualification codes and

titles are accurately cross referenced throughout the

training package products including mapping

information and packaging rules, and in the companion

volume implementation guide.

The unit codes and titles have been proofread and

cross referenced in the documentation provided –

qualifications, Case for Endorsement, and CVIG.

• Units of competency and their content are presented

in full. Yes, the units of competency in this submission are

presented in full.

• The author of the Editorial Report is satisfied with the

quality of the training products, specifically with regard

to:

o absence of spelling, grammatical and typing mistakes

o consistency of language and formatting

o logical structure and presentation of the document.

o compliance with the required templates

I am satisfied with the quality of the training products

with regard to:

• Absence of spelling, grammatical and typing

mistakes

• Logical structure and presentation of the

documents and

• Consistency of formatting.


Attachment A: Revised units of competency

• PUAAMS001 Work in an aviation environment

• PUAAMS002 Search as a member of an air search team

• PUAAMS003 Conduct stores dropping operations

• PUAAMS006 Coordinate search and rescue resources

• PUAAMS007 Coordinate search and rescue operations

• PUAAMS008 Manage search and rescue operations

• PUACOM001 Communicate in the workplace

• PUACOM002 Provide services to clients

• PUACOM003 Manage information

• PUACOM004 Manage organisational communication strategies

• PUACOM005 Foster a positive organisational image in the community

• PUACOM006 Plan and conduct a public awareness program

• PUACOM007 Liaise with other organisations

• PUACOM008 Develop and organise public safety awareness programs

• PUACOM009 Manage media requirements at major incident

• PUACOM010 Promote the organisation's mission and services


• PUACOM012 Liaise with media at a local level

• PUACOM013 Administer a local public safety group

• PUACOM014 Contribute to community safety

• PUACOM015Conduct community safety activities

• PUAECO001 Operate telephony systems






• PUAECO007 Respond to and maintain monitored automatic notification system





• PUAEME001 Provide emergency care

• PUAEME002 Manage injuries at emergency incident

• PUAEME003 Administer oxygen in an emergency

• PUAEME004 Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury

• PUAEME005 Provide pain management


• PUAEMR002 Assess emergency risk

• PUAEMR003 Develop treatment options for emergency risk

• PUAEMR004 Manage risk treatment implementation

• PUAEMR005 Treat operational risk


• PUAEMR006 Assess operational risk

• PUAEMR007 Develop emergency management plans

• PUAEMR008 Contribute to an emergency risk management process

• PUAEMR009 Facilitate emergency risk assessment

• PUAEMR010 Plan and implement a treatment measure

• PUAEMR011 Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises

• PUAEMR012 Determine treatment options

• PUAEMR013 Design emergency management exercises

• PUAEMR014 Deliver recovery services

• PUAEMR015 Establish and manage a recovery centre

• PUAEMR016 Facilitate community involvement in recovery

• PUAEMR017 Manage recovery functions and services

• PUAEMR018 Work in an emergency management context

• PUAEMR021 Facilitate emergency planning processes

• PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

• PUAFER001Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

• PUAFER002 Ensure facility emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are

implemented

• PUAFER003 Manage and monitor facility emergency procedures, equipment and other

resources

• PUAFER004 Respond to facility emergencies




• PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility

• PUAFER009 Participate as a member of a facility emergency response team

• PUAFER010 Lead a facility emergency response team

• PUAFER011 Manage facility emergency response teams


• PUAFIR202 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications

• PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

• PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire

• PUAFIR205 Respond to aviation incident (specialist)


• PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

• PUAFIR208 Participate in community safety activities

• PUAFIR209 Work safely around aircraft

• PUAFIR210 Prevent injury

• PUAFIR211 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter

• PUAFIR212 Rappel from helicopter

• PUAFIR219 Undertake helicopter winch operations

• PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire

• PUAFIR301 Undertake community safety activities

• PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire



• PUAFIR304 Respond to marine emergencies

• PUAFIR305 Respond to aviation incidents (general)


• PUAFIR307 Operate aerial appliance


• PUAFIR309 Operate pumps

• PUAFIR310 Operate specialist appliance

• PUAFIR311 Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter

• PUAFIR312 Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft

• PUAFIR313 Operate aviation support equipment


• PUAFIR315 Navigate from an aircraft

• PUAFIR323 Take local weather observations


• PUAFIR325 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations

• PUAFIR326 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations

• PUAFIR401 Obtain incident intelligence






• PUAFIR407 Interpret and analyse fire weather information

• PUAFIR408 Plan aircraft operations

• PUAFIR409 Develop air attack strategies

• PUAFIR410 Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident


• PUAFIR417 Supervise machinery use in wildfire operations

• PUAFIR418 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents

• PUAFIR501 Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities

• PUAFIR502 Develop incident control strategies

• PUAFIR503 Coordinate human resource management activities

• PUAFIR504 Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies

• PUAFIR505 Administer cost centre's financial resources




• PUAFIR509 Implement prevention strategies




• PUAFIR517 Conduct an inspection of a performance based design building

• PUAFIR601 Develop and administer organisational policies, procedures and practices


• PUAFIR602 Manage the implementation of community safety strategies

• PUAFIR603 Determine origin and cause of wildfire

• PUAFIR604 Determine origin and cause of structure fire

• PUAFIR605 Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire

• PUAFIR606 Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation

• PUAFIR607 Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations

• PUAFIR608 Investigate fatal fires

• PUAFIR609 Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence

• PUAFIR610 Manage imaging and electronic data

• PUAFIR611 Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results

• PUAFIR612 Undertake post incident analysis

• PUALAW001 Protect and preserve incident scene

• PUALAW002 Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

• PUALAW003 Give evidence in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

• PUALAW004 Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

• PUAMAN001 Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities

• PUAMAN002 Administer allocation of resources

• PUAMAN003 Manage human resources

• PUAMAN004 Manage procurement

• PUAMAN005 Manage projects

• PUAMAN006 Manage and facilitate change

• PUAMAN007 Manage financial resources

• PUAMAN008 Manage physical resources

• PUAOIL202 Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response

• PUAOIL303 Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines

• PUAOIL304 Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response

• PUAOIL404 Apply decision making strategies in an oil spill response

• PUAOIL405 Apply oiled shoreline assessment strategies in an oil spill response

• PUAOIL406 Lead a team in oiled shoreline clean up



• PUAOPE009 Navigate in an aquatic environment

• PUAOPE010 Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency



• PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

• PUAOPE014 Navigate to an incident













• PUAOPE027 Undertake beach safety management activities

• PUAPRO001 Promote a learning environment in the workplace

• PUAPRS205 Manage marketing requirements

• PUASAR001 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

• PUASAR002 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

• PUASAR003 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR team

• PUASAR004 Implement and monitor USAR operation plans

• PUASAR005 Review USAR team plans implemented at an incident

• PUASAR011 Search as a member of an aquatic search team

• PUASAR012 Apply surf awareness and self-rescue skills

• PUASAR013 Participate in an aquatic rescue operation

• PUASAR014 Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations

• PUASAR015 Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation

• PUASAR016 Operate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operations

• PUASAR017 Undertake advanced surf rescue

• PUASAR018 Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR

incidents

• PUASAR019 Train canines to work in a USAR environment

• PUASAR020 Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents

• PUASAR021 Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents

• PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

• PUASAR023 Participate in a first response urban search and rescue Category 1

• PUASAR024 Undertake road crash rescue

• PUASAR025 Undertake confined space rescue

• PUASAR026 Undertake industrial and domestic rescue

• PUASAR027 Undertake land search rescue

• PUASAR028 Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse

• PUASAR030 Undertake trench rescue

• PUASAR031 Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2 rescue technician

• PUASAR032 Undertake vertical rescue

• PUASES008 Undertake storm and water damage operations

• PUASES009 Undertake inland floodboat operations

• PUASES010 Plan, activate and maintain a communications network

• PUASES011 Manage emergency operations

• PUASES012 Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

• PUASES013 Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights

• PUASES014 Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques

• PUASES015 Operate over-snow vehicle

• PUASES016 Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations

• PUATEA001 Work in a team


• PUATEA002 Work autonomously

• PUATEA003 Lead, manage and develop teams

• PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation

• PUATEA005 Manage own professional performance

• PUAVEH001 Drive vehicles under operational conditions



• PUAWHS003 Implement and monitor organisational work, health and safety policies,




APPENDIX C – INDEPENDENT QUALITY REPORT

SECTION 1 – COVER PAGE


Training Package title and code Public Safety Training Package (Release 1.0)

Number of new qualifications and their titles1 1 new PUA qualification


Number of revised qualifications and their titles 30 transitioned qualifications (see attached list)

Number of new units of competency and their titles 16 new PUA units of competency (see attached list)

Number of revised units of competency and their titles

224 revised units of competency (162 transitioned and

62 reviewed) (see attached list)

Confirmation that the panel member is independent of: • the Training Package or Training Package

components review (‘Yes’ or ‘No’) • development and/or validation activities

associated with the Case for Endorsement (‘Yes’ or ‘No’) • undertaking the Equity and/or Editorial Reports

for the training package products that are the subject of this quality report (‘Yes’ or ‘No’)

I confirm through affirmation:

Yes

Yes

Yes

Confirmation of the Training Packages or components thereof being compliant with the Standards for Training Packages 2012

The Training Package is compliant with the Standards

for Training Packages 2012

Confirmation of the Training Packages or components thereof being compliant with the Training Package Products Policy

The Training Package is compliant with the Training

Package Products Policy

Confirmation of the Training Packages or components thereof being compliant with the Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy

The Training Package is compliant with the Training

Package Development and Endorsement Process

Policy

1 When the number of training products is high the titles can be presented as an attached list.



Panel member’s view about whether: • the evidence of consultation and validation

process being fit for purpose and commensurate with the scope

• estimated impact of the proposed changes is sufficient and convincing

As evidenced by the Case for Endorsement (CfE), and

the associated appendices, consultation was

extensive and exhaustive. The Technical Advisory

Committees were represented by a broad cross-

section of industry providers and stakeholders. The

CfE clearly outlines how the process was fit for

purpose. The CfE explains how industry and unique

sector contexts were accommodated. The impact and

the need for the inclusion of specific units with sector

variations in application is justified and clear. The

need to maintain pre-requisites is well documented

and reasonable. A convincing case is made of all

specific requirements. In particular, the fact that the

new units will be compliant but will also meet new

building fire safety codes and other changes to

compliance standards is evident.

Name of panel member completing Quality Report Terry Smith

Date of completion of the Quality Report 21st February, 2019

SECTION 2 – COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS FOR TRAINING PACKAGES 2012

Standards for Training Packages

Standard met ‘yes’ or ‘no’

Evidence supporting the statement of compliance or noncompliance (including evidence from equity and editorial reports)

Standard 1

Training Packages consist of the following: 1. AISC endorsed components:

• qualifications

• units of competency

• assessment requirements (associated with each unit of competency)

• credit arrangements 2. One or more quality assured

companion volumes

Yes I confirm that:

• qualifications

• units of competency

• assessment requirements (associated with each unit of competency)

• credit arrangements (or lack of) are all evident.

Standard 2

Training Package developers comply with the Training Package Products Policy

Yes The Training Package developers have complied with the Training Package Products Policy meeting all conditions.

Standard 3

Training Package developers comply with the AISC Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy

Yes The Training Package developers have complied with the AISC Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy in all aspects: consultation; development; and compliance.

Standard 4

Units of competency specify the standards of performance required in the workplace

Yes The standards of performance required in the workplace are specified in the units of competency. The standards of performance are clear and logically sequenced.





Standard 5

The structure of units of competency complies with the unit of competency template

Yes The structure meets the standards. The case for prerequisites has been made within the CfE and where they are relevant to a unit they are included.

I note the editorial and equity report. In reviewing I can confirm that the Foundation Skills are explicit and embedded in the performance criteria throughout all units. This was proven through analysis against trigger words for Foundation Skills, an ASQA resource.

Where pre-requisites are required they are listed. Unit tiles are correct and unit applications are clear. It is not necessary to repeat unit title key words throughout the unit as the title is a functional area of competence and the criteria are the measures. That is to measure management the unit rightly breaks management down to elemental components and criteria. That is the word manage is a collective

outcome of associated performance measures.

In addition, a generic term like procurement

(reference Unit code PUAMAN004) can be used

for a specific context without affecting the

integrity or context of the unit. This unit is

about managing the procurement of tenders

and contracts and as such is appropriately

titled.

Unit applications provide context without the

context needing to be repeated throughout the

unit. The application has specified the context

and that context therefore then applies to the

whole unit and its application.

Workplace health and safety requirements are implicit in modern performance standards but are also explicitly mentioned as requirements in performance evidence within these units where applicable.

Standard 6

Assessment requirements specify the evidence and required conditions for assessment

Yes Assessment requirements are clear as are the conditions for assessment including simulation where it is applicable. Specification of equipment and machinery that must be used for specific units is also evident.

Standard 7

Every unit of competency has associated assessment requirements. The structure of assessment requirements complies with the assessment requirements template

Yes All units have associated assessment requirements. The assessment requirements comply with the relevant and specified template.





Standard 8

Qualifications comply with the Australian Qualifications Framework specification for that qualification type

Yes The qualifications fall within the specification for that qualification type within the Australian Qualifications Framework, with clear pathways.

Standard 9

The structure of the information for the Australian Qualifications Framework qualification complies with the qualification template

Yes The qualifications comply with the template – the prerequisites are listed and their connection to other units is clear. The qualifications meet all requirements. Coding and naming are correct. Packaging rules are clear. Core and elective units are listed.

Standard 10

Credit arrangements existing between Training Package qualifications and Higher Education qualifications are listed in a format that complies with the credit arrangements template

Yes There are no credit arrangements but this fact is listed correctly in the template. Mention is made of the articulation arrangement that are negotiated individually with universities.

Standard 11

A quality assured companion volume implementation guide produced by the Training Package developer is available at the time of endorsement and complies with the companion volume implementation guide template.

Yes A Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) exists and provides clear and useful information.

Standard 12 Training Package developers produce other quality assured companion volumes to meet the needs of their stakeholders as required.

Yes As this is a complete Training Package in this instance this is not required but there is evidence that this happens as and when they are required. There is evidence of AIS having done this when required previously.

SECTION 3 – COMPLIANCE WITH THE TRAINING PACKAGE QUALITY PRINCIPLES

Note: not all training package quality principles might be applicable to every training package or its

components. Please provide a supporting statement/evidence of compliance or non-compliance against

each principle.

Quality principle 1. Reflect identified workforce outcomes

Key features Quality principle is met: Yes / No or N/A

Evidence demonstrating compliance/non compliance with the quality principle

Please see examples of evidence in the Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy

Driven by industry’s needs Yes The Training Package is driven and developed by industry and the key sectors within the industry. The Training Package development and design has considered the specific needs of different sectors. There is evidence of widespread


consultation. The CfE (particularly pages 13-19) highlights industry’s requirements and especially in relation to units that meet fire specific and non-fire specific needs. The need to update to meet new regulations, standards and codes is also addressed.

Compliant and responds to government policy initiatives Training package component responds to the COAG Industry and Skills Council’s (CISC) training package-related initiatives or directions, in particular the 2015 training package reforms. Please specify which of the following CISC reforms are relevant to the training product and identify supporting evidence: • ensure obsolete and

superfluous qualifications are removed from the system

• ensure that more

information about industry’s expectations of training delivery is available to training providers to improve their delivery and to consumers to enable more informed course choices

• ensure that the training

system better supports individuals to move easily from one related occupation to another

• improve the efficiency of the

training system by creating units that can be owned and used by multiple industry sectors

• foster greater recognition of

skill sets

Yes The PUA Public Safety Training Package development

and review work and associated extensive industry

consultation with stakeholders confirms that obsolete,

superfluous and duplicative qualifications and units of competency were removed from the system, with 5 units being removed. The CVIG provides essential information to training providers and the units provide extra guidance on assessment. The Training Package offers a broad suite of skill sets that offer a range of upskilling areas (Page 19 of CfE and in qualification descriptions).

The efficiency of the training system has been improved by creating units that can be owned and used by multiple industry sectors in the following ways:

• There are units that can be fire specific but can also be used in more generic public safety contexts. This approach meets a dual demand within sectors and eliminates unnecessary duplication.

• The management, finance, project and procurement units can be used across sectors within the industry. Higher level leadership units have been imported from the Business Services Training Package providing cross-industry portability and relevance.

• Generic industry management, finance, project and procurement units have sufficient generality to allow for easy RPL for candidates with related cross industry units of competency or seeking Recognition for such units.

Portability is enabled through multiple entry and exit

points as evidenced in the pathways diagram within

the CVIG. The information contained within the

qualifications framework and pathways advice are

designed to reflect Public Safety industry needs and to

provide clear and unambiguous advice.

The generic units; units that can be applied in

different contexts; and the use of efficient skill sets


enables the training system to better support individuals to move easily from one related occupation to another. The units as listed on page 21 of the CfE are proof of this. Seventeen new skill sets were developed as per page 22 of the CfE. The skill sets allow for greater portability and skill development and for transitioning and support within and between sectors.

Reflect contemporary work organisation and job profiles incorporating a future orientation

Yes The units are future oriented and take account of current technology and current techniques including taking account of and incorporating recent developments in regulations and standards.

Quality principle 2: Support portability of skills and competencies including reflecting

licensing and regulatory requirements


Evidence demonstrating compliance with the quality principle


Support movement of skills within and across organisations and sectors

Yes Portability is enabled through multiple entry and exit

points as evidenced in the pathways diagram within

the CVIG. The information contained within the

qualifications framework and pathways advice are

designed to reflect Public Safety industry needs and

to provide clear and unambiguous advice. Generic management, finance, project and procurement units have sufficient generality to allow for easy RPL for candidates with related cross industry units of competency and to allow for Recognition to be sought against cross-industry units. The use of cross-industry standards in the Graduate Diploma of Crisis leadership also enhances movement and portability.





Promote national and international portability

Yes The units of competency within the skill sets and

qualifications provide transferable occupational skills

that have national and international portability. The

units where possible are generic enough to be used

broadly and nationally.

International portability is enhanced by their practical

nature and their plain English. The new large suite of skill sets ensures industry needs and the niche context of some rescue and public safety areas are sufficiently addressed. Packaging rules, the qualifications, and pathways support movement within and across sectors. Allowances are made for some elective units to be imported from other training packages to be qualification compliant.

Reflect regulatory requirements and licensing

Yes There are no licensing requirements but the Training Package and its associated qualifications and units of competency address and specify relevant standards, regulations and codes.

Quality principle 3: Reflect national agreement about the core transferable skills and core job-specific skills required for job roles as identified by industry




Reflect national consensus Yes The CfE clearly demonstrates the wide national consultation that occurred and the areas of national consensus, while recognising and accommodating the varying state legislation, standard and codes.

Recognise convergence and connectivity of skills

Yes Cross-industry units are used for leadership qualifications. The industry has sought to use and develop units that are specific to its context. These units are generic enough to facilitate RPL at an operational level across industries.


Quality principle 4: Be flexible to meet the diversity of individual and employer needs including the capacity to adapt to changing job roles and workplaces




Meet the diversity of individual and employer needs

Yes The appendices within the CfE highlight the diverse needs of individuals and employers within the industry and across sectors. The CfE highlights how these needs were addressed, and particularly through units that can be applied to different contexts.

Support equitable access and progression of learners

Yes Multiple entry and exit points for qualifications and associated statements of attainment, with a range of skill sets that have flexible entry requirements and support equitable access and progress are evident. These qualifications and skill sets are listed and the pathways are illustrated in the CVIG. Pre-requisite units have been minimised and while they still exist they do not in any way limit equitable access and progression. Where they exist, there is a safety or foundation competence component that must be met prior to undertaking the dependent unit.


Quality principle 5: Facilitate recognition of an individual’s skills and knowledge and support movement between the school, vocational education and higher education sectors




Support learner transition between education sectors

N/A The reviewer agrees with the CfE statement that

“there is limited opportunity for interaction between

schools and the VET sectors in the PUA Public Safety

Training Package due to the high-risk nature of the

work carried out in emergency situations. There are

clearly some Units of Competency (sic) in the

Certificate II in Public Safety (SES) which may be

appropriate for a VET in schools’ program depending

on local needs and resources.”

The reviewer notes the exception being the

NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services Cadet

program which is a two-year program for students

commencing in year 11 which offers Units of

Competency for a Certificate II in Community

Engagement and/or becoming a NT Emergency

Services Volunteer.

Currently, no nationally agreed credit transfer

arrangements between the qualifications in the PUA

Public Safety Training Package and higher education

qualifications exists.

It is noted within the CfE that, individual higher

education institutions may offer credit transfers

based on previously gained qualifications, skills and

experience. This is a standard informal arrangement.

The reviewer agrees with the equity report statement

that:

“The key transition provided by these units of

competency is between job functions, ranging from

entry level to skilled and/or specialised, within the

public sector.”


Quality principle 6: Support interpretation by training providers and others through the use of simple, concise language and clear articulation of assessment requirements




Support implementation across a range of settings

Yes The CVIG provides clear advice about implementation and is aided by specific qualification information. Qualification transition arrangements are also outlined. Pathways are clear and relevant units have been written in a way that makes them accessible and usable across sectors or for specific contexts.

Support sound assessment practice

Yes The depth and breadth of assessments is consistent and clear. Sound use is made of real and simulated assessment as and when required. Assessment conditions are clearly outlined. The units of competency and associated assessment requirements clearly specify the outcomes required in plain English and provide specific volume and context. Where specific equipment and situations must be applied in assessment these are specified.

Support implementation Yes The product is compliant with TGA/National Register requirements for publication. CVIG provides clear advice about implementation and is aided by specific qualification information. Qualification transition arrangements are also outlined.

Number of new qualifications and their titles ‐ 1 new qualification PUA80119 Graduate Diploma of Crisis Leadership

Number of revised qualifications and their titles ‐ 30 transitioned qualifications PUA20119 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) PUA20219 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES) PUA20619 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA20719 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA30319 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue) PUA30419 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) PUA30519 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations) PUA30619 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA30719 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA30819 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations) PUA31419 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA40119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA40219 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership) PUA40319 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision) PUA40419 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Leadership) PUA41019 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership) PUA41119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA42619 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management)


PUA50119 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA50219 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Management) PUA50419 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management) PUA50519 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA50919 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue ‐ Coordination) PUA51019 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA60119 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA60219 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue ‐ Management) PUA60519 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60719 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA60919 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)

Number of new units of competency and their titles ‐ 16 new units of competency PUABIO001 Conduct planning in a biosecurity emergency response PUAECL001 Evaluate societal threats, uncertainty and surprise PUAECL002 Lead and manage programs that develop resilience PUAECL003 Deliver value in crisis PUAECL004 Lead in a crisis PUAECL005 Support communities for crisis PUAECL006 Recognise personal effectiveness in a crisis PUAECL007 Define crisis context PUAFIR518 Conduct and record a bushfire attack level (BAL) assessment PUAFIR519 Supervise incendiary operations during aerial ignition PUAOPE001 Manage the investigation function at an incident PUAOPE002 Manage the finance function at an incident PUAOPE003 Manage the public information function at an incident PUAOPE004 Manage the intelligence function at an incident PUASAR029 Undertake a complex transport rescue PUATEA006 Lead a functional unit at an incident

Number of revised units of competency and their titles ‐ 224 revised units of competency Public Safety Training Package Case for Endorsement 32 (162 transitioned and 62 reviewed) PUAAMS001 Work in an aviation environment PUAAMS002 Search as a member of an air search team PUAAMS003 Conduct stores dropping operations PUAAMS006 Coordinate search and rescue resources PUAAMS007 Coordinate search and rescue operations PUAAMS008 Manage search and rescue operations PUACOM001 Communicate in the workplace PUACOM002 Provide services to clients PUACOM003 Manage information PUACOM004 Manage organisational communication strategies PUACOM005 Foster a positive organisational image in the community PUACOM006 Plan and conduct a public awareness program PUACOM007 Liaise with other organisations PUACOM008 Develop and organise public safety awareness programs PUACOM009 Manage media requirements at major incident PUACOM010 Promote the organisation's mission and services PUACOM011 Develop community awareness networks PUACOM012 Liaise with media at a local level PUACOM013 Administer a local public safety group PUACOM014 Contribute to community safety PUACOM015 Conduct community safety activities PUAECO001 Operate telephony systems PUAECO002 Process emergency incident calls and enquiries PUAECO003 Operate and control radio networks


PUAECO004 Operate computer aided dispatch system PUAECO005 Dispatch resources from within an emergency communications centre PUAECO006 Read and interpret maps PUAECO007 Respond to and maintain monitored automatic notification system PUAECO008 Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations PUAECO009 Coordinate emergency communications centre operations PUAECO010 Maintain standards of emergency service delivery PUAECO011 Support logistics in the field PUAEME001 Provide emergency care PUAEME002 Manage injuries at emergency incident PUAEME003 Administer oxygen in an emergency PUAEME004 Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury PUAEME005 Provide pain management PUAEMR001 Establish context for emergency risk assessment PUAEMR002 Assess emergency risk PUAEMR003 Develop treatment options for emergency risk PUAEMR004 Manage risk treatment implementation PUAEMR005 Treat operational risk PUAEMR006 Assess operational risk PUAEMR007 Develop emergency management plans PUAEMR008 Contribute to an emergency risk management process PUAEMR009 Facilitate emergency risk assessment PUAEMR010 Plan and implement a treatment measure PUAEMR011 Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises PUAEMR012 Determine treatment options PUAEMR013 Design emergency management exercises PUAEMR014 Deliver recovery services PUAEMR015 Establish and manage a recovery centre PUAEMR016 Facilitate community involvement in recovery PUAEMR017 Manage recovery functions and services PUAEMR018 Work in an emergency management context PUAEMR021 Facilitate emergency planning processes PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment PUAFER001 Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations PUAFER002 Ensure facility emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are implemented PUAFER003 Manage and monitor facility emergency procedures, equipment and other resources PUAFER004 Respond to facility emergencies PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation PUAFER006 Lead an emergency control organisation PUAFER007 Manage an emergency control organisation PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility PUAFER009 Participate as a member of a facility emergency response team PUAFER010 Lead a facility emergency response team PUAFER011 Manage facility emergency response teams PUAFIR201 Assist with prescribed burning PUAFIR202 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non‐structural applications PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire PUAFIR205 Respond to aviation incident (specialist) PUAFIR206 Check installed fire safety systems PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit PUAFIR208 Participate in community safety activities PUAFIR209 Work safely around aircraft PUAFIR210 Prevent injury PUAFIR211 Undertake hover‐exit operations from helicopter PUAFIR212 Rappel from helicopter PUAFIR219 Undertake helicopter winch operations


PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire PUAFIR301 Undertake community safety activities PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire PUAFIR304 Respond to marine emergencies PUAFIR305 Respond to aviation incidents (general) PUAFIR306 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident PUAFIR307 Operate aerial appliance PUAFIR308 Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident PUAFIR309 Operate pumps PUAFIR310 Operate specialist appliance PUAFIR311 Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter PUAFIR312 Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft PUAFIR313 Operate aviation support equipment PUAFIR314 Utilise installed fire safety systems PUAFIR315 Navigate from an aircraft PUAFIR323 Take local weather observations PUAFIR324 Render hazardous materials incidents safe PUAFIR325 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations PUAFIR326 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations PUAFIR401 Obtain incident intelligence PUAFIR402 Conduct simple prescribed burns PUAFIR403 Assess building plans PUAFIR404 Inspect dangerous goods facilities PUAFIR405 Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information PUAFIR406 Develop simple prescribed burn plans PUAFIR407 Interpret and analyse fire weather information PUAFIR408 Plan aircraft operations PUAFIR409 Develop air attack strategies PUAFIR410 Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident PUAFIR411 Provide safety advice at an urban incident PUAFIR417 Supervise machinery use in wildfire operations PUAFIR418 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents PUAFIR501 Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities PUAFIR502 Develop incident control strategies PUAFIR503 Coordinate human resource management activities PUAFIR504 Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies PUAFIR505 Administer cost centre's financial resources PUAFIR506 Conduct complex prescribed burns PUAFIR507 Inspect building fire safety systems PUAFIR508 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a wildfire PUAFIR509 Implement prevention strategies PUAFIR510 Inspect for legislative compliance PUAFIR515 Develop complex prescribed burn plans PUAFIR516 Assess and evaluate a facility's fire and incident safety management systems PUAFIR517 Conduct an inspection of a performance-based design building PUAFIR601 Develop and administer organisational policies, procedures and practices PUAFIR602 Manage the implementation of community safety strategies PUAFIR603 Determine origin and cause of wildfire PUAFIR604 Determine origin and cause of structure fire PUAFIR605 Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire PUAFIR606 Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation PUAFIR607 Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations PUAFIR608 Investigate fatal fires PUAFIR609 Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence PUAFIR610 Manage imaging and electronic data PUAFIR611 Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results


PUAFIR612 Undertake post incident analysis PUALAW001 Protect and preserve incident scene PUALAW002 Conduct initial investigation at incident scene PUALAW003 Give evidence in a judicial or quasi‐judicial setting PUALAW004 Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi‐judicial setting PUAMAN001 Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities PUAMAN002 Administer allocation of resources PUAMAN003 Manage human resources PUAMAN004 Manage procurement PUAMAN005 Manage projects PUAMAN006 Manage and facilitate change PUAMAN007 Manage financial resources PUAMAN008 Manage physical resources PUAOIL202 Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response PUAOIL303 Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines PUAOIL304 Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response PUAOIL404 Apply decision making strategies in an oil spill response PUAOIL405 Apply oiled shoreline assessment strategies in an oil spill response PUAOIL406 Lead a team in oiled shoreline clean up PUAOPE006 Control multi‐agency emergency situations PUAOPE007 Command organisational personnel within a multi‐agency emergency response PUAOPE009 Navigate in an aquatic environment PUAOPE010 Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency PUAOPE011 Inspect property and facilities PUAOPE012 Control a Level 1 incident PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment PUAOPE014 Navigate to an incident PUAOPE015 Conduct briefings and debriefings PUAOPE016 Manage a multi‐team sector PUAOPE017 Coordinate resources for a multi‐agency incident PUAOPE018 Control a Level 2 incident PUAOPE019 Control a Level 3 incident PUAOPE020 Lead a crew PUAOPE022 Manage logistics for a complex incident PUAOPE023 Manage operations for a Level 2 incident PUAOPE024 Manage operations for a Level 3 incident PUAOPE025 Manage planning for a complex incident PUAOPE026 Provide strategic safety advice at an incident PUAOPE027 Undertake beach safety management activities PUAPRO001 Promote a learning environment in the workplace PUAPRS205 Manage marketing requirements PUASAR001 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery PUASAR002 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery PUASAR003 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR team PUASAR004 Implement and monitor USAR operation plans PUASAR005 Review USAR team plans implemented at an incident PUASAR011 Search as a member of an aquatic search team PUASAR012 Apply surf awareness and self‐rescue skills PUASAR013 Participate in an aquatic rescue operation PUASAR014 Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations PUASAR015 Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation PUASAR016 Operate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operations PUASAR017 Undertake advanced surf rescue PUASAR018 Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR incidents PUASAR019 Train canines to work in a USAR environment PUASAR020 Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents PUASAR021 Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents


PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation PUASAR023 Participate in a first response urban search and rescue Category 1 PUASAR024 Undertake road crash rescue PUASAR025 Undertake confined space rescue PUASAR026 Undertake industrial and domestic rescue PUASAR027 Undertake land search rescue PUASAR028 Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse PUASAR030 Undertake trench rescue PUASAR031 Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2 rescue technician PUASAR032 Undertake vertical rescue PUASES008 Undertake storm and water damage operations PUASES009 Undertake inland floodboat operations PUASES010 Plan, activate and maintain a communications network PUASES011 Manage emergency operations PUASES012 Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre PUASES013 Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights PUASES014 Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques PUASES015 Operate over‐snow vehicle PUASES016 Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations PUATEA001 Work in a team PUATEA002 Work autonomously PUATEA003 Lead, manage and develop teams PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation PUATEA005 Manage own professional performance PUAVEH001 Drive vehicles under operational conditions PUAWHS001 Follow defined work, health and safety policies and procedures PUAWHS002 Maintain safety at an incident scene PUAWHS003 Implement and monitor organisational work, health and safety policies, procedures and programs PUAWHS004 Establish and maintain the work, health and safety system


APPENDIX D – INDUSTRY PAPERS

USE OF PREREQUISITE UNITS OF COMPETENCY IN FIRE SECTOR

QUALIFICATIONS

Background

1. The Fire Sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or

organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of

firefighting and fire management services. The Fire Sector represents a workforce of 37,000

permanent, 6,000 part time and 257,000 volunteers.

2. The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) members comprise 31

enterprise Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) responsible for the delivery of ten firefighting

and fire related qualifications from the PUA Public Safety Training Package. These qualifications

consist of over 160 units of competency that reflect contemporary work and job roles, and the

diverse and complex nature of work undertaken within the Fire Sector. Emergency management,

building fire safety, community education, prescribed burning, fire investigation, use of aircraft for

hazard management and response to all hazards, structure fires, bushfire, aviation incidents, and

search and rescue are examples of the type of work performed and form the basis of job roles.

3. It is important to understand that other emergency service agencies, or public safety

organisations that use incident management principles in their work, require access to the incident

control and other parts of the PUA Public Safety Training Package (PSTP), while not themselves being

involved in firefighting or fire management. There is a view in the Fire Sector that the unique risks of

working in the firefighting context demands clear and structured fire specific training, in order to

secure the safety of personnel.

4. The Fire Sector has had nationally endorsed qualifications since 1995. The original

qualifications have provided a strong and robust foundation for training and assessment within the

industry. The philosophy within the Fire Sector is to have a suite of nationally agreed qualifications,

agreed common core units, and a variety of electives to accommodate the breadth and complexity

of work undertaken within the industry, and the different specialisations that exist within the urban,

rural and land management agencies.

5. With each iteration, the qualifications have expanded to incorporate national doctrine and to

embed research findings, new technologies and changes to work requirements. The firefighting

qualifications are well regarded within the Fire Sector and have been used extensively since they

were introduced in 1995.

6. Of the 31 AFAC member enterprise RTOs, urban agencies typically deliver the suite of fire

qualifications, while rural and land management agencies deliver significant numbers of individual

units clustered around job roles and risk. The Fire Sector qualifications and units of competency

reflect workplace outcomes and continue to evolve as new work skills and practices are introduced.

In the transition of the PUA PSTP, the 2018 draft endorsed Firefighting Qualifications continue to be

driven by industry needs.


Integrity of the Fire Sector Units of Competency and Qualifications

7. The Fire Sector has had extensive involvement in the transition of PUA PSTP and is committed

to maintaining the integrity of the Public Safety and Fire Sector units and qualifications. These

qualifications and units serve as national benchmarks for people to work safely and effectively in the

sector. The result of this effort is Fire Sector qualifications and units that describe the work

performed, the standard of work required, and the knowledge and skills that a competent person

should be able to demonstrate or communicate.

Prerequisites and the Fire Sector Qualifications

8. Since 1995, the Fire Sector has had prerequisite units in the Fire Sector qualifications.

Prerequisite units support the integrity of the Fire units and qualifications by ensuring that the

necessary skills and knowledge are gained before units that depend on those skills and knowledge

are awarded. Prerequisite units are only listed within the Fire Sector units where that unit is, in its

entirety, relevant to and necessary for the continuation of learning in the unit in which it is listed.

The Fire Sector has always recognised other sectors may have different organisational

requirements.

9. Examples of how prerequisites apply in the Fire Sector are:

▪ PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire (from Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting

Operations)) is a prerequisite unit for PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire (from Certificate III in

Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)).

▪ PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire (from Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations))

is a prerequisite unit to PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire (from Certificate III in Public Safety

(Firefighting Operations)).

These examples reflect the industry’s agreed position that the knowledge and skills gained in the

respond to urban fire and wildfire units are required to undertake the more complex work

performed at the next level. Both sets of units involve working in high risk, hazardous and dynamic

environments and extensive underpinning knowledge and skills application in the workplace are

required for firefighters to be deemed competent in the suppress units.

Equivalence across Fire Sector Qualifications

10. Awarding of a qualification is dependent on the achievement of a specified list of core units

and a selection of elective units. It is advantageous to people seeking a qualification that the pre-

requisite units associated with the core units are clear.

11. Traditionally, the Fire Sector qualifications have had some core units underpinned by one or

more prerequisites. These prerequisites have never been counted as core units in any of the

previous releases of the Fire Sector qualifications. Prerequisite units listed in the core units have

always been considered additional to the number of core units required. It is the strong position of

the Fire Sector to not count prerequisites as core units.

12. To include prerequisites in the total number of core units required would result in the

qualifications being deemed ‘not equivalent’, create an artificial perception that the vocational

outcomes of the firefighting qualifications have changed, and that the qualifications would be more

difficult to attain.


13. This approach would result in a significant barrier to endorsement, impede industry support

and for many within the industry seeking to achieve a qualification this would be perceived as a

barrier to accessing the qualification. This view has been strongly communicated by industry and the

nominated volunteer representatives. The practice of not counting prerequisites in the total number

of core units, but of listing them in the core units, is well understood and managed within the Fire

Sector enterprise RTOs.

Need for alternative prerequisites

14. Industry determined from the outset that alternative prerequisites were required to ensure

each Fire Sector qualification provides the flexibility required to include the three parts of the

industry within each qualification. Otherwise there would need to be separate qualifications that

represent the work of fire land managers, rural and volunteer firefighters, career urban firefighters

which would be considered by the industry to impede interoperability and the adoption of common

standards of work.

15. Alternative prerequisites recognise the differences that exist within the sector, while bringing

all parts of the sector together on those areas of work where the work is common. This provides a

mechanism to allow a large group of people to access the same qualification, while allowing for

different specialisations to exist within that cohort.

16. Alternative prerequisites recognise that while there is specific knowledge and skills that must

be held prior to achieving a higher level competency, there can be more than one pathway to

acquire the competence. This is the case in the Fire Sector where supervisory and managerial units

may be applied in a range of quite different work environments. Competence is required in the

environment that the supervisor or manager works in, but not in all possible environments.

17. An example of how this applies follows:

PUAOPE012 Control a Level 1 incident (from Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision))

has two alternative prerequisites: PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire and PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire.

This is because whilst the Control a Level 1 incident does not distinguish between incident types it is

critical for safety and effectiveness that competence at Certificate III level in fighting the type of fire

being faced is required. Therefore, one or other of the options listed is necessary for a person to be

deemed competent as a controller at a Level 1 fire.

In this example, the environment is sufficiently different that competence in one area (urban) does

not confer competence in the other (wildfire) and vice versa.

18. A similar situation applies for the unit PUAOPE016 Manage a multi team sector (from Diploma

in Public Safety (Firefighting Management)). Again, competence in dealing with one of the two

alternative fire environments is required.

The two supervisory and managerial units described are core units in those Fire Sector

qualifications. If the alternative prerequisite units were themselves to be listed as core units then it

would be necessary to list each alternative as core, given that alternatives are not permitted in the

core grouping. This would immediately deny people who do not work in each of the work

environments access to the qualification.

Most firefighters working in the wildfire environment (holding PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire and

PUAFIR303 Suppress wildfire) do not have and do not need the urban fire units (PUAFIR203 Respond


to urban fire and PUAFIR302 Suppress urban fire). Such a barrier is contrary to the needs of the

individuals, the needs of the industry, and is unacceptable from an equity basis.

19. A further consequence of counting prerequisite units in the total number of core units is that

it would limit the ability of Fire Sector enterprise RTOs to offer qualifications. An RTO must offer all

core units and sufficient elective units that the learner can be awarded the qualification. Inclusion of

prerequisite units as core would prevent Fire Sector enterprise RTOs that offer supervisory and

managerial level qualifications from doing so, should they may be unable to deliver task based units.

Conclusion

20. Prerequisite units remain an important part of the development pathway for learners in the

Fire Sector, ensuring people work safely and effectively in high risk and hazardous workplaces. This

ensures that the content and structure of the training package components meets industry’s needs

and reflects accepted industry practices.

21. The way prerequisite, core and elective units are described in qualifications will affect access

to and the availability of qualifications and units. The counting of prerequisite units in the total

number of core units within qualifications would greatly limit learner access to qualifications and

simultaneously diminish the ability of Fire Sector enterprise RTOs to offer those qualifications.

Paper prepared by Fire Sector for Australian Industry Standards


USE OF PREREQUISITES IN THE BIOSECURITY

EMERGENCY RESPONSE QUALIFICATIONS

Background

The biosecurity emergency response sector includes Australian Government, state and territory

biosecurity agencies with the legislative responsibility and arrangements to manage responses to

biosecurity incidents within Australia.

In responding to biosecurity incidents, which often involve multiple jurisdictions, biosecurity

response personnel undertake roles in Local Control Centres and State Coordination Centres in

areas such as incident control, planning, operations, logistics, finance and administration and public

information. Biosecurity emergency response personnel are also involved in field based roles such

as surveillance and movement control.

In 2008 there was recognition that a national framework for biosecurity emergency response

training and assessment be established. This would enable all biosecurity response personnel to be

trained to an equivalent standard, providing greater interoperability, particularly during multi-

jurisdictional biosecurity emergency responses.

Following this, the Biosecurity Emergency Training Working Group was established by the National

Biosecurity Committee and in February 2009 began work to develop a biosecurity emergency

response training and assessment framework. Between 2010 and 2012 three biosecurity response

qualifications were developed through consultation between the Australian Government, state and

territory biosecurity agencies, Animal Health Australia and Plant Health Australia.

In 2011 the National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) endorsed a nationally recognised framework for

biosecurity emergency response assessment, skills and competencies across biosecurity sectors,

which contributed towards achieving one of the priority reform areas, within Schedule 7 of the Inter-

Governmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB), namely: ‘Develop and implement nationally

accredited training and approved biosecurity exercise programs and simulations.’

In December 2016 a two year project commenced to develop a national suite of training and

assessment materials, which underpin the three biosecurity response qualifications, i.e.:

1. Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations)

2. Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Leadership)

3. Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management)

Prerequisites affecting biosecurity response qualifications vocational training intent

The Certificate IV and the Diploma are the biosecurity response qualifications most impacted by the

addition of other public safety sector specific prerequisite Units of Competency.

The purpose of the Certificate IV is to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge to provide

effective leadership in a biosecurity emergency response. The Diploma aims to provide individuals

with the skills and knowledge to effectively manage a multi-team biosecurity emergency response.

The compulsory addition of other public safety sector specific prerequisite Units of Competency to

the Certificate IV and Diploma (biosecurity emergency response qualifications) changes the intended


purpose and vocational training intent of the biosecurity emergency response qualifications. In

effect, the biosecurity emergency response qualifications become a different public safety sector

qualification with biosecurity elements, which is not the intended purpose.

As a result, individuals seeking to obtain the biosecurity emergency response qualifications may opt

out as the qualifications are no longer perceived to be fit for purpose for biosecurity emergency

response.

The suggested packaging rule changes for the biosecurity emergency response qualifications make

them unworkable and unattainable in a biosecurity context.

Further, these additional public safety sector prerequisite Units of Competency have a different

focus to what was previously intended and are not a direct replacement.

Conclusion

The Units of Competency identified within the biosecurity emergency response qualifications were

selected for their suitability in a biosecurity context. The compulsory addition of prerequisite units,

identified as appropriate for other public safety sectors, is contrary to the intent of the biosecurity

response qualifications. As such, where units of competency are identified as a prerequisite for a

particular sector, this should not automatically apply to all sectors that use these units of

competency in a different context.

Paper prepared by the Biosecurity sector for Australian Industry Standards


USE OF PREREQUISITES IN THE STATE EMERGENCY

SERVICE (SES) QUALIFICATIONS

Background

The State Emergency Service (SES) sector has been utilising nationally accredited training through

the Public Safety Training Package since development of the package in 2000.

The State Emergency Service sector includes agencies from each State and Territory. Common

responsibilities within the sector cover response to storm, flood and tsunami operations, road

rescue operations, assisting Police with land searches and assisting with building collapse rescue.

Participation in nationally recognised training delivery and assessment is seen by the sector as being

important to set national standards for skills required by SES volunteers, which in turn supports

movement of volunteers across jurisdictions, either for interstate deployments during significant

operations, or when volunteers relocate.

Six qualifications were initially developed for the SES sector, supported by seven sector specific

competency standards. In addition, the SES qualifications utilised competency standards from other

parts of the training package, particularly the industry wide competency standards.

In 2011 the SES qualifications were rationalised to five with amalgamation of the two Certificate II

qualifications in to the one PUA21312 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES).

Prerequisites affecting SES qualifications vocational training intent

During initial development of the training package, the term “fire specific” was included in several of

the industry wide competency standards in reference to the prerequisites required for these

standards. It has always been accepted and applied by the SES sector that “fire specific” refers to

prerequisite requirements that are only applicable to the Fire sector, and SES personnel have not

had to meet the prerequisites when “fire specific” is included.

An example of this is for the industry wide competency standard PUAWHS002 Maintain safety at an

incident scene which has listed the prerequisite the fire specific competency PUAFIR201 Prevent

injury.

The SES sector has always accepted that the Fire sector has a requirement to apply fire specific

prerequisites for purposes relevant only to that sector and has not objected to the practice of “fire

specific” prerequisites because it has allowed the SES sector to utilise nationally accredited training

in a way that meets our sector’s needs.

A change in how “fire specific” prerequisite requirements are applied in the Public Safety training

package would have a negative impact on our sector and interfere with the sector’s use of

accredited training to achieve vocational outcomes relevant to SES requirements.

Conclusion

Whilst supporting the fire sector’s approach to qualification pathways using “fire sector” specific

prerequisites, the SES sector relies heavily upon the flexibility that has been provided by the

understanding that “fire specific” prerequisites do not apply to other sectors. Any change to the


interpretation or application of this will have a negative impact on the SES sector’s use of accredited

training from the Public Safety training package.

Paper prepared by the State Emergency Service sector for Australian Industry Standards


APPENDIX E – LETTER OF SUPPORT


AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY STANDARDS

Australian Industry Standards (AIS) provides high-quality, professional secretariat

services to the Public Safety IRC in our role as a Skills Service Organisation. AIS provide

services to eleven allocated IRCs which cover Aviation, Corrections, Gas, Electricity

Supply (Generation and Transmission, Distribution and Rail), Electrotechnology,

Maritime, Public Safety (including Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Defence), Rail,

Transport and Logistics, and Water industries. AIS supports these important industry

sectors using our world class in-house capability and capacity in technical writing, quality

assurance, project management and industry engagement in the production of Training

Packages.

AIS was established in early 2016, 20 years after its predecessor the Transport and

Logistics Industry Skills Council (TLISC) was established in 1996. More information about

AIS can be found at

http://www.australianindustrystandards.org.au.

• We support industry growth and productivity through our modern innovative

approach to establishing skills standards

• We provide high-quality, professional secretariat services to help our allocated

industry reference committees develop the skills that industry needs

• We partner with industry to shape the workforce of the future

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