Qualification details

Public Safety qualifications have core units (which must be achieved) and elective units (where there is a choice of units which must be achieved) so different Employability Skills Summaries are possible within the one qualification, depending on the package of core units and chosen elective units.

Employability Skill 

Employability Skills Statement 

Communication 

• advise and involve the community in public safety activities, presentations at community group gatherings, special interest forums, other organisation forums, community events and festivals
• explain and promote the organisation's activities
• participate in conferences
• represent the organisation's position on particular issues in a way which acknowledges community concerns and promotes community awareness
• write reports

Teamwork 

• allocate resources, which may include considering urgency, cost effectiveness, accessibility, maintenance demands, availability and deployment time
• collect timely information that is relevant to the needs of individuals/teams
• determine the information needs of individuals/teams and identify the sources
• gather and disseminate information to appropriate personnel within the specified timeframe

Problem solving 

• allocate resources to facilitate required outcomes
• analyse feedback and cooperation with community groups
• analyse, which may include problem solving
• brief and debrief content and format, which may include problem based approaches
• provide advice that takes into account type of risk, locality, and protection of life, property and the environment
• review activity against the policies, practices and training of the organisation to identify any discrepancies
• review information held by the organisation to determine suitability and accessibility

Initiative and enterprise 

• identify and act upon briefing and debriefing follow-up actions in a timely manner
• prepare plans to obtain information which is not available or accessible within the organisation
• report the results of information gathering, analysis and synthesis so they can be input to policy development and organisation's decision making
• select an appropriate location for the brief/debrief

Planning and organising 

• conduct inspections to provide for relevant information for pre-incident planning
• evaluate resource usage against targets and organisational standards
• gather, analyse, synthesise and report information within specified timeframes and to the standard defined by the organisation
• monitor resource usage
• plan and prepare a briefing/debriefing in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures
• report the results of information gathering, analysis and synthesis so they can be input to policy development and organisation's decision making
• store equipment stock and supplies in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures

Self-management 

• analyse needs
• manage and store equipment stock and supplies in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures
• provide leadership to individuals and teams
• voice personal view to the review process

Learning 

• learn about legislative requirements relevant to emergency management
• learn about organisation's policies
• learn about organisation's procedures for activity debriefing
• learn about practices and training processes in relation to activity
• learn about reporting procedures of the organisation
• learn about techniques for the prioritisation and evaluation of public safety risk management systems
• maintain records of resource allocation and usage in accordance with relevant legislation and organisational guidelines
• support and participate in development activities

Technology 

• ensure that computer-based tools are used to produce resource reports
• use basic statistical information
• use communication channels
• use information technology effectively
• use management information systems that may include computers
• use management information systems to store and retrieve data for decision making
• use market trends
• use records management systems, registries and file records

Code 

Core Units 

PUACOM001C

Communicate in the workplace

PUACOM003B

Manage information

PUACOM005B

Foster a positive organisational image in the community

PUAMAN002B

Administer work group resources

PUAOPE004B

Conduct briefings/debriefings

PUATEA003B

Lead, manage and develop teams

OR

BSBFLM404A

Lead work teams

Code 

Elective Units 

PUAAMS007B

Coordinate search and rescue operations

PUACOM013B

Administer a local public safety group

PUACOM002B

Provide services to clients

PUACOM008B

Develop and organise public safety awareness programs

PUACOM012B

Liaise with media at a local level

PUAEMR005B

Design and manage activities which exercise elements of emergency management

PUAEMR006B

Treat risk at an operational level

PUAEMR008B

Contribute to an emergency risk management process

PUAEMR011B

Plan and implement a treatment measure

PUALAW001B

Protect and preserve incident scene

PUALAW002B

Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

PUALAW003B

Give evidence in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

PUAMAN007B

Manage financial resources

PUAMAN008B

Manage physical resources

PUAPRO001B

Promote a learning environment in the workplace

PUASES010A

Plan, activate and maintain a communications network

∟ PUAOPE013A Operate communications systems and equipment

PUASES012A

Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

PUAVEH001B

Drive vehicles under operational conditions

TAADEL301C

Provide training through instruction and demonstration of work skills

For the purposes of gaining a qualification the following three units count as one unit*:

TAAASS401C *

Plan and organise assessment

TAAASS301B *

Contribute to assessment

OR

TAAASS402C *

Assess competence

TAAASS404B *

Participate in assessment validation

NOTES 

BSB unit has been imported from the BSB01 Business Services Training Package.

TAA units have been imported from the TAA04 Training and Assessment Training Package.

Information about customising PUA00 Public Safety Training Package qualifications is on page 12 .