PUA12 Public Safety Training Package

Release: 2.1

Contents

PUA12 Public Safety Training Package	3

Preliminary Information	12

Summary of Units of Competency	23

Summary of Imported Units of Competency	60

Summary mapping: Qualifications	67

Summary mapping: Units of competency	68

Overview	83

Qualifications Framework	89

Public Safety Qualifications	95

Qualification pathways	98

Assessment Guidelines	102

Competency Standards	115

PUA12 Public Safety Training Package

Modification History

Version	Release Date	Comments
2.1	2 May 2013	Editorial changes The following qualifications have had minor editorial or formatting changes with no changes to outcomes. PUA20613 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA20713 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA30613 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA40313 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision) PUA50513 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60513 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60913 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation) PUA33112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations) PUA30412 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) The following qualifications have had editorial changes made to correct imported units PUA21012 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) PUA21312 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES) PUA30412 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) PUA30512 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations) PUA31312 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue) PUA31412 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA33012 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA33112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations) PUA40212 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership) PUA41012 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership) PUA41112 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA42612 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management) PUA42712 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA42912 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Leadership) PUA50412 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management) PUA50912 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Coordination) PUA51012 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA52312 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA52412 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management) PUA60112 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA60212 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Search and Rescue – Management) PUA60612 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Management) PUA60712 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) The following units have had minor editorial or formatting changes with no changes to outcomes. PUAEME001B Provide emergency care PUAECO008A Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations PUAEME004A Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury PUAEME005A Provide pain management PUAEMR026 Treat operational risk PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment PUAFIR213 Assist with prescribed burning PUAFIR214 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications PUAFIR215 Prevent injury PUAFIR216 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter PUAFIR217 Undertake helicopter winch operations PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire PUAFIR316 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident PUAFIR317 Operate aerial appliance PUAFIR318 Operate specialist appliance PUAFIR319 Take local weather observations PUAFIR320 Render hazardous materials incidents safe PUAFIR321 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations PUAFIR322 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations PUAFIR412 Conduct simple prescribed burns PUAFIR413 Develop simple prescribed burn plans PUAFIR414 Interpret and analyse fire weather information PUAFIR415 Supervise use of machinery in wildfire operations PUAFIR416 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents PUAFIR511 Conduct complex prescribed burns PUAFIR512 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a Level 2 wildfire PUAFIR513 Develop complex prescribed burn plans PUAFIR514 Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire and incident safety management systems PUAOHS002B Maintain safety at an incident scene PUAOPE010C Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency PUAOPE012A Control a Level 1 incident PUAOPE016A Manage a multi-team sector PUAOPE018A Control a Level 2 incident PUAOPE019A Control a Level 3 incident PUAOPE022A Manage logistics for a Level 2 incident PUAOPE023A Manage operations for a Level 2 incident PUAOPE024A Manage operations for a Level 3 incident PUAOPE025A Manage planning for a Level 2 incident PUASAR022A Participate in a rescue operation PUASAR023A Participate in an urban search and rescue Category 1 PUASAR024A Undertake road crash rescue PUASAR025A Manage planning for a Level 2 incident PUASAR027A Undertake land search rescue PUASAR033 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery PUASAR034 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery PUASAR035 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR task force PUASES014A Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques
2	Addition of Fire Sector Material New qualifications: PUA20613 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA20713 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA30613 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA40313 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision) PUA50513Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60513 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60913 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation) New Units: PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire PUAFIR205B Respond to aviation incident (specialist) PUAFIR206B Check installed fire safety systems PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit PUAFIR208B Participate in community safety activities PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft PUAFIR212B Rappel from helicopter PUAFIR213 Assist with prescribed burning PUAFIR214 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications PUAFIR215 Prevent injury PUAFIR216 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter PUAFIR217 Undertake helicopter winch operations PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire PUAFIR301B Undertake community safety activities PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire PUAFIR304B Respond to marine emergencies PUAFIR305B Respond to aviation incidents (general) PUAFIR308B Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident PUAFIR309B Operate pumps PUAFIR311B Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter PUAFIR312B Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft PUAFIR313B Operate aviation support equipment PUAFIR314B Utilise installed fire safety systems PUAFIR315B Navigate from an aircraft PUAFIR316 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident PUAFIR317 Operate aerial appliance PUAFIR318 Operate specialist appliance PUAFIR319 Take local weather observations PUAFIR320 Render hazardous materials incidents safe PUAFIR321 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations PUAFIR322 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations PUAFIR401B Obtain incident intelligence PUAFIR403B Assess building plans PUAFIR404B Inspect dangerous goods facilities PUAFIR405B Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information PUAFIR408B Plan aircraft operations PUAFIR409B Develop air attack strategies PUAFIR410A Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident PUAFIR411A Provide safety advice at an urban incident PUAFIR412 Conduct simple prescribed burns PUAFIR413 Develop simple prescribed burn plans PUAFIR414 Interpret and analyse fire weather information PUAFIR415 Supervise use of machinery in wildfire operations PUAFIR416 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents PUAFIR501B Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities PUAFIR502B Develop incident control strategies PUAFIR503B Coordinate human resource management activities PUAFIR504B Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies PUAFIR505B Administer cost centre’s financial resources PUAFIR506B Conduct an assessment of a building’s performance based design PUAFIR507B Inspect building fire safety systems PUAFIR509B Implement prevention strategies PUAFIR510B Inspect for legislative compliance PUAFIR511 Conduct complex prescribed burns PUAFIR512 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a Level 2 wildfire PUAFIR513 Develop complex prescribed burn plans PUAFIR514 Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire and incident safety management systems PUAFIR601B Develop and administer agency policy, procedures and practices PUAFIR602B Manage the implementation of community safety strategies PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire PUAFIR606A Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation PUAFIR607A Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations PUAFIR608A Investigate fatal fires PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence PUAFIR610A Manage imaging and electronic data PUAFIR611A Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results PUAFIR612A Undertake post-incident analysis PUAPRS20529B Manage marketing requirements Imported units updated with equivalent units: BSBCON601B Develop and maintain business continuity plans BSBCUS501C Manage quality customer service BSBWHS510A Contribute to implementing emergency procedures BSBWHS401A Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements CHCCD401E Support community participation CHCCD413E Work within specific communities CHCNET503D Develop new networks CHCPOL403C Undertake research activities CHCYTH505E Support youth programs HLTFA404C Apply advanced resuscitation techniques SITXMPR401 Coordinate production of brochures and marketing materials Imported units with non equivalent units: CPPSIS3011A Apply map presentation principles CPPSIS3015A Collect spatial data CPPSIS4026A Read and interpret image data CPPSIS4035A Apply GIS software to problem-solving techniques FPICOT3259 Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads FPICOT2236 Fall trees manually (basic) FPIFGM3212 Fall trees manually (intermediate) FPIFGM3213 Fall trees manually (advanced) FPIFGM3215 Perform complex four-wheel drive operations HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support HLTFA311A Apply first aid HLTFA412A Apply advanced first aid SITXMPR402 Create a promotional display or stand New imported unit TAEASS502B Design and develop assessment tools
1	9 August 2012	Primary Release. Replaces PUA00. Contains new and revised units of competency and qualifications – see mapping tables for full details.

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Preliminary Information

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Version modification history

The version details of this endorsed Training Package are in the table below. The latest information is at the top of the table.

Version	Release Date	Comments
2.1	2 May 2013	Editorial changes The following qualifications have had minor editorial or formatting changes with no changes to outcomes. PUA20613 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA20713 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA30613 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA40313 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision) PUA50513 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60513 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60913 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation) PUA33112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations) PUA30412 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) The following qualifications have had editorial changes made to correct imported units. PUA21012 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue) PUA21312 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES) PUA30412 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) PUA30512 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations) PUA31312 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue) PUA31412 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA33012 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA33112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations) PUA40212 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership) PUA41012 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership) PUA41112 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA42612 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management) PUA42712 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA42912 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Leadership) PUA50412 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management) PUA50912 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Coordination) PUA51012 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA52312 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA52412 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management) PUA60112 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA60212 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Search and Rescue – Management) PUA60612 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Management) PUA60712 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) The following units have had minor editorial or formatting changes with no changes to outcomes. PUAEME001B Provide emergency care PUAECO008A Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations PUAEME004A Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury PUAEME005A Provide pain management PUAEMR026 Treat operational risk PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment PUAFIR213 Assist with prescribed burning PUAFIR214 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications PUAFIR215 Prevent injury PUAFIR216 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter PUAFIR217 Undertake helicopter winch operations PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire PUAFIR316 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident PUAFIR317 Operate aerial appliance PUAFIR318 Operate specialist appliance PUAFIR319 Take local weather observations PUAFIR320 Render hazardous materials incidents safe PUAFIR321 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations PUAFIR322 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations PUAFIR412 Conduct simple prescribed burns PUAFIR413 Develop simple prescribed burn plans PUAFIR414 Interpret and analyse fire weather information PUAFIR415 Supervise use of machinery in wildfire operations PUAFIR416 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents PUAFIR511 Conduct complex prescribed burns PUAFIR512 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a Level 2 wildfire PUAFIR513 Develop complex prescribed burn plans PUAFIR514 Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire and incident safety management systems PUAOHS002B Maintain safety at an incident scene PUAOPE010C Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency PUAOPE012A Control a Level 1 incident PUAOPE016A Manage a multi-team sector PUAOPE018A Control a Level 2 incident PUAOPE019A Control a Level 3 incident PUAOPE022A Manage logistics for a Level 2 incident PUAOPE023A Manage operations for a Level 2 incident PUAOPE024A Manage operations for a Level 3 incident PUAOPE025A Manage planning for a Level 2 incident PUASAR022A Participate in a rescue operation PUASAR023A Participate in an urban search and rescue Category 1 PUASAR024A Undertake road crash rescue PUASAR025A Manage planning for a Level 2 incident PUASAR027A Undertake land search rescue PUASAR033 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery PUASAR034 Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery PUASAR035 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR task force PUASES014A Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques
2	13 March 2013	Addition of Fire Sector Material New qualifications: PUA20613 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA20713 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA30613 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) PUA40313 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision) PUA50513Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60513 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60913 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation) New Units: PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire PUAFIR205B Respond to aviation incident (specialist) PUAFIR206B Check installed fire safety systems PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit PUAFIR208B Participate in community safety activities PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft PUAFIR212B Rappel from helicopter PUAFIR213 Assist with prescribed burning PUAFIR214 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications PUAFIR215 Prevent injury PUAFIR216 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter PUAFIR217 Undertake helicopter winch operations PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire PUAFIR301B Undertake community safety activities PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire PUAFIR304B Respond to marine emergencies PUAFIR305B Respond to aviation incidents (general) PUAFIR308B Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident PUAFIR309B Operate pumps PUAFIR311B Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter PUAFIR312B Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft PUAFIR313B Operate aviation support equipment PUAFIR314B Utilise installed fire safety systems PUAFIR315B Navigate from an aircraft PUAFIR316 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident PUAFIR317 Operate aerial appliance PUAFIR318 Operate specialist appliance PUAFIR319 Take local weather observations PUAFIR320 Render hazardous materials incidents safe PUAFIR321 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations PUAFIR322 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations PUAFIR401B Obtain incident intelligence PUAFIR403B Assess building plans PUAFIR404B Inspect dangerous goods facilities PUAFIR405B Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information PUAFIR408B Plan aircraft operations PUAFIR409B Develop air attack strategies PUAFIR410A Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident PUAFIR411A Provide safety advice at an urban incident PUAFIR412 Conduct simple prescribed burns PUAFIR413 Develop simple prescribed burn plans PUAFIR414 Interpret and analyse fire weather information PUAFIR415 Supervise use of machinery in wildfire operations PUAFIR416 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents PUAFIR501B Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities PUAFIR502B Develop incident control strategies PUAFIR503B Coordinate human resource management activities PUAFIR504B Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies PUAFIR505B Administer cost centre’s financial resources PUAFIR506B Conduct an assessment of a building’s performance based design PUAFIR507B Inspect building fire safety systems PUAFIR509B Implement prevention strategies PUAFIR510B Inspect for legislative compliance PUAFIR511 Conduct complex prescribed burns PUAFIR512 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a Level 2 wildfire PUAFIR513 Develop complex prescribed burn plans PUAFIR514 Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire and incident safety management systems PUAFIR601B Develop and administer agency policy, procedures and practices PUAFIR602B Manage the implementation of community safety strategies PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire PUAFIR606A Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation PUAFIR607A Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations PUAFIR608A Investigate fatal fires PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence PUAFIR610A Manage imaging and electronic data PUAFIR611A Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results PUAFIR612A Undertake post-incident analysis PUAPRS20529B Manage marketing requirements Imported units updated with equivalent units: BSBCON601B Develop and maintain business continuity plans BSBCUS501C Manage quality customer service BSBWHS510A Contribute to implementing emergency procedures BSBWHS401A Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements CHCCD401E Support community participation CHCCD413E Work within specific communities CHCNET503D Develop new networks CHCPOL403C Undertake research activities CHCYTH505E Support youth programs HLTFA404C Apply advanced resuscitation techniques SITXMPR401 Coordinate production of brochures and marketing materials Imported units with non equivalent units: CPPSIS3011A Apply map presentation principles CPPSIS3015A Collect spatial data CPPSIS4026A Read and interpret image data CPPSIS4035A Apply GIS software to problem-solving techniques FPICOT3259 Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads FPICOT2236 Fall trees manually (basic) FPIFGM3212 Fall trees manually (intermediate) FPIFGM3213 Fall trees manually (advanced) FPIFGM3215 Perform complex four-wheel drive operations HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support HLTFA311A Apply first aid HLTFA412A Apply advanced first aid SITXMPR402 Create a promotional display or stand New imported unit TAEASS502B Design and develop assessment tools
1	9 August 2012	Primary Release. Replaces PUA00. Contains new and revised units of competency and qualifications – see mapping tables for full details.

Summary of AQF qualifications in PUA12 Public Safety Training Package

Code	Title
Industry Wide Qualifications
PUA21012	Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)
PUA31312	Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)
PUA31412	Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety)
PUA33012	Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)
PUA33112	Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations)
PUA41012	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)
PUA41112	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)
PUA42612	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management)
PUA42712	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)
PUA42912	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Leadership)
PUA50912	Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Coordination)
PUA51012	Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)
PUA52312	Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)
PUA52412	Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management)
PUA60112	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)
PUA60612	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Management)
PUA60712	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)
Fire Sector Qualifications
PUA20613	Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
PUA20713	Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)
PUA30613	Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
PUA30713	Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)
PUA40313	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)
PUA50513	Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)
PUA60513	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)
PUA60913	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)
Police Sector Qualifications
PUA20112	Certificate II in Public Safety (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community Policing)
PUA20312	Certificate II in Public Safety (Police Liaison)
PUA30112	Certificate III in Public Safety (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community Policing)
PUA30312	Certificate III in Public Safety (Police Liaison)
PUA40112	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community Policing)
PUA42512 Not For Public Access	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Disaster Victim Identification Operations)
PUA42812 Not For Public Access	Certificate IV in Public Safety (Policing Support Services – General or Protective Services)
PUA50112	Diploma of Public Safety (Police Search and Rescue – Coordination)
PUA50212	Diploma of Public Safety (Policing)
PUA50312	Diploma of Public Safety (Forensic Investigation)
PUA51812 Not For Public Access	Diploma of Public Safety (Human Source Management)
PUA51912 Not For Public Access	Diploma of Public Safety (Mounted Policing)
PUA52012 Not For Public Access	Diploma of Public Safety (Police Dog Handling – General Purpose or Specific Odour)
PUA52112 Not For Public Access	Diploma of Public Safety (Police Intelligence Practice)
PUA60212	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Search and Rescue – Management)
PUA60312	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Investigation)
PUA60412 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Intelligence Operations)
PUA61012 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Disaster Victim Identification Coordination)
PUA61112 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Improvised Hazardous Device Operations – Technician or Response)
PUA61212 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Close Personal Protection)
PUA61312 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Negotiations)
PUA61412 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Surveillance)
PUA61512 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Tactical Flight Operations – Helicopter or Surveillance)
PUA61612 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Undercover Operations – Operative or Controller)
PUA61712 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Forensic Investigation)
PUA61812 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Supervision)
PUA61912 Not For Public Access	Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Witness Protection)
PUA80112 Not For Public Access	Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Forensic Firearms Examination)
PUA80212 Not For Public Access	Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Police Prosecution)
PUA80312 Not For Public Access	Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Police Investigation)
PUA80412 Not For Public Access	Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Crime Scene Investigation)
PUA80512 Not For Public Access	Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Fingerprint Investigation)
PUA80612 Not For Public Access	Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Police Management)
SES Sector Qualifications
PUA21312	Certificate II in Public Safety (SES)
PUA30412	Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)
PUA30512	Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations)
PUA40212	Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership)
PUA50412	Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management)

Summary of Units of Competency

Summary of Units of Competency in the PUA12 Version 2.1 Public Safety Training Package, their Pre-requisite Requirements and Public Access Status

Explanation of the Fire sector specific requirements can be found under the heading Public Safety Qualifications below.

Explanation about the Not For Public Access Police units can be found under the heading Public Safety Qualifications below.

Industry Wide Competency Standards

Code	Title	Pre-requisite
PUAAMS001B	Work in an aviation environment	Nil
PUAAMS002B	Search as a member of an air search team	Nil
PUAAMS003B	Conduct stores dropping operations	Nil
PUAAMS006B	Coordinate search and rescue resources	Nil
PUAAMS007B	Coordinate search and rescue operations	Nil
PUAAMS008B	Manage search and rescue operations	Nil
PUACOM001C	Communicate in the workplace	Nil
PUACOM002B	Provide services to clients	Nil
PUACOM003B	Manage information	Nil
PUACOM004B	Manage organisational communication strategies	Nil
PUACOM005B	Foster a positive organisational image in the community	PUATEA004D Work effectively in a public safety organisation (Fire sector specific)
PUACOM006B	Plan and conduct a public awareness program	PUACOM005B Foster a positive organisational image in the community (Fire sector specific)
PUACOM007B	Liaise with other organisations	PUACOM005B Foster a positive organisational image in the community (Fire sector specific)
PUACOM008B	Develop and organise public safety awareness programs	PUACOM006B Plan and conduct a public awareness program (Fire sector specific)
PUACOM009B	Manage media requirements at major incident	Nil
PUACOM010B	Promote the organisation’s mission and services	PUACOM007B Liaise with other organisations (Fire sector specific)
PUACOM011B	Develop community awareness networks	PUAFIR301B Undertake community safety activities (Fire sector specific)
PUACOM012B	Liaise with media at a local level	Nil
PUACOM013B	Administer a local public safety group	Nil
PUACOM014B	Contribute to community safety	Nil
PUACOM015B	Conduct community safety activities	PUATEA004D Work effectively in a public safety organisation
PUAECO001A	Operate telephony systems	Nil
PUAECO002A	Process emergency incident calls and enquiries	Nil
PUAECO003A	Operate and control radio networks	Nil
PUAECO004A	Operate computer aided dispatch system	Nil
PUAECO005A	Dispatch resources from within an emergency communications centre	Nil
PUAECO006A	Read and interpret maps	Nil
PUAECO007A	Respond to and maintain monitored alarm systems	Nil
PUAECO008A	Receive and action notification of uncontrolled hazardous materials situations	PUAECO001A Operate telephony systems
PUAECO009A	Coordinate emergency communications centre operations	Nil
PUAECO010A	Maintain standards of emergency service delivery	Nil
PUAECO011A	Support logistics in the field	Nil
PUAEME001B	Provide emergency care	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury (Fire sector specific)
PUAEME002C	Manage injuries at emergency incident	PUAEME001B Provide emergency care
PUAEME003C	Administer oxygen in an emergency situation	PUAEME001B Provide emergency care
PUAEME004A	Provide emergency care for suspected spinal injury	HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support OR HLTFA311A Apply first aid
PUAEME005A	Provide pain management	HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support OR HLTFA311A Apply first aid
PUAEMR008B	Contribute to an emergency risk management process	Nil
PUAEMR009B	Facilitate emergency risk assessment	Nil
PUAEMR012B	Determine treatment options	PUAEMR008B Contribute to an emergency risk management process OR PUAEMR009B Facilitate emergency risk assessment
PUAEMR014A	Deliver recovery services	Nil
PUAEMR015A	Establish and manage a recovery centre	Nil
PUAEMR016A	Facilitate community involvement in recovery	Nil
PUAEMR017A	Manage recovery functions and services	Nil
PUAEMR018A	Work in an emergency management context	Nil
PUAEMR021A	Facilitate emergency planning processes	Nil
PUAEMR022	Establish context for emergency risk assessment	Nil
PUAEMR023	Assess emergency risk	PUAEMR022 Establish context for emergency risk assessment
PUAEMR024	Develop treatment options for emergency risk	Nil
PUAEMR025	Manage risk treatment implementation	Nil
PUAEMR026	Treat operational risk	PUAEMR027 Assess operational risk
PUAEMR027	Assess operational risk	Nil
PUAEMR028	Develop emergency management plans	Nil
PUAEMR029	Plan and implement a treatment measure	Nil
PUAEMR030	Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises	Nil
PUAEMR031	Design emergency management exercises	Nil
PUAEQU001B	Prepare, maintain and test response equipment	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury (Fire sector specific)
PUALAW001B	Protect and preserve incident scene	Nil
PUALAW002B	Conduct initial investigation at incident scene	Nil
PUALAW003B	Give evidence in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting	Nil
PUALAW004B	Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting	Nil
PUAMAN001B	Manage the organisation’s public safety responsibilities	Nil
PUAMAN002B	Administer work group resources	Nil
PUAMAN003B	Manage human resources	PUAFIR503B Coordinate human resource management activities (Fire sector specific)
PUAMAN004B	Manage procurement	PUAMAN002B Administer work group resources (Fire sector specific)
PUAMAN005B	Manage projects	PUATEA003B Lead, manage and develop teams (Fire sector specific)
PUAMAN006B	Manage and facilitate change	Nil
PUAMAN007B	Manage financial resources	PUAFIR505B Administer cost centre’s financial resources (Fire sector specific)
PUAMAN008B	Manage physical resources	PUAMAN002B Administer work group resources (Fire sector specific)
PUAOHS001C	Follow defined occupational health and safety policies and procedures	Nil
PUAOHS002B	Maintain safety at an incident scene	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury (Fire sector specific)
PUAOHS003B	Implement and monitor the organisation’s occupational health and safety policies, procedures and programs	Nil
PUAOHS004B	Establish and maintain the occupational health and safety system	Nil
PUAOIL201	Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response	Nil
PUAOIL301	Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines	Nil
PUAOIL302	Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response	Nil
PUAOIL401	Apply decision making strategies in an oil spill response	Nil
PUAOIL402	Apply oiled shoreline assessment strategies in an oil spill response	Nil
PUAOIL403	Lead a team in oiled shoreline clean up	Nil
PUAOPE006B	Control multi-agency emergency situations	PUAOPE007B Command agency personnel within a multi-agency emergency response (Fire sector specific) PUAOPE016A Manage a multi-team sector (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE007B	Command agency personnel within a multi-agency emergency response	PUAOPE012A Control a Level 1 incident PUAOPE015A Conduct briefings and debriefings (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE009C	Navigate in an aquatic environment	Nil
PUAOPE010C	Operate an automated external defibrillator in an emergency	PUAEME001B Provide emergency care OR HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support
PUAOPE011B	Inspect property and facilities	Nil
PUAOPE012A	Control a Level 1 incident	PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire (Fire sector specific) OR PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE013A	Operate communications systems and equipment	Nil
PUAOPE014A	Navigate to an incident	Nil
PUAOPE015A	Conduct briefings and debriefings	Nil
PUAOPE016A	Manage a multi-team sector	PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire (Fire sector specific) OR PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE017A	Coordinate resources for a multi-agency incident	Nil
PUAOPE018A	Control a Level 2 incident	PUAOPE012A Control a Level 1 incident (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE019A	Control a Level 3 incident	PUAOPE018A Control a Level 2 incident (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE020A	Lead a crew	Nil
PUAOPE021A	Manage information function at an incident	Nil
PUAOPE022A	Manage logistics for a Level 2 incident	PUAOPE015A Conduct briefings and debriefings (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE023A	Manage operations for a Level 2 incident	PUAOPE015A Conduct briefing and debriefings (Fire sector specific) PUAOPE016A Manage a multi-team sector (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE024A	Manage operations for a Level 3 incident	PUAOPE023A Manage operations for a level 2 incident (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE025A	Manage planning for a Level 2 incident	PUAFIR502B Develop incident control strategies (Fire sector specific) PUAOPE015A Conduct briefing and debriefings (Fire sector specific)
PUAOPE026A	Provide strategic safety advice at an incident	Nil
PUAOPE027A	Undertake beach safety management activities	Nil
PUAPRO001B	Promote a learning environment in the workplace	Nil
PUASAR011C	Search as a member of an aquatic search team	Nil
PUASAR012C	Apply surf awareness and self-rescue skills	Nil
PUASAR013A	Participate in an aquatic rescue operation	Nil
PUASAR014A	Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations	Nil
PUASAR015A	Crew small powercraft in a rescue operation	Nil
PUASAR016A	Operate and maintain a personal water craft for rescue operations	Nil
PUASAR017A	Undertake advanced surf rescue	PUACOM001C Communicate in the workplace PUASAR012C Apply surf awareness and self-rescue skills PUASAR013A Participate in an aquatic rescue operation
PUASAR018A	Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR incidents	Nil
PUASAR019A	Train canines to work in a USAR environment	Nil
PUASAR020A	Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents	PUASAR018A Select and maintain canines to be part of a canine search team for USAR incidents PUASAR019A Train canines to work in a USAR environment PUASAR023A Participate in an urban search and rescue Category 1
PUASAR021A	Search as part of a canine search team at USAR incidents	PUASAR020A Develop a canine search team for USAR incidents
PUASAR022A	Participate in a rescue operation	PUAEME001B Provide emergency care OR HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support
PUASAR023A	Participate in an urban search and rescue Category 1	PUAEME001B Provide emergency care OR HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support
PUASAR024A	Undertake road crash rescue	PUASAR022A Participate in a rescue operation And either PUAEME002C Manage injuries at emergency incident OR HLTFA311A Apply first aid
PUASAR025A	Undertake confined space rescue	PUASAR022A Participate in a rescue operation (Fire sector specific) PUAFIR316 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident (Fire sector specific)
PUASAR026A	Undertake industrial and domestic rescue	Nil
PUASAR027A	Undertake land search rescue	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury (Fire sector specific)
PUASAR028A	Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse	PUASAR023A Participate in an urban search and rescue Category 1
PUASAR029A	Undertake a complex transport rescue	Nil
PUASAR030A	Undertake trench rescue	PUASAR022A Participate in a rescue operation
PUASAR031A	Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2	PUASAR023A Participate in an urban search and rescue Category 1
PUASAR032A	Undertake vertical rescue	PUASAR022A Participate in a rescue operation
PUASAR033	Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery	HLTFA311A Apply first aid
PUASAR034	Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery	PUASAR033 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery
PUASAR035	Develop plans for deployment of a USAR task force	PUACOM007B Liaise with other organisations PUACOM012B Liaise with media at a local level PUAEMR023 Assess emergency risk PUAMAN007B Manage financial resources PUAOPE015A Conduct briefings and debriefings
PUASAR036	Implement and monitor USAR task force plans	PUASAR035 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR task force
PUASAR037	Review USAR task force plans implemented at an incident	PUASAR035 Develop plans for deployment of a USAR task force PUASAR036 Implement and monitor USAR task force plans
PUATEA001B	Work in a team	Nil
PUATEA002B	Work autonomously	PUATEA001B Work in a team (Fire sector specific)
PUATEA003B	Lead, manage and develop teams	PUATEA002B Work autonomously (Fire sector specific)
PUATEA004D	Work effectively in a public safety organisation	Nil
PUATEA005A	Manage own professional performance	Nil
PUAVEH001B	Drive vehicles under operational conditions	Nil
PUAWER001B	Identify, prevent and report potential workplace emergency situations	Nil
PUAWER002B	Ensure workplace emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are implemented	Nil
PUAWER003B	Manage and monitor workplace emergency procedures, equipment and other resources	Nil
PUAWER004B	Respond to workplace emergencies	Nil
PUAWER005B	Operate as part of an emergency control organisation	Nil
PUAWER006B	Lead an emergency control organisation	PUAWER005B Operate as part of an emergency control organisation
PUAWER007B	Manage an emergency control organisation	Nil
PUAWER008B	Confine small workplace emergencies	Nil
PUAWER009B	Participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team	Nil
PUAWER010B	Lead a workplace emergency initial response team	PUAWER009B Participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team
PUAWER011B	Manage workplace emergency initial response teams	Nil

Fire Sector Competency Standards

Explanation of the Fire sector specific requirements can be found under the heading Public Safety Qualifications.

Code	Title	Pre-requisite
PUAFIR203B	Respond to urban fire	PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit
PUAFIR204B	Respond to wildfire	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury
PUAFIR205B	Respond to aviation incident (specialist)	PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire
PUAFIR206B	Check installed fire safety systems	Nil
PUAFIR207B	Operate breathing apparatus open circuit	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury
PUAFIR208B	Participate in community safety activities	Nil
PUAFIR209B	Work safely around aircraft	Nil
PUAFIR212B	Rappel from helicopter	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft
PUAFIR213	Assist with prescribed burning	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury
PUAFIR214	Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications	PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire
PUAFIR215	Prevent injury	Nil
PUAFIR216	Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft
PUAFIR217	Undertake helicopter winch operations	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft
PUAFIR218	Respond to isolated structure fire	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury
PUAFIR301B	Undertake community safety activities	Nil
PUAFIR302B	Suppress urban fire	HLTFA311A Apply first aid PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire
PUAFIR303B	Suppress wildfire	PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire
PUAFIR304B	Respond to marine emergencies	PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit
PUAFIR305B	Respond to aviation incidents (general)	PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire OR PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire
PUAFIR308B	Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident	PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit
PUAFIR309B	Operate pumps	PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment And one of the following four units: PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire OR PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire OR PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire OR PUAFIR205B Respond to aviation incident (specialist)
PUAFIR311B	Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter	PUAFIR212B Rappel from helicopter
PUAFIR312B	Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft
PUAFIR313B	Operate aviation support equipment	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft
PUAFIR314B	Utilise installed fire safety systems	PUAFIR206B Check installed fire safety systems
PUAFIR315B	Navigate from an aircraft	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR316	Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident	PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit
PUAFIR317	Operate aerial appliance	PUAEQU001B Prepare, maintain and test response equipment PUAFIR215 Prevent injury PUAVEH001B Drive vehicles under operational conditions
PUAFIR318	Operate specialist appliance	Nil
PUAFIR319	Take local weather observations	Nil
PUAFIR320	Render hazardous materials incidents safe	PUAFIR215 Prevent injury
PUAFIR321	Operate heavy plant in fire control operations	Nil
PUAFIR322	Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations	Nil
PUAFIR401B	Obtain incident intelligence	Nil
PUAFIR403B	Assess building plans	PUAFIR314B Utilise installed fire safety systems
PUAFIR404B	Inspect dangerous goods facilities	PUAFIR403B Assess building plans
PUAFIR405B	Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information	Nil
PUAFIR408B	Plan aircraft operations	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft PUAOPE013A Operate communications systems and equipment
PUAFIR409B	Develop air attack strategies	PUAOPE013A Operate communications systems and equipment PUAFIR408B Plan aircraft operations
PUAFIR410A	Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident	Nil
PUAFIR411A	Provide safety advice at an urban incident	Nil
PUAFIR412	Conduct simple prescribed burns	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire
PUAFIR413	Develop simple prescribed burn plans	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire
PUAFIR414	Interpret and analyse fire weather information	Nil
PUAFIR415	Supervise use of machinery in wildfire operations	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire
PUAFIR416	Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents	PUAFIR205B Respond to aviation incident (specialist)
PUAFIR501B	Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities	PUALAW001B Protect and preserve incident scene
PUAFIR502B	Develop incident control strategies	Nil
PUAFIR503B	Coordinate human resource management activities	Nil
PUAFIR504B	Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies	Nil
PUAFIR505B	Administer cost centre’s financial resources	Nil
PUAFIR506B	Conduct an assessment of a building’s performance based design	PUAFIR403B Assess building plans PUAFIR507B Inspect building fire systems
PUAFIR507B	Inspect building fire safety systems	PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire PUAFIR314B Utilise installed fire safety systems
PUAFIR509B	Implement prevention strategies	Nil
PUAFIR510B	Inspect for legislative compliance	Nil
PUAFIR511	Conduct complex prescribed burns	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire
PUAFIR512	Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a Level 2 wildfire	Nil
PUAFIR513	Develop complex prescribed burn plans	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire
PUAFIR514	Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire and incident safety management systems	PUAFIR404B Inspect dangerous goods facilities
PUAFIR601B	Develop and administer agency policy, procedures and practices	PUAFIR504B Assist with formulation and implementation of policies
PUAFIR602B	Manage the implementation of community safety strategies	PUAFIR509B Implement prevention strategies
PUAFIR603A	Determine origin and cause of wildfire	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire (Fire sector specific) PUALAW001B Protect and preserve incident scene (Fire sector specific) PUALAW002B Conduct initial investigation at incident scene (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR604A	Determine origin and cause of structure fire	PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire (Fire sector specific) PUALAW001B Protect and preserve incident scene (Fire sector specific) PUALAW002B Conduct initial investigation at incident scene (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR605A	Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire	PUALAW001B Protect and preserve incident scene (Fire sector specific) PUALAW002B Conduct initial investigation at incident scene (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR606A	Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation	Nil
PUAFIR607A	Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations	PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire (Fire sector specific) PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence (Fire sector specific) And either PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire (Fire sector specific) OR PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR608A	Investigate fatal fires	PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire (Fire sector specific) PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence (Fire sector specific) And either PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire (Fire sector specific) OR PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR609A	Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence	PUALAW001B Protect and preserve incident scene (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR610A	Manage imaging and electronic data	Nil
PUAFIR611A	Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results	PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence (Fire sector specific)
PUAFIR612A	Undertake post-incident analysis	CPPSEC3028A Compile investigative report PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire (Fire sector specific) And either PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire (Fire sector specific) OR PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire (Fire sector specific)
PUAPRS20529B	Manage marketing requirements	Nil

Police Sector Competency Standards

(information for Not For Public Access units is not included)

Explanation about the Not For Public Access Police units can be found under the heading Public Safety Qualifications.

Police units that require Police clearance for access are included in this document only as codes and titles. Public access to these units has the potential to compromise Police operations and security as well as place members of the public and Police Officers at risk. Detail of these units are contained in a separate document and are only available to persons authorised by the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisor Agency. They are identified in the following table in bold italic and noted as Not For Public Access.

Code	Title	Pre-requisite
PUALIO002B	Provide local community, cultural and geographic information to other agencies and tourists	Nil
PUACCI001B Not for public access	Plan a computer related crime operation	Information not available
PUACCI002B Not for public access	Conduct a preliminary search for electronic data	Information not available
PUACCI003B Not for public access	Copy electronic data	Information not available
PUACCI004B Not for public access	Search electronic data	Information not available
PUACCI005B Not for public access	Investigate network offences	Information not available
PUACCI006B Not for public access	Build and maintain target computer networks	Information not available
PUACCI007B Not for public access	Present evidence of computer crime	Information not available
PUACCI008B Not for public access	Build and maintain computer crime networks	Information not available
PUAESU001B Not for public access	Plan an electronic surveillance operation	Information not available
PUAESU002B Not for public access	Execute an electronic surveillance operation	Information not available
PUAESU003B Not for public access	Set up monitoring equipment	Information not available
PUAESU004B Not for public access	Maintain installations	Information not available
PUAESU005B Not for public access	Prepare and present evidence	Information not available
PUAPOL014B	Manage performance/ behavioural issues	Nil
PUAPOL017B	Plan and develop strategies to support organisational policy	Nil
PUAPOL020B	Develop a business plan	Nil
PUAPOL028B	Manage investigation information processes	Nil
PUAPOL031B	Confiscate assets	Nil
PUAPOL032B	Plan intelligence activities	Nil
PUAPOL033B	Manage intelligence information processes	Nil
PUAPOL034B	Analyse information	Nil
PUAPOL035B	Disseminate outputs from the intelligence process	Nil
PUAPOL036B	Provide crime prevention advice through environmental design	Nil
PUAPOLFC002B	Maintain a safe forensic working environment	Nil
PUAPOLFC003B	Detect, record and collect physical evidence	Nil
PUAPOLFC004B	Evaluate and document cases and facilitate analyses	Nil
PUAPOLFC005B	Prepare and submit forensic documentation	Nil
PUAPOLFC006B	Contribute to and comply with quality systems	Nil
PUAPOLFC008B	Process and interpret comparative evidence	Nil
PUAPOLFC022A	Prepare and present specialist forensic evidence or opinion	Nil
PUAPOLFC029A	Use and maintain specialist forensic equipment	Nil
PUAPOLGD001A	Maintain police operational safety	Nil
PUAPOLGD002A	Apply policing methods	Nil
PUAPOLGD003A	Undertake initial police investigation	Nil
PUAPOLGD004A	Gather, collate and record police information	Nil
PUAPOLGD005A	Use and maintain police operational equipment	Nil
PUAPOLGD006A	Facilitate effective communication in the policing environment	Nil
PUAPOLGD007A	Manage persons in care or custody	Nil
PUAPOLGD008A	Administer legislation to ensure compliance	Nil
PUAPOLGD009A	Manage involvement in the judicial process	Nil
PUAPOLGD010A	Perform police administrative duties	Nil
PUAPOLGD011A	Manage personal and ethical performance	Nil
PUAPOLGD012A	Address customer needs	Nil
PUAPOLGD013A	Develop productive working relationships	Nil
PUAPOLGD014A	Drive police vehicles	Nil
PUAPOLGD015A	Employ media strategies	Nil
PUAPOLGD016A	Perform inter-jurisdictional police duties	Nil
PUAPOLGD017A	Employ protective service methods	Nil
PUAPOLGD018A	Perform court security duties	Nil
PUAPOLIM001A	Assist police with members of a culturally specific community	Nil
PUAPOLIM002A	Promote public safety objectives by liaison with a culturally specific community	Nil
PUAPOLIM003A	Provide interpreting and translating services	Nil
PUAPOLIM004A	Provide police services in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community	Nil
PUAPOLIM005A	Provide advanced information concerning an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community	Nil
PUAPOLIM006A	Enhance status as a role model in an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community	Nil
PUAPOLIV001A	Manage police investigations	Nil
PUAPOLIV002A	Conduct police investigations	Nil
PUAPOLIV003A	Manage incident scenes	Nil
PUAPOLIV004A	Conduct investigative interviews	Nil
PUAPOLIV009A	Manage physical evidence	Nil
PUAPOLIV011A	Manage information within specialised policing functions	Nil
PUAPOLMG004A	Manage media requirements	Nil
PUAPOLMG007A	Contribute to policy formulation and revision	Nil
PUAPOL601 Not for public access	Apply core science within a forensic environment and-or investigation	Information not available
PUAPOL801 Not for public access	Develop and appraise complex documents	Information not available
PUAPOL802 Not for public access	Develop and review a business plan	Information not available
PUAPOL803 Not for public access	Lead an emergency response	Information not available
PUAPOL804 Not for public access	Manage an internal compliance audit and review within policing	Information not available
PUAPOL805 Not for public access	Manage the human resource function of a local police work area	Information not available
PUAPOL806 Not for public access	Apply specialised forensic science techniques	Information not available
PUAPOL807 Not for public access	Conduct serious forensic crime and incident scene investigation	Information not available
PUAPOL808 Not for public access	Coordinate multi-discipline forensic investigations	Information not available
PUAPOL809 Not for public access	Develop forensic crime scene expertise	Information not available
PUAPOL810 Not for public access	Apply fingerprint comparison and identification methodology	Information not available
PUAPOL811 Not for public access	Determine and apply advanced fingerprint detection techniques	Information not available
PUAPOL812 Not for public access	Develop fingerprint expertise	Information not available
PUAPOL813 Not for public access	Operate the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System	Information not available
PUAPOL814 Not for public access	Perform fingerprinting of deceased persons	Information not available
PUAPOLFC014A Not for public access	Conduct investigations at a bomb/explosion scene	Information not available
PUAPOLFC015A Not for public access	Undertake analyses and examination of firearms and ammunition	Information not available
PUAPOLFC016A Not for public access	Restore serial numbers to firearms, parts and accessories	Information not available
PUAPOLFC017A Not for public access	Examine ammunition components using the comparison microscope	Information not available
PUAPOLFC018A Not for public access	Reconstruct shooting scenes	Information not available
PUAPOLFC019A Not for public access	Assemble and disassemble ammunition	Information not available
PUAPOLFC020A Not for public access	Undertake firearm related tests	Information not available
PUAPOLFC021A Not for public access	Interpret gunshot wounds	Information not available
PUAPOLFC023A Not for public access	Communicate in a forensic science environment	Information not available
PUAPOLFC024A Not for public access	Record incident scene and evidence	Information not available
PUAPOLFC025A Not for public access	Coordinate forensic evidence analysis	Information not available
PUAPOLFC026A Not for public access	Apply forensic case management systems	Information not available
PUAPOLFC028A Not for public access	Examine forensic scenes	Information not available
PUAPOLFC030A Not for public access	Manage complex forensic investigations	Information not available
PUAPOLDH001A Not for public access	Care for police dog	Information not available
PUAPOLDH002A Not for public access	Manage proficiency of a police dog	Information not available
PUAPOLDH003A Not for public access	Deploy a general purpose police dog	Information not available
PUAPOLDH004A Not for public access	Manage police dog tracking	Information not available
PUAPOLDH005A Not for public access	Manage police dog criminal apprehension	Information not available
PUAPOLDH006A Not for public access	Manage police dog for person and property searching	Information not available
PUAPOLDH007A Not for public access	Maintain police dog obedience and agility	Information not available
PUAPOLDH008A Not for public access	Deploy a specific odour police dog	Information not available
PUAPOLDH009A Not for public access	Manage police dog for specific odour searching	Information not available
PUAPOLDV001A Not for public access	Maintain occupational health, safety and welfare in a disaster victim identification response	Information not available
PUAPOLDV002A Not for public access	Conduct disaster victim identification scene activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV003A Not for public access	Conduct disaster victim identification post mortem activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV004A Not for public access	Conduct disaster victim identification ante mortem activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV005A Not for public access	Conduct disaster victim identification reconciliation activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV006A Not for public access	Manage occupational health, safety and welfare in a disaster victim identification response	Information not available
PUAPOLDV007A Not for public access	Coordinate disaster victim identification scene activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV008A Not for public access	Coordinate disaster victim identification post mortem activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV009A Not for public access	Coordinate disaster victim identification ante mortem activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV010A Not for public access	Coordinate disaster victim identification reconciliation activities	Information not available
PUAPOLDV011A Not for public access	Command disaster victim identification incidents	Information not available
PUAPOLHD001A Not for public access	Manage information relating to reported improvised hazardous device incidents	Information not available
PUAPOLHD002A Not for public access	Use and maintain specialist equipment	Information not available
PUAPOLHD003A Not for public access	Manage an improvised hazardous device incident	Information not available
PUAPOLHD004A Not for public access	Manage post incident improvised hazardous device information requirements	Information not available
PUAPOLHD005A Not for public access	Search for an improvised hazardous device	Information not available
PUAPOLHD006A Not for public access	Maintain occupational health, safety and welfare at an improvised hazardous device incident	Information not available
PUAPOLHD007A Not for public access	Manage evidence at an improvised hazardous device incident	Information not available
PUAPOLHD008A Not for public access	Conduct render-safe procedures for improvised hazardous devices	Information not available
PUAPOLHD009A Not for public access	Respond to a chemical, biological or radiological improvised hazardous device incident	Information not available
PUAPOLHS001A Not for public access	Control a human source	Information not available
PUAPOLHS002A Not for public access	Negotiate in a human source environment	Information not available
PUAPOLHS003A Not for public access	Communicate in a human source environment	Information not available
PUAPOLHS004A Not for public access	Maintain operational security for human sources	Information not available
PUAPOLHS005A Not for public access	Use specialised technical equipment in a human source environment	Information not available
PUAPOLIN001A Not for public access	Assess threat and report risk	Information not available
PUAPOLIN002A Not for public access	Produce and manage documents within an intelligence environment	Information not available
PUAPOLIN003A Not for public access	Produce and review standard intelligence products	Information not available
PUAPOLIN004A Not for public access	Manage classified intelligence briefing or presentation	Information not available
PUAPOLIN005A Not for public access	Provide intelligence support to an operational response	Information not available
PUAPOLIN006A Not for public access	Design, develop and review customised intelligence products	Information not available
PUAPOLIV005A Not for public access	Coordinate multi-agency investigations	Information not available
PUAPOLIV006A Not for public access	Lead major crime investigations	Information not available
PUAPOLIV007A Not for public access	Lead a major investigation review	Information not available
PUAPOLIV008A Not for public access	Lead crime reduction and/or prevention strategies	Information not available
PUAPOLIV010A Not for public access	Conduct criminal legal research within a policing context	Information not available
PUAPOLMG001A Not for public access	Supervise police operations	Information not available
PUAPOLMG002A Not for public access	Supervise police response	Information not available
PUAPOLMG003A Not for public access	Manage risk in a policing environment	Information not available
PUAPOLMG005A Not for public access	Promote workplace diversity	Information not available
PUAPOLMG006A Not for public access	Plan and organise work unit plans	Information not available
PUAPOLMG008A Not for public access	Manage working relationships	Information not available
PUAPOLMP001A Not for public access	Apply first aid for police horses	Information not available
PUAPOLMP002A Not for public access	Care for police horses	Information not available
PUAPOLMP003A Not for public access	Assess conformation and movement of police horses	Information not available
PUAPOLMP004A Not for public access	Handle police horses safely	Information not available
PUAPOLMP005A Not for public access	Maintain health and safety of police horses	Information not available
PUAPOLMP006A Not for public access	Prepare and transport police horses	Information not available
PUAPOLMP007A Not for public access	Ride and exercise police horses in training	Information not available
PUAPOLMP008A Not for public access	Perform mounted police flat riding skills	Information not available
PUAPOLMP009A Not for public access	Perform mounted police jumping skills	Information not available
PUAPOLMP010A Not for public access	Perform mounted police crowd management duties	Information not available
PUAPOLMP011A Not for public access	Perform mounted police ceremonial duties	Information not available
PUAPOLMP012A Not for public access	Perform mounted drill	Information not available
PUAPOLMP013A Not for public access	Perform mounted police operational patrol duties	Information not available
PUAPOLMP014A Not for public access	Demonstrate horse riding skills for police duties in tracked or wilderness areas	Information not available
PUAPOLMP015A Not for public access	Perform mounted police cross country skills	Information not available
PUAPOLMP016A Not for public access	Perform mounted police vaulting skills	Information not available
PUAPOLNG001A Not for public access	Use and maintain specialised equipment to support police response	Information not available
PUAPOLNG002A Not for public access	Perform negotiations	Information not available
PUAPOLNG003A Not for public access	Manage teamwork at significant events	Information not available
PUAPOLNG004A Not for public access	Use communication, counselling and de-escalation techniques	Information not available
PUAPOLPP001A Not for public access	Perform close personal protection duties	Information not available
PUAPOLPP002A Not for public access	Plan a close personal protection operation	Information not available
PUAPOLPP003A Not for public access	Manage a close personal protection operation	Information not available
PUAPOLPP004A Not for public access	Drive close personal protection vehicles	Information not available
PUAPOLPR001A Not for public access	Utilise the Rules of Evidence	Information not available
PUAPOLPR002A Not for public access	Conduct legal research	Information not available
PUAPOLPR003A Not for public access	Conduct a pre hearing mention	Information not available
PUAPOLPR004A Not for public access	Conduct mention duties	Information not available
PUAPOLPR005A Not for public access	Manage effective customer service in a police prosecutor's environment	Information not available
PUAPOLPR006A Not for public access	Conduct a hearing	Information not available
PUAPOLSU001A Not for public access	Plan a surveillance operation	Information not available
PUAPOLSU002A Not for public access	Communicate in a surveillance environment	Information not available
PUAPOLSU003A Not for public access	Perform foot surveillance	Information not available
PUAPOLSU004A Not for public access	Perform mobile surveillance	Information not available
PUAPOLSU005A Not for public access	Take covert surveillance images	Information not available
PUAPOLSU006A Not for public access	Perform static surveillance	Information not available
PUAPOLSU007A Not for public access	Maintain operational security in a covert environment	Information not available
PUAPOLSU008A Not for public access	Perform covert surveillance utilising camouflage and concealment	Information not available
PUAPOLSU009A Not for public access	Utilise electronic tracking systems	Information not available
PUAPOLTF001A Not for public access	Perform crew cockpit duties	Information not available
PUAPOLTF002A Not for public access	Conduct search and rescue operations using aircraft	Information not available
PUAPOLTF004A Not for public access	Collect, prepare and present surveillance intelligence and evidence	Information not available
PUAPOLUC001A Not for public access	Develop and maintain cover stories	Information not available
PUAPOLUC002A Not for public access	Perform undercover negotiations	Information not available
PUAPOLUC003A Not for public access	Use undercover policing technical and specialised equipment	Information not available
PUAPOLUC004A Not for public access	Manage human sources	Information not available
PUAPOLUC005A Not for public access	Deal in a commodity	Information not available
PUAPOLUC006A Not for public access	Communicate in an undercover operation environment	Information not available
PUAPOLUC007A Not for public access	Prepare reports relating to undercover operations	Information not available
PUAPOLUC008A Not for public access	Supervise undercover operatives	Information not available
PUAPOLUC009A Not for public access	Plan an undercover operation	Information not available
PUAPOLWP001A Not for public access	Plan a protection operation	Information not available
PUAPOLWP002A Not for public access	Manage a protection operation	Information not available
PUAPOLWP003A Not for public access	Perform witness protection duties	Information not available

State and Territory Emergency Service Sector Competency Standards

Code	Title	Pre-requisite
PUASES008A	Undertake storm and water damage operations	Nil
PUASES009A	Undertake inland floodboat operations	Nil
PUASES010A	Plan, activate and maintain a communications network	PUAOPE013A Operate communications systems and equipment
PUASES011A	Manage emergency operations	Nil
PUASES012A	Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre	Nil
PUASES013A	Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights	PUASES008A Undertake storm and water damage operations
PUASES014A	Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques	HLTFA311A Apply first aid
PUASES015A	Operate over-snow vehicle	Nil
PUASES016A	Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations	Nil

Summary of Imported Units of Competency

Imported Units of Competency in the PUA12 Public Safety Training Package

The units of competency listed below have been imported from other Training Packages into PUA12 Public Safety Training Package qualifications.

Individual units of competency can be downloaded from the internet via TGA at www.training.gov.au.

AHC10 Agriculture Horticulture, Conversation and Land Management Training Package
AHCARB205A	Operate and maintain chainsaws
AHCBIO202A	Follow site quarantine procedures
AHCBIO301A	Work effectively in an emergency disease or pest plant response
AHCBIO302A	Identify and report unusual disease or plant pest signs
AHCBIO303A	Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control procedures at infected premises
AHCBIO304A	Carry out movement and security procedures
AHCBIO401A	Supervise activities on infected premises
AHCBIO402A	Carry out field surveillance for a specific emergency disease or plant pest
AHCBIO501A	Manage active operational emergency disease or plant pest sites
AHCBIO502A	Manage the implementation of an emergency disease or plant pest control program
AHCBIO601A	Plan and oversee an emergency disease or plant pest program
AHCCCF406A	Facilitate ongoing group development
AHCCCF413A	Service committees
AHCCCF505A	Contribute to regional planning process
AHCILM506A	Operate within community cultures and goals
AHCNAR302A	Collect and preserve biological samples
AHCOHS401A	Maintain occupational health and safety (OHS) processes
AHCPMG601A	Develop a plant pest survey strategy
AHCPMG602A	Develop a plant pest destruction strategy
BSB07 Business Services Training Package
BSBADV507B	Develop a media plan
BSBADV602B	Develop an advertising campaign
BSBADV603B	Manage advertising production
BSBADV604B	Execute an advertising campaign
BSBADV605B	Evaluate campaign effectiveness
BSBCMM401A	Make a presentation
BSBCON401A	Work effectively in a business continuity context
BSBCON601B	Develop and maintain business continuity plans
BSBCUS501C	Manage quality customer service
BSBFLM312C	Contribute to team effectiveness
BSBFLM511B	Develop a workplace learning environment
BSBINM501A	Manage an information or knowledge management system
BSBINN502A	Build and sustain an innovative work environment
BSBMGT401A	Show leadership in the workplace
BSBMGT502B	Manage people performance
BSBMKG401B	Profile the market
BSBWHS510A	Contribute to implementing emergency procedures
BSBWHS401A	Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements
BSBREL402A	Build client relationships and business networks
BSBWOR401A	Establish effective workplace relationships
BSBWOR402A	Promote team effectiveness
BSBWOR403A	Manage stress in the workplace
BSBWOR502B	Ensure team effectiveness
CH08 Community Services Training Package
CHCCD401E	Support community participation
CHCCD413E	Work within specific communities
CHCDFV402C	Manage own professional development in responding to domestic and family violence
CHCDFV404C	Promote community awareness of domestic and family violence
CHCGROUP302D	Support group activities
CHCGROUP403D	Plan and conduct group activities
CHCNET503D	Develop new networks
CHCPOL403C	Undertake research activities
CHCPOL505B	Manage research activities
CHCYTH301D	Work effectively with young people
CHCYTH505E	Support youth programs
CPP07 Property Services Training Package
CPPSEC3028A	Compile investigative report
CPPSIS3011A	Apply map presentation principles
CPPSIS3015A	Collect spatial data
CPPSIS4026A	Read and interpret image data
CPPSIS4035A	Apply GIS software to problem-solving techniques
FPI05 Forest and Forest Products Training Package
FPICOT3259	Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads
FPICOT2237A	Maintain chainsaws
FPICOT2239A	Trim and cut felled trees
FPICOT2236	Fall trees manually (basic)
FPIFGM3212	Fall trees manually (intermediate)
FPIFGM3213	Fall trees manually (advanced)
FPIFGM3215	Perform complex 4x4 operations
HLT07 Health Training Package
HLTFA211A	Provide basic emergency life support
HLTFA311A	Apply first aid
HLTFA302C	Provide first aid in remote situation
HLTFA412A	Apply advanced first aid
HLTFA404C	Apply advanced resuscitation techniques
ICA11 Information and Communications Training Package
ICAICT103A	Use, communicate and search securely on the internet
ICAICT203A	Operate computing packages
LGA04 Local Government Training Package
LGACOM502B	Devise and conduct community consultations
LGAEHRH604B	Develop and implement environmental health education, promotion and awareness strategies
LGAEHRR504C	Implement public education programs to improve community compliance
LGAPLEM403A	Attend requests for building and planning information and advice
LGAPLEM404A	Prepare and present geographic information systems data
LGAPLEM501A	Achieve an efficient and sustainable use of natural resources
LGAPLEM506A	Improve community knowledge and skills in environmental management practices
LGAPLEM606B	Develop ecologically sustainable land management systems
LGAPLEM608A	Identify and evaluate options to improve road safety
NWP07 Water Industry Training Package
NWP505B	Implement and manage environmental management policies, plans, procedures and programs
PMA08 Training Package
PMAOHS214B	Undertake helicopter safety and escape
PSP04 Public Sector Training Package
PSPCOM503A	Build and maintain community relationships
PSPGOV307B	Organise workplace information
PSPGOV417A	Identify and treat risks
PSPGOV515A	Develop and use political nous
PSPGOV606A	Prepare high-level/sensitive written materials
PSPPA601A	Manage public affairs
PSPPM501B	Design complex projects
PSPPOL401A	Contribute to policy development
PSPREG402C	Promote client compliance
PSPREG403B	Assess compliance
PSPREG411A	Gather information through interviews
PSPREG601B	Manage regulatory compliance
PSPREG602B	Evaluate regulatory compliance
PSPSOHS502A	Participate in the management of the OHS information and data systems
PSPSOHS609A	Evaluate an organisation’s OHS performance
PSPWPI605B	Audit management systems
SIS10 Sport, Fitness and Recreation Training Package
SISCAQU201A	Monitor pool water quality
SISCAQU202A	Perform basic water rescues
SISCAQU304A	Maintain pool water quality
SISCAQU305A	Implement aquatic facility plant and equipment maintenance program
SISCAQU306A	Supervise clients at an aquatic facility or environment
SISCAQU307A	Perform advanced water rescues
SISCAQU312A	Assist participants with a disability during aquatic activities
SISCAQU416A	Coordinate lifeguard service at an aquatic facility
SISONAV403A	Navigate in uncontrolled environments
SISOOPS202A	Use and maintain a temporary or overnight site
SISXRES402A	Support implementation of environmental management practices
SIT07 Tourism, Hospitality and Events Training Package
SITXMPR401	Coordinate production of brochures and marketing materials
SITXMPR402	Create a promotional display or stand
TAE10 Training and Education Training Package
TAEASS301B	Contribute to assessment
TAEASS401B	Plan assessment activities and processes
TAEASS402B	Assess competence
TAEASS403B	Participate in assessment validation
TAEASS502B	Design and develop assessment tools
TAEDEL301A	Provide work skill instruction
TAEDEL401A	Plan, organise and deliver group-based learning
TAEDEL402A	Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
TAEDEL403A	Coordinate and facilitate distance-based learning
TAEDEL404A	Mentor in the workplace
TAEDES401A	Design and develop learning programs
TAEDES502A	Design and develop learning resources
TAETAS401A	Maintain training and assessment information
TAETAS501B	Undertake organisational training needs analysis
TDM07 Maritime Training Package
TDMMC807B	Manoeuvre a vessel within the limits of responsibility of a Master 5
TDMMF1107B	Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment
TDMMF5407A	Observe safety and emergency procedures on a coastal vessel
TDMMF5507A	Fight and extinguish fires on board a coastal vessel
TDMMF5607A	Observe personal safety and social responsibilities
TDMMF6207A	Prevent, control and fight fires on board an ocean-going vessel
TDMMH807B	Plan and navigate an offshore passage within the limits of responsibility of a Master 5
TDMMR4307B	Assist in mooring and anchor handling activities
TLI10 Transport and Logistics Training Package
TLIG3002A	Lead a work team or group
TLIH2001A	Interpret road maps and navigate predetermined routes
PMA08 Training Package
PMAOHS214B	Undertake helicopter safety and escape

Summary mapping: Qualifications

Summary Mapping of Qualification Changes from the PUA12 Public Safety Training Package Version 2.1 to the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package Version 8.

Please note: Fire Sector Qualifications were removed from the Public Safety Training Package for the release of PUA12 Version 1.0. These qualifications have now been added to PUA12 and the following mapping table reflects the relationship between the qualifications contained in PUA00 version 8.1 and PUA12 version 2.1.

Mapping table to show relationship between other PUA qualifications contained in PUA12 V1.1 and PUA00 V8.1 can be accessed via www.training.gov.au by selecting "view details" for Release 1.1 http://www. on the Training Package details page.

PUA12 Version 2.1 qualification code and title	PUA00 Version 8.1 qualification code and title	Equivalence	Nature of Relationship
Fire Sector
PUA20613 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)	PUA20601 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA20713 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)	PUA20701 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA30613 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)	PUA30601 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)	PUA30701 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA40313 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)	PUA40301 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA50513 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)	PUA50501 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA60513 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)	PUA60501 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)	E	New units added. Pre-requisites updated. Imported units updated.
PUA60913 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire investigation)	PUA60909 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire investigation)	E	Unchanged

Summary mapping: Units of competency

Please note: Fire Sector Qualifications were removed from the Public Safety Training Package for the release of PUA12 Version 1.0. These qualifications have now been added to PUA12 and the following mapping table reflects the relationship between the qualifications contained in PUA00 version 8.1 and PUA12 version 2.1.

Mapping table to show relationship between other PUA units contained in PUA12 V1.1 and PUA00 V8.1 can be accessed via www.training.gov.au by selecting "view details" for Release 1.1 http://www. on the Training Package details page.

PUA12 version 2.1 unit code and title	PUA00 version 8.1 unit code and title	Equivalence	Nature of Relationship
FIRE SECTOR
PUAFIR310B Operate aerial or specialist appliance	N	Unit deleted. Content moved to PUAFIR317 Operate aerial appliance AND PUAFIR318 Operate specialist appliance
PUAFIR406B Develop prescribed burning plans	N	Unit deleted
PUAFIR407B Conduct prescribed burning	N	Unit deleted
PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire	PUAFIR203B Respond to urban fire	E	Unit Descriptor expanded Application of the Unit added Some Performance Criteria made more explicit Range statements revised Method of assessment added
PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire	PUAFIR204B Respond to wildfire	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR205B Respond to aviation incident (specialist)	PUAFIR205B Respond to aviation incident (specialist)	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR206B Check installed fire safety systems	PUAFIR206B Check installed fire safety systems	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit	PUAFIR207B Operate breathing apparatus open circuit	E	Application of the Unit added Performance Criteria 2.3 expanded Performance Criteria 3.5 expanded Range statements revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR208B Participate in community safety activities	PUAFIR208B Participate in community safety activities	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft	PUAFIR209B Work safely around aircraft	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR212B Rappel from helicopter	PUAFIR212B Rappel from helicopter	E	Application of the Unit added Unit updated to reflect current work requirements Required Knowledge clarified Method of assessment added
PUAFIR213 Assist with prescribed burning	New unit
PUAFIR214 Use Class A foam in wildfire operations and non-structural applications	New unit
PUAFIR215 Prevent injury	PUAFIR201B Prevent injury	E	Application of the Unit added Substantial changes to the Performance Criteria Element 4 deleted Method of assessment added
PUAFIR216 Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter	PUAFIR210B Undertake hover-exit operations from helicopter	N	Application of the Unit added Original unit expanded from 3 to 6 elements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR217 Undertake helicopter winch operations	PUAFIR211B Undertake helicopter winch operations	N	Application of the Unit added Original unit expanded from 3 to 6 elements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR218 Respond to isolated structure fire	PUAFIR202B Respond to isolated/remote structure fire	E	Content reviewed Unit Title revised (‘remote’ deleted) Unit Descriptor revised (definition of remote structure clarified) Application of the Unit added Range statements amended accordingly Co-requisite unit removed Method of assessment added
PUAFIR301B Undertake community safety activities	PUAFIR301B Undertake community safety activities	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire	PUAFIR302B Suppress urban fire	E	Content reviewed Pre-requisite unit PUAEME002C Manage injuries at emergency incident removed and replaced with HLTFA301B Apply first aid Application of the Unit added Range statements revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire	PUAFIR303B Suppress wildfire	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Context of Assessment revised Method of assessment added
PUAFIR304B Respond to marine emergencies	PUAFIR304B Respond to marine emergencies	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR305B Respond to aviation incidents (general)	PUAFIR305B Respond to aviation incidents (general)	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR308B Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident	PUAFIR308B Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR309B Operate pumps	PUAFIR309B Operate pumps	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR311B Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter	PUAFIR311B Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Required Knowledge and Required Skills revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR312B Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft	PUAFIR312B Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR313B Operate aviation support equipment	PUAFIR313B Operate aviation support equipment	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR314B Utilise installed fire safety systems	PUAFIR314B Utilise installed fire safety systems	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR315B Navigate from an aircraft	PUAFIR315B Navigate from an aircraft	E	Content reviewed Pre-requisite unit PUAOPE003B Navigate in urban and rural environments (Fire Sector only) removed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR316 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident	PUAFIR307B Monitor hazardous atmospheres	E	Unit Title revised Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR317 Operate aerial appliance	New unit
PUAFIR318 Operate specialist appliance	New unit
PUAFIR319 Take local weather observations	New unit
PUAFIR320 Render hazardous materials incidents safe	PUAFIR306B Render hazardous materials incidents safe	E	Application of the Unit added Element 1 to 4 changed; new Element 5 Method of assessment added
PUAFIR321 Operate heavy plant in fire control operations	New unit
PUAFIR322 Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations	New unit
PUAFIR401B Obtain incident intelligence	PUAFIR401B Obtain incident intelligence	E	Pre-requisite units removed Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR403B Assess building plans	PUAFIR403B Assess building plans	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR404B Inspect dangerous goods facilities	PUAFIR404B Inspect dangerous goods facilities	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR405B Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information	PUAFIR405B Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR408B Plan aircraft operations	PUAFIR408B Plan aircraft operations	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR409B Develop air attack strategies	PUAFIR409B Develop air attack strategies	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Required Skills reduced Required Knowledge expanded Method of assessment added
PUAFIR410A Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident	PUAFIR410A Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR411A Provide safety advice at an urban incident	PUAFIR411A Provide safety advice at an urban incident	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR412 Conduct simple prescribed burns	New unit
PUAFIR413 Develop simple prescribed burn plans	New unit
PUAFIR414 Interpret and analyse fire weather information	New unit
PUAFIR415 Supervise use of machinery in wildfire operations	New unit
PUAFIR416 Supervise specialist response to aviation accidents and incidents	PUAFIR402B Supervise specialist response to aviation incidents	E	Unit Title revised Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added Content has not changed
PUAFIR501B Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities	PUAFIR501B Conduct fire investigation and analysis activities	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR502B Develop incident control strategies	PUAFIR502B Develop incident control strategies	E	Content reviewed Pre-requisite unit PUAOPE00`B Supervise response removed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR503B Coordinate human resource management activities	PUAFIR503B Coordinate human resource management activities	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Two Performance Criteria revised to ensure consistent use of the passive tense Method of assessment added
PUAFIR504B Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies	PUAFIR504B Assist with formulation and implementation of plans and policies	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR505B Administer cost centre’s financial resources	PUAFIR505B Administer cost centre’s financial resources	E	Pre-requisite unit PUAMAN002B Administer workgroup resources removed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR506B Conduct an assessment of a building’s performance based design	PUAFIR506B Conduct an assessment of a building’s performance based design	E	Application of the Unit added Unit revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR507B Inspect building fire safety systems	PUAFIR507B Inspect building fire safety systems	E	Application of the Unit added Pre-requisite unit PUAFIR403B Assess building plans removed Range statements revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR509B Implement prevention strategies	PUAFIR509B Implement prevention strategies	E	Application of the Unit added Performance Criteria amended to make intent clearer but the intent has not changed Method of assessment added
PUAFIR510B Inspect for legislative compliance	PUAFIR510B Inspect for legislative compliance	E	Content reviewed Pre-requisite unit PUAFIR301B Undertake community safety activities removed Application of the Unit added Method of assessment added
PUAFIR511 Conduct complex prescribed burns	New unit
PUAFIR512 Develop and analyse the behaviour and suppression options for a Level 2 wildfire	New unit
PUAFIR513 Develop complex prescribed burn plans	New unit
PUAFIR514 Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire and incident safety management systems	PUAFIR508B Assess and evaluate a facility’s fire/incident safety management systems in hazardous materials	E	Application of the Unit added Unit Title revised Range statements revised to reflect current work requirements Method of assessment added
PUAFIR601B Develop and administer agency policy, procedures and practices	PUAFIR601B Develop and administer agency policy, procedures and practices	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Performance Criteria revised to ensure consistent use of the passive tense Method of assessment added
PUAFIR602B Manage the implementation of community safety strategies	PUAFIR602B Manage the implementation of community safety strategies	E	Content reviewed Application of the Unit added Performance Criteria amended to make intent clearer but intent has not changed Method of assessment added
PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire	PUAFIR603A Determine origin and cause of wildfire	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire	PUAFIR604A Determine origin and cause of structure fire	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire	PUAFIR605A Determine origin and cause of mobile property fire	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR606A Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation	PUAFIR606A Apply principles of combustion and fire dynamics to fire scene investigation	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR607A Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations	PUAFIR607A Apply electrical/electronic knowledge to fire investigations	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR608A Investigate fatal fires	PUAFIR608A Investigate fatal fires	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence	PUAFIR609A Collect, record and coordinate the analysis of physical evidence	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR610A Manage imaging and electronic data	PUAFIR610A Manage imaging and electronic data	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR611A Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results	PUAFIR611A Process and analyse fire scene data and laboratory results	E	Unchanged
PUAFIR612A Undertake post-incident analysis	PUAFIR612A Undertake post-incident analysis	E	Unchanged
PUAPRS20529B Manage marketing requirements	PUAPRS20529B Manage marketing requirements	E	Unchanged

IMPORTED UNITS OF COMPETENCY
PUA12 version 2.1 unit code and title	PUA12 version 1.0 unit code and title	Equivalence	Nature of Relationship
BSBCON601B Develop and maintain business continuity plans	BSBCON601A Develop and maintain business continuity plans	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
BSBCUS501C Manage quality customer service	BSBCUS501B Manage quality customer service	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
BSBWHS510A Contribute to implementing emergency procedures	BSBOHS405B Contribute to the implementation of emergency procedures	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
BSBWHS401A Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements	BSBOHS407A Monitor safe workplaces	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
CHCCD401E Support community participation	CHCCD401D Support community participation	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
CHCCD413E Work within specific communities	CHCCD413D Work within specific communities	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
CHCNET503D Develop new networks	CHCNET503C Develop new networks	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
CHCPOL403C Undertake research activities	CHCPOL403B Undertake research activities	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
CHCYTH505E Support youth programs	CHCYTH505D Support youth programs	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
CPPSIS3011A Apply map presentation principles	CPPSIS3001A Apply map presentation principles	N	Parent TP states Unit revised and not equivalent to CPPSIS3001A Apply map presentation principles Element structure, performance criteria and critical aspects reviewed to reflect workplace requirements Skills and knowledge requirements and the range statement updated
CPPSIS3015A Collect spatial data	CPPSIS3005A Collect basic spatial data	N	Parent TP states Unit revised and not equivalent to CPPSIS3005A Collect basic spatial data New unit title Element structure, performance criteria and critical aspects reviewed to reflect workplace requirements Skills and knowledge requirements and the range statement updated
CPPSIS4026A Read and interpret image data	CPPSIS4006A Read and interpret basic image data	N	Parent TP states Unit revised and not equivalent to CPPSIS4006A Read and interpret basic image data New unit title Terminology updated Element structure, performance criteria, and critical aspects reviewed to reflect workplace requirements Skills and knowledge requirements and the range statement updated
CPPSIS4035A Apply GIS software to problem-solving techniques	CPPSIS4015A Apply GPS software to problem-solving techniques	N	Parent TP states Unit revised and not equivalent to CPPSIS4015A Apply GIS software to problem-solving techniques Element structure, performance criteria, and critical aspects reviewed to reflect workplace requirements Skills and knowledge requirements and the range statement updated
FPICOT3259 Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads	FPICOT2234B Operate 4x4 vehicles	N	Parent TP states Revised unit based on FPICOT2234B recoded due to extent of change
FPICOT2236 Fall trees manually (basic)	FPIFGM2208A Fall trees manually (basic)	N	Parent TP states New unit based on FPIFGM2208A and FPIHAR2202A, recoded due to extent of change Not Equivalent
FPIFGM3212 Fall trees manually (intermediate)	FPIFGM3204A Fall trees manually (intermediate)	N	Parent TP states Revised unit based on FPIFGM3204A recoded due to extent of change, not equivalent
FPIFGM3213 Fall trees manually (advanced)	FPIFGM3205A Fall trees manually (advanced)	N	Parent TP states Revised unit based on FPIFGM3205A recoded due to extent of change, not equivalent
FPIFGM3215 Perform complex four-wheel drive operations	FPIFGM3208B Perform complex 4x4 operations	N	Parent TP states Revised unit based on FPIFGM3208B recoded due to extent of change
HLTFA211A Provide basic emergency life support	HLTFA201B Provide basic emergency life support	N	Parent TP states Updated in V5 Unit version identifier updated, changes to competency outcomes of first aid units
HLTFA311A Apply first aid	HLTFA301C Apply first aid	N	Parent TP states Updated in V5 Unit version identifier updated, changes to competency outcomes of first aid units
HLTFA302C Provide first aid in remote situation	HLTFA302C Provide first aid in remote situation	N	Parent TP states Updated in V5 Unit version identifier updated, changes to competency outcomes of first aid units
HLTFA412A Apply advanced first aid	HLTFA402C Apply advanced first aid	N	Parent TP states Updated in V5 Unit version identifier updated, changes to competency outcomes of first aid units
HLTFA404C Apply advanced resuscitation techniques	HLTFA404B Apply advanced resuscitation techniques	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
SITXMPR401 Coordinate production of brochures and marketing materials	SITXMPR001A Coordinate production of brochures and marketing materials	E	replaced by parent TP unit deemed equivalent
SITXMPR402 Create a promotional display or stand	SITXMPR002A Create a promotional display or stand	N	Minor adjustments to expression of content to streamline and improve unit. Added elements and principles of design.

Overview

What is a Training Package?

A Training Package is an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment guidelines and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.

Each Training Package:

provides a consistent and reliable set of components for training, recognising and assessing peoples skills, and may also have optional support materials

enables nationally recognised qualifications to be awarded through direct assessment of workplace competencies

encourages the development and delivery of flexible training which suits individual and industry requirements

encourages learning and assessment in a work-related environment which leads to verifiable workplace outcomes.

How do Training Packages fit within the National Skills Framework?

The National Skills Framework applies nationally, is endorsed by the Ministerial Council for Vocational and Technical Education, and comprises the Australian Quality Training Framework 2010 (AQTF 2010), and Training Packages endorsed by the National Quality Council (NQC).

How are Training Packages developed?

Training Packages are developed by Industry Skills Councils or enterprises to meet the identified training needs of specific industries or industry sectors. To gain national endorsement of Training Packages, developers must provide evidence of extensive research, consultation and support within the industry area or enterprise.

How do Training Packages encourage flexibility?

Training Packages describe the skills and knowledge needed to perform effectively in the workplace without prescribing how people should be trained.

Training Packages acknowledge that people can achieve vocational competency in many ways by emphasising what the learner can do, not how or where they learned to do it. For example, some experienced workers might be able to demonstrate competency against the units of competency, and even gain a qualification, without completing a formal training program.

With Training Packages, assessment and training may be conducted at the workplace, off-the-job, at a training organisation, during regular work, or through work experience, work placement, work simulation or any combination of these.

Who can deliver and assess using Training Packages?

Training and assessment using Training Packages must be conducted by a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that has the qualifications or specific units of competency on its scope of registration, or that works in partnership with another RTO, as specified in the AQTF 2010.

Training Package Components

Training Packages are made up of mandatory components endorsed by the NQC, and optional support materials.

Training Package Endorsed Components

The nationally endorsed components include the Competency Standards, Assessment Guidelines and Qualifications Framework. These form the basis of training and assessment in the Training Package and, as such, they must be used.

Competency Standards

Each unit of competency identifies a discrete workplace requirement and includes the knowledge and skills that underpin competency as well as language, literacy and numeracy; and occupational health and safety requirements. The units of competency must be adhered to in training and assessment to ensure consistency of outcomes.

Assessment Guidelines

The Assessment Guidelines provide an industry framework to ensure all assessments meet industry needs and nationally agreed standards as expressed in the Training Package and the AQTF 2010. The Assessment Guidelines must be followed to ensure the integrity of assessment leading to nationally recognised qualifications.

Qualifications Framework

Each Training Package provides details of those units of competency that must be achieved to award AQF qualifications. The rules around which units of competency can be combined to make up a valid AQF qualification in the Training Package are referred to as the ‘packaging rules’. The packaging rules must be followed to ensure the integrity of nationally recognised qualifications issued.

Training Package Support Materials

The endorsed components of Training Packages are complemented and supported by optional support materials that provide for choice in the design of training and assessment to meet the needs of industry and learners.

Training Package support materials can relate to single or multiple units of competency, an industry sector, a qualification or the whole Training Package. They tend to fall into one or more of the categories illustrated below.

Training Package support materials are produced by a range of stakeholders such as RTOs, individual trainers and assessors, private and commercial developers and Government agencies.

Training Package, Qualification and Unit of Competency Codes

There are agreed conventions for the national codes used for Training Packages and their components. Always use the correct codes, exactly as they appear in the Training Package, and with the code always before the title.

Training Package Codes

Each Training Package has a unique five-character national code assigned when the Training Package is endorsed, for example XYZ08. The first three characters are letters identifying the Training Package industry coverage and the last two characters are numbers identifying the year of endorsement.

Qualification Codes

Within each Training Package, each qualification has a unique eight-character code, for example XYZ10108. Qualification codes are developed as follows:

the first three letters identify the Training Package;

the first number identifies the qualification level (noting that, in the qualification titles themselves, arabic numbers are not used);

the next two numbers identify the position in the sequence of the qualification at that level; and

the last two numbers identify the year in which the qualification was endorsed. (Where qualifications are added after the initial Training Package endorsement, the last two numbers may differ from other Training Package qualifications as they identify the year in which those particular qualifications were endorsed.)

Unit of Competency Codes

Within each Training Package, each unit of competency has a unique code. Unit of competency codes are assigned when the Training Package is endorsed, or when new units of competency are added to an existing endorsed Training Package. Unit codes are developed as follows:

a typical code is made up of 12 characters, normally a mixture of uppercase letters and numbers, as in PUAEMR014A

the first three characters signify the Training Package – PUA12 Public Safety Training Package – in the above example and up to eight characters, relating to an industry sector, function or skill area, follow;

the last character is always a letter and identifies the unit of competency version. An ‘A’ at the end of the code indicates that this is the original unit of competency. ‘B’, or another incremented version identifier means that minor changes have been made. Typically this would mean that wording has changed in the range statement or evidence guide, providing clearer intent; and

where changes are made that alter the outcome, a new code is assigned and the title is changed.

Training Package, Qualification and Unit of Competency Titles

There are agreed conventions for titling Training Packages and their components. Always use the correct titles, exactly as they appear in the Training Package, and with the code always placed before the title.

Training Package Titles

The title of each endorsed Training Package is unique and relates the Training Packages broad industry coverage.

Qualification Titles

The title of each endorsed Training Package qualification is unique. Qualification titles use the following sequence:

first, the qualification is identified as either Certificate I, Certificate II, Certificate III, Certificate IV, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Vocational Graduate Certificate, or Vocational Graduate Diploma;

this is followed by the words ‘in’ for Certificates I to IV, and ‘of’ for Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Vocational Graduate Certificate and Vocational Graduate Diploma;

then, the industry descriptor, for example Telecommunications; and

then, if applicable, the occupational or functional stream in brackets, for example (Computer Systems).

For example:

PUA21012 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)

PUA50212 Diploma of Public Safety (Policing)

PUA50412 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management)

Unit of Competency Titles

Each unit of competency title is unique. Unit of competency titles describe the competency outcome concisely, and are written in sentence case.

For example: PUAOHS002B Maintain safety at an incident scene

Introduction to the PUA12 Public Safety Training Package

Public Safety Industry

The Public Safety Industry comprises Police, State and Territory Emergency Services, Aquatic Search and Rescue, and Emergency Management sectors. The Public Safety Training Package provides units of competency and qualifications, which cover approximately 506,000 workers, paid and volunteer, managed by State/Territory and Commonwealth departments.

The organisations that comprise these sectors undertake functions that are determined by State/Territory and Commonwealth legislation and policy frameworks. The functions of the various services are not always consistent nationally.

The roles and functions of Public Safety workers, in relation to emergency response capacities, fall into four main categories:

Prevention/mitigation

Preparation

Response

Recovery

Additionally, the role and functions of Police are to:

maintain public order and safety

enforce the law

prevent crime, public disorder and emergency incidents

assist the community

To varying extents, all Public Safety workers undertake duties in relation to these categories. The mix and level of such functions will depend on the type of agency and the nature of the positions within agencies.

Public Safety Emergency Response Agencies direct a considerable proportion of training effort to ‘preparation’ for events/incidents that most people hope will never occur. When these event/incidents do occur, the response is both time critical and potentially life threatening to both Public Safety workers and members of the public.

PUA12 Public Safety Training Package

The Public Safety Training Package specifies nationally endorsed units of competency, qualifications frameworks and assessment guidelines required to perform effectively in the workplace for the following sectors:

Australian Police Forces

State/Territory Emergency Services

Aquatic Search and Rescue

Emergency Management

Fire

The public safety competencies are divided into four functional areas. The Industry Wide component reflects units of competency common to all sectors and covers common operations such as communication, emergency procedures, judicial compliance, management, occupational health and safety, teamwork, emergency management, and search and rescue activities. The Industry Wide units of competency form a strong link across the sectors.

The remaining three functional areas specifically focus on the activities of Police and State and Territory Emergency Service. These units are distinctive in operation and provide for varying contexts.

Relevant units of competency have been imported from existing endorsed Training Packages into PUA12 Public Safety Training Package qualifications.

Consultative Process

Each sector works with GSA to ensure a rigorous consultative process that includes all key stakeholders and interested parties.

The Police Sector also involved representatives from New Zealand in the consultation process.

The Government Skills Australia (GSA) Public Safety Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) has been the major conduit for the development of Version 2.1 of the PUA12 Public Safety Training Package.

GSA Public Safety IAC Representatives

The actual representatives of Public Safety IAC have changed over the life of the PUA00 Training Package. At the time of submission of the PUA12 Training Package, the membership was:

Mr Brendan Angwin, United Firefighters Union of Australia
Mr Mark Burgess, Police Federation of Australia
Mr Peter George, Surf Life Saving Australia (observer status)
Dr Brian Jardine, Community and Public Sector Union
Ms Margot Kropinski-Myers, Department of Defence
Ms Sandra Lunardi, Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council
Mr Dave Owen, Australian Council of State Emergency Service
Mr Larry Proud, Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency
Mr Ken Railton, Defence Force Welfare Association

Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework

What is the Australian Qualifications Framework?

A brief overview of the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) follows. For a full explanation of the AQF, see the AQF Implementation Handbook. http://www.aqf.edu.au/Portals/0/Documents/Handbook/AQF_Handbook_07.pdf

The AQF provides a comprehensive, nationally consistent framework for all qualifications in post-compulsory education and training in Australia. In the vocational education and training (VET) sector it assists national consistency for all trainees, learners, employers and providers by enabling national recognition of qualifications and Statements of Attainment.

Training Package qualifications in the VET sector must comply with the titles and guidelines of the AQF. Endorsed Training Packages provide a unique title for each AQF qualification which must always be reproduced accurately.

Qualifications

Training Packages can incorporate the following eight AQF qualifications.

Certificate I in ...

Certificate II in ...

Certificate III in ...

Certificate IV in ...

Diploma of ...

Advanced Diploma of ...

Vocational Graduate Certificate of ...

Vocational Graduate Diploma of ...

On completion of the requirements defined in the Training Package, a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) may issue a nationally recognised AQF qualification. Issuance of AQF qualifications must comply with the advice provided in the AQF Implementation Handbook and the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

Statement of Attainment

A Statement of Attainment is issued by a Registered Training Organisation when an individual has completed one or more units of competency from nationally recognised qualification(s)/courses(s). Issuance of Statements of Attainment must comply with the advice provided in the current AQF Implementation Handbook and the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

Under the AQTF 2010, RTOs must recognise the achievement of competencies as recorded on a qualification or Statement of Attainment issued by other RTOs. Given this, recognised competencies can progressively build towards a full AQF qualification.

AQF Guidelines and Learning Outcomes

The AQF Implementation Handbook provides a comprehensive guideline for each AQF qualification. A summary of the learning outcome characteristics and their distinguishing features for each VET related AQF qualification is provided below.

Certificate I

Characteristics of Learning Outcomes

Breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge and skills would prepare a person to perform a defined range of activities most of which may be routine and predictable.

Applications may include a variety of employment related skills including preparatory access and participation skills, broad-based induction skills and/or specific workplace skills. They may also include participation in a team or work group.

Distinguishing Features of Learning Outcomes

Do the competencies enable an individual with this qualification to:

demonstrate knowledge by recall in a narrow range of areas;

demonstrate basic practical skills, such as the use of relevant tools;

perform a sequence of routine tasks given clear direction

receive and pass on messages/information.

Certificate II

Characteristics of Learning Outcomes

Breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge and skills would prepare a person to perform in a range of varied activities or knowledge application where there is a clearly defined range of contexts in which the choice of actions required is usually clear and there is limited complexity in the range of operations to be applied.

Performance of a prescribed range of functions involving known routines and procedures and some accountability for the quality of outcomes.

Applications may include some complex or non-routine activities involving individual responsibility or autonomy and/or collaboration with others as part of a group or team.

Distinguishing Features of Learning Outcomes

Do the competencies enable an individual with this qualification to:

demonstrate basic operational knowledge in a moderate range of areas;

apply a defined range of skills;

apply known solutions to a limited range of predictable problems;

perform a range of tasks where choice between a limited range of options is required;

assess and record information from varied sources;

take limited responsibility for own outputs in work and learning.

Certificate III

Characteristics of Learning Outcomes

Breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge and competencies would cover selecting, adapting and transferring skills and knowledge to new environments and providing technical advice and some leadership in resolution of specified problems. This would be applied across a range of roles in a variety of contexts with some complexity in the extent and choice of options available.

Performance of a defined range of skilled operations, usually within a range of broader related activities involving known routines, methods and procedures, where some discretion and judgement is required in the section of equipment, services or contingency measures and within known time constraints.

Applications may involve some responsibility for others. Participation in teams including group or team co-ordination may be involved.

Distinguishing Features of Learning Outcomes

Do the competencies enable an individual with this qualification to:

demonstrate some relevant theoretical knowledge

apply a range of well-developed skills

apply known solutions to a variety of predictable problems

perform processes that require a range of well-developed skills where some discretion and judgement is required

interpret available information, using discretion and judgement

take responsibility for own outputs in work and learning

take limited responsibility for the output of others.

Certificate IV

Characteristics of Learning Outcomes

Breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge and competencies would cover a broad range of varied activities or application in a wider variety of contexts most of which are complex and non-routine. Leadership and guidance are involved when organising activities of self and others as well as contributing to technical solutions of a non-routine or contingency nature.

Performance of a broad range of skilled applications including the requirement to evaluate and analyse current practices, develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices and provision of some leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of the skills. Applications involve responsibility for, and limited organisation of, others.

Distinguishing Features of Learning Outcomes

Do the competencies enable an individual with this qualification to:

demonstrate understanding of a broad knowledge base incorporating some theoretical concepts

apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems

identify and apply skill and knowledge areas to a wide variety of contexts, with depth in some areas

identify, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources

take responsibility for own outputs in relation to specified quality standards

take limited responsibility for the quantity and quality of the output of others.

Diploma

Characteristics of Learning Outcomes

Breadth, depth and complexity covering planning and initiation of alternative approaches to skills or knowledge applications across a broad range of technical and/or management requirements, evaluation and co-ordination.

The self directed application of knowledge and skills, with substantial depth in some areas where judgment is required in planning and selecting appropriate equipment, services and techniques for self and others.

Applications involve participation in development of strategic initiatives as well as personal responsibility and autonomy in performing complex technical operations or organising others. It may include participation in teams including teams concerned with planning and evaluation functions. Group or team co-ordination may be involved.

The degree of emphasis on breadth as against depth of knowledge and skills may vary between qualifications granted at this level.

Distinguishing Features of Learning Outcomes

Do the competencies or learning outcomes enable an individual with this qualification to:

demonstrate understanding of a broad knowledge base incorporating theoretical concepts, with substantial depth in some areas

analyse and plan approaches to technical problems or management requirements

transfer and apply theoretical concepts and/or technical or creative skills to a range of situations

evaluate information, using it to forecast for planning or research purposes

take responsibility for own outputs in relation to broad quantity and quality parameters

take some responsibility for the achievement of group outcomes.

Advanced Diploma

Characteristics of Learning Outcomes

Breadth, depth and complexity involving analysis, design, planning, execution and evaluation across a range of technical and/or management functions including development of new criteria or applications or knowledge or procedures.

The application of a significant range of fundamental principles and complex techniques across a wide and often unpredictable variety of contexts in relation to either varied or highly specific functions. Contribution to the development of a broad plan, budget or strategy is involved and accountability and responsibility for self and others in achieving the outcomes is involved.

Applications involve significant judgement in planning, design, technical or leadership/guidance functions related to products, services, operations or procedures.

The degree of emphasis on breadth as against depth of knowledge and skills may vary between qualifications granted at this level.

Distinguishing Features of Learning Outcomes

Do the competencies or learning outcomes enable an individual with this qualification to:

demonstrate understanding of specialised knowledge with depth in some areas

analyse, diagnose, design and execute judgements across a broad range of technical or management functions

generate ideas through the analysis of information and concepts at an abstract level

demonstrate a command of wide-ranging, highly specialised technical, creative or conceptual skills

demonstrate accountability for personal outputs within broad parameters

demonstrate accountability for personal and group outcomes within broad parameters.

Vocational Graduate Certificate

Characteristics of competencies or learning outcomes

The self-directed development and achievement of broad and specialised areas of knowledge and skills, building on prior knowledge and skills.

Substantial breadth and complexity involving the initiation, analysis, design, planning, execution and evaluation of technical and management functions in highly varied and highly specialised contexts.

Applications involve making significant, high-level, independent judgements in major broad or planning, design, operational, technical and management functions in highly varied and specialised contexts. They may include responsibility and broadranging accountability for the structure, management and output of the work or functions of others.

The degree of emphasis on breadth, as opposed to depth, of knowledge and skills may vary between qualifications granted at this level.

Distinguishing features of learning outcomes

Demonstrate the self-directed development and achievement of broad and specialised areas of knowledge and skills, building on prior knowledge and skills.

Initiate, analyse, design, plan, execute and evaluate major broad or technical and management functions in highly varied and highly specialised contexts.

Generate and evaluate ideas through the analysis of information and concepts at an abstract level.

Demonstrate a command of wide-ranging, highly specialised technical, creative or conceptual skills in complex contexts.

Demonstrate responsibility and broad-ranging accountability for the structure, management and output of the work or functions of others.

Vocational Graduate Diploma Characteristics of competencies or learning outcomes The self-directed development and achievement of broad and specialised areas of knowledge and skills, building on prior knowledge and skills. Substantial breadth, depth and complexity involving the initiation, analysis, design, planning, execution and evaluation of major functions, both broad and highly specialised, in highly varied and highly specialised contexts. Further specialisation within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge. Applications involve making high-level, fully independent, complex judgements in broad planning, design, operational, technical and management functions in highly varied and highly specialised contexts. They may include full responsibility and accountability for all aspects of work and functions of others, including planning, budgeting and strategy development. The degree of emphasis on breadth, as opposed to depth, of knowledge and skills may vary between qualifications granted at this level. Distinguishing features of learning outcomes Demonstrate the self-directed development and achievement of broad and highly specialised areas of knowledge and skills, building on prior knowledge and skills. Initiate, analyse, design, plan, execute and evaluate major functions, both broad and within highly varied and highly specialised contexts. Generate and evaluate complex ideas through the analysis of information and concepts at an abstract level. Demonstrate an expert command of wide-ranging, highly specialised, technical, creative or conceptual skills in complex and highly specialised or varied contexts. Demonstrate full responsibility and accountability for personal outputs. Demonstrate full responsibility and accountability for all aspects of the work or functions of others, including planning, budgeting and strategy.

Qualifications and Packaging Rules

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Qualification Pathways

The following pathways charts are provided to show the types of pathways into and from qualifications that are possible with this Training Package. For more information about qualifications and pathways contact Government Skills Australia www.governmentskills.com.au http://www.governmentskills.com.au

Pathway chart

Australian Apprenticeships (including Traineeships and School-based Apprenticeships)

Australian Apprenticeships are declared in each State or Territory according to the particular processes of the jurisdiction and requirements identified by industry in the State or Territory.

Declarations for particular qualifications as either Traineeships or Apprenticeships are made accordingly and therefore the same qualification may be classified differently between jurisdictions.

At the time of publishing, there are significant variations across jurisdictions. Some jurisdictions such as South Australia, Tasmania, and New South Wales have no listed Public Safety Australian Apprenticeships. Other jurisdictions have a varying range depending on local need. To ensure current and correct information, please contact an Australian Apprenticeships Centre.

VET in Schools

Vocational Education and Training in Schools are programs undertaken by school students as part of the senior secondary certificate that provide credit towards a nationally recognised VET qualification within the Australian Qualifications Framework. The training that students receive reflects specific industry competency standards and is delivered by a Registered Training Organisation or a school in partnership with a Registered Training Organisation.

A key success of VET in Schools is the integration of vocational options within the traditionally academic studies at the senior secondary school level. VET in Schools programs allow Year 11 and 12 students to:

develop industry specific skills;

gain nationally recognised Vocational Education and Training qualifications and units of competency while still completing their senior secondary school qualification;

develop employability skills and an understanding of the world of work, and;

gain an understanding of the world of work which is valuable experience to assist with planning and pursuing their career pathways

Some units from the Certificate II in Public Safety (SES) may be appropriate for a VET in schools program, depending on local need and resources.

Skill Sets

Definition

Skill sets are defined as single units of competency, or combinations of units of competency from an endorsed Training Package, which link to a licence or regulatory requirement, or defined industry need.

Wording on Statements of Attainment

Skill sets are a way of publicly identifying logical groupings of units of competency which meet an identified need or industry outcome. Skill sets are not qualifications.

Where skill sets are identified in a Training Package, the Statement of Attainment can set out the competencies a person has achieved in a way that is consistent and clear for employers and others. This is done by including the wording ‘these competencies meet [insert skill set title or identified industry area] need’ on the Statement of Attainment. This wording applies only to skill sets that are formally identified as such in the endorsed Training Package. See the 2010 edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook for advice on wording on Statements of Attainment. http://www.aqf.edu.au/Portals/0/Documents/Handbook/AQF_Handbook_07.pdf

Skill Sets in this Training Package

This section provides information on Skill Sets within this Training Package, with the following important disclaimer: Readers should ensure that they have also read the part of the Training Package that outlines licensing and regulatory requirements.

Where this section is blank, nationally recognised Skill Sets have yet to be identified in this industry.

Public Safety Qualifications

In structuring qualifications in the Public Safety Training Package, the approach has been to identify core competency standards essential to achieving the qualification and elective units to provide choice and flexibility, and to meet the range of specific roles a worker may undertake. The qualification framework provides a balance between achieving the requirements of the industry to demonstrate competency in the area of work covered by the qualification and the need to provide maximum flexibility.

Units of competency have been packaged and aligned to a specific qualification within the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) to establish the qualification level and title.

An Overview of the Public Safety Qualifications Framework

Qualifications in Public Safety have been devised to provide maximum recognition, flexibility and portability for all Public Safety industry workers, whether employed full-time or part-time, or volunteers.

The qualifications framework identifies and incorporates national sector specific qualifications and Industry Wide qualifications.

Industry Wide Qualifications

The industry wide qualifications range from Certificate II to Advanced Diploma and cover:

aquatic search and rescue

bio-security

community safety

emergency communications centre operations

emergency management

leadership

search and rescue

Flexibility has been maximised in the qualifications by using a core plus elective model. The community safety qualifications have two groups of electives: Group A has a public safety focus while Group B covers generic PSTP units and imported units.

The flexibility of the community safety qualifications allows for specialisation in the areas of community education, community liaison, buildings and facilities inspection, compliance audits, and workplace emergency response.

Police Sector Qualifications

Certificate level qualifications have been developed to cover those units of competency required by Police Officers who perform a support function in assisting other police working in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or ethnic communities. The Diploma covers wider operational policing functions, while a number of Advanced Diplomas and Graduate Vocational Certificates cover supervisory, management and specialist functions.

NOTE: Police specialist units of competency and qualifications are not included in this document; Police specialist units of competency and qualifications are confidential and should not be accessible in the public domain. Public access to these units of competency and qualifications has the potential to compromise Police operations and security as well as place members of the public and Police Officers at risk. These units are contained in a separate document and are only available to persons authorised by the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) – via website contact http://www.anzpaa.org.

The Police Sector not for public access qualifications are listed in the table "Summary of AQF Qualifications in the PUA12 Version 2.1 Public Safety Training Package and their public access status" above.

Fire Sector Qualifications

Qualifications at the Certificate II and III levels cover the units of competency required by firefighters to perform a range of varied activities such as structure and/or wildfire fighting and to respond to rescue incidents. The core units of the "Firefighting and Emergency Operations" stream reflect the competencies required by firefighters involved in structural firefighting operations, whereas, the core units in "Firefighting Operations" stream reflect the competencies required by firefighters involved in wildfire firefighting.

The Certificate IV covers leadership and supervisory functions, while the Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications address management and specialist functions.

The risks associated with firefighting operations have required the adoption of a number of pre-requisite units of competency to key operational industry wide competencies. To ensure operational safety is maintained by fire sector workers they must be assessed as competent in all fire specific pre-requisites and assessed in the following units within a fire context for the purposes of obtaining fire qualifications.

PUAOPE015A Conduct briefings and debriefings

PUAOPE016A Manage a multi-team sector

PUAOPE006B Control multi-agency emergency situations

PUAOPE007B Command agency personnel within a multi-agency emergency response

Definition of Fire sector specific (FSS) Pre-requisite Units

The risks associated with operations within the fire services and land management organisations, with a responsibility for fire management, have led the Fire sector to designate a number of Fire Sector-specific (FSS) pre-requisite units of competency. The FSS pre-requisite units of competency have been designated for both Fire-specific and some industry-wide units of competency. All FSS pre-requisite units nominated for any Fire or industry-wide unit of competency are mandatory for the attainment of a Fire qualification.

For the purposes of this document, the fire sector is defined as those public sector organisations or statutory authorities that have the responsibility for the delivery of fire-related land management, fire-related community safety services, fire response and suppression services, or operational support for any of these services. The fire sector has both a career workforce and over 200,000 volunteers.

Where a public sector organisation or statutory authority has responsibility for delivering other services (for example a combined service that delivers both fire services and services such as marine rescue or flood response), only those functions of the organisation or authority relating to fire fall within the fire sector.

Within the Fire sector, a person seeking to attain a FSS and/or industry-wide unit of competency, for which FSS pre-requisite units have been specified, must hold all of these pre-requisite units before they will be awarded the unit. Where a pre-requisite pathway exists for any Public Safety FSS and industry-wide unit of competency, the entire pathway is listed clearly under the relevant Fire Qualification.

The FSS pre-requisite units specified for a FSS or industry-wide unit are not mandatory for non-Fire public safety organisations, including non-fire functions of public safety organisations that have a fire function, or for any other industry sector. Should an individual from another public safety organisation or function, or from another industry sector, seek to have these units recognised for use within the Fire sector, or to contribute to a firefighting qualification, they must first complete (or, through a formal process, achieve recognition of equivalent competency for) all specified pre-requisites.

The following guidelines apply:

For a unit of competency that has FSS pre-requisites listed, those pre-requisite units must be attained before the unit can be applied for use within the Fire sector or contribute to meeting the requirements of a firefighting qualification. This same principle applies to a skill set or an informal cluster of units.

If a unit of competency is delivered as a stand-alone unit and the FSS pre-requisite pathway has not been met, all FSS pre-requisites must be obtained if the intention is to use the unit to contribute to a firefighting qualification.

Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) that recognise the attainment of units awarded by other RTOs towards a fire qualification administered by them, must ensure that the full FSS pre-requisite pathway has been met before awarding a fire qualification.

State and Territory Emergency Service Sector Qualifications

Certificate II qualification cover those functions performed by SES workers who undertake both rescue and operations centre roles. The Certificates III and IV qualifications are designed for SES workers who undertake leadership roles during specialist rescue operations or within an operations centre. Operational management functions are covered in the Diploma qualification.

Qualification Pathways Information

Specific pathway advice for public safety qualifications is not always included due to the unique nature of employment in public safety occupations. Pathway information is normally contained in recruitment documentation and subsequent pathways, post-employment, are determined in consultation with the employer.

In the public safety industry, qualifications pathways depend on a range of issues specific to each sector such as agency structure, promotional structure and rank structure. Where qualifications are used outside of public safety agencies, then qualifications pathways will depend on the organisation and the structure of the organisation.

In instances where qualifications pathways can be articulated, these are provided in the actual qualification.

Qualification pathways

The following pathways chart is provided to show the types of pathways into and from qualifications that are possible with this Training Package. For more information about qualifications and pathways contact Government Skills Australia.

AQF LEVEL	INDUSTRY WIDE	POLICE	FIRE	SES
Certificate II	PUA21012 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)	PUA20112 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community Policing) PUA20312 Certificate II in Public Safety (Police Liaison)	PUA20613 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA20713 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)	PUA21312 Certificate II in Public Safety (SES)
Certificate III	PUA31312 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue) PUA31412 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA33012 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA33112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations)	PUA30112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community Policing) PUA30312 Certificate III in Public Safety (Police Liaison)	PUA30613 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)	PUA30412 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) PUA30512 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Operations)
Certificate IV	PUA41012 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership) PUA41112 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA42612 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management) PUA42712 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations) PUA42912 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Leadership)	PUA40112 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community Policing) PUA42512 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Disaster Victim Identification Operations) PUA42812 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Policing Support Services – General or Protective Services)	PUA40313 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)	PUA40212 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership) PUA41012 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)
Diploma	PUA50912 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Coordination) PUA51012 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety) PUA52312 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA52412 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management)	PUA50112 Diploma of Public Safety (Police Search and Rescue-Coordination) PUA50212 Diploma of Public Safety (Policing) PUA50312 Diploma of Public Safety (Forensic Investigation) PUA51812 Diploma of Public Safety (Human Source Management) PUA51912 Diploma of Public Safety (Mounted Policing) PUA52012 Diploma of Public Safety (Police Dog Handling – General Purpose or Specific Odour) PUA52112 Diploma of Public Safety (Police Intelligence Practice)	PUA50513 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)	PUA50412 Diploma of Public Safety (SES Operations Management) PUA52312 Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)
Advanced Diploma	PUA60112 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) PUA60612 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Management) PUA60712 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)	PUA60212 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Search and Rescue Management) PUA60312 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Investigation) PUA60412 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Intelligence Operations) PUA61012 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Disaster Victim Identification Coordination) PUA61112 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Improvised Hazardous Device Operations – Technician or Response) PUA61212 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Close Personal Protection) PUA61312 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Negotiations) PUA61412 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Surveillance) PUA61512 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Tactical Flight Operations – Helicopter or Surveillance) PUA61612 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Undercover Operations – Operative or Controller) PUA61712 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Forensic Investigation) PUA61812 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Supervision) PUA61912 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Police Witness Protection)	PUA60513 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management) PUA60913 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)	PUA60112 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)
Vocational Graduate Certificate	PUA80112 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Forensic Firearms Examination) PUA80212 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Police Prosecution) PUA80312 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Police Investigation) PUA80412 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Crime Scene Investigation) PUA80512 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Fingerprint Investigation PUA80612 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Public Safety (Police Management)

Assessment Guidelines

Introduction

These Assessment Guidelines provide the endorsed framework for assessment of units of competency in this Training Package. They are designed to ensure that assessment is consistent with the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration. Assessments against the units of competency in this Training Package must be carried out in accordance with these Assessment Guidelines.

Assessment System Overview

This section provides an overview of the requirements for assessment when using this Training Package, including a summary of the AQTF requirements; licensing and registration requirements; and assessment pathways.

Quality assessment underpins the credibility of the vocational education and training sector. The Assessment Guidelines of a Training Package are an important tool in supporting quality assessment.

Assessment within the National Skills Framework is the process of collecting evidence and making judgements about whether competency has been achieved to confirm whether an individual can perform to the standards expected in the workplace, as expressed in the relevant endorsed unit of competency.

Assessment must be carried out in accordance with the:

benchmarks for assessment

principles of assessment

rules of evidence

assessment requirements set out in the AQTF

Benchmarks for Assessment

The endorsed units of competency in this Training Package are the benchmarks for assessment. As such, they provide the basis for nationally recognised Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications and Statements of Attainment issued by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).

Industry Requirements

Industry specific requirements will be either covered in the unit of competency or managed by assessors and trainers as they arise.

Principles of Assessment

All assessments carried out by RTOs are required to demonstrate compliance with the principles of assessment:

validity

reliability

flexibility

fairness

sufficiency

These principles must be addressed in the:

design, establishment and management of the assessment system for this Training Package

development of assessment tools, and

the conduct of assessment.

Validity

Assessment is valid when the process is sound and assesses what it claims to assess. Validity requires that:

(a)	assessment against the units of competency must cover the broad range of skills and knowledge that are essential to competent performance

(b)	assessment of knowledge and skills must be integrated with their practical application

(c)	judgement of competence must be based on sufficient evidence (that is, evidence gathered on a number of occasions and in a range of contexts using different assessment methods). The specific evidence requirements of each unit of competency provide advice on sufficiency

Reliability

Reliability refers to the degree to which evidence presented for assessment is consistently interpreted and results in consistent assessment outcomes. Reliability requires the assessor to have the required competencies in assessment and relevant vocational competencies (or to assess in conjunction with someone who has the vocational competencies). It can only be achieved when assessors share a common interpretation of the assessment requirements of the unit(s) being assessed.

Flexibility

To be flexible, assessment should reflect the candidate’s needs; provide for recognition of competencies no matter how, where or when they have been acquired; draw on a range of methods appropriate to the context, competency and the candidate; and support continuous competency development.

Fairness

Fairness in assessment requires consideration of the individual candidate’s needs and characteristics, and any reasonable adjustments that need to be applied to take account of them. It requires clear communication between the assessor and the candidate to ensure that the candidate is fully informed about, understands and is able to participate in, the assessment process, and agrees that the process is appropriate. It also includes an opportunity for the person being assessed to challenge the result of the assessment and to be reassessed if necessary.

Sufficiency

Sufficiency relates to the quality and quantity of evidence assessed. It requires collection of enough appropriate evidence to ensure that all aspects of competency have been satisfied and that competency can be demonstrated repeatedly. Supplementary sources of evidence may be necessary. The specific evidence requirements of each unit of competency provide advice on sufficiency. Sufficiency is also one of the rules of evidence.

Rules of Evidence

The rules of evidence guide the collection of evidence that address the principles of validity and reliability, guiding the collection of evidence to ensure that it is valid, sufficient, current and authentic.

Valid

Valid evidence must relate directly to the requirements of the unit of competency. In ensuring evidence is valid, assessors must ensure that the evidence collected supports demonstration of the outcomes and performance requirements of the unit of competency together with the knowledge and skills necessary for competent performance. Valid evidence must encapsulate the breadth and depth of the unit of competency, which will necessitate using a number of different assessment methods.

Sufficient

Sufficiency relates to the quality and quantity of evidence assessed. It requires collection of enough appropriate evidence to ensure that all aspects of competency have been satisfied and that competency can be demonstrated repeatedly. Supplementary sources of evidence may be necessary. The specific evidence requirements of each unit of competency provide advice on sufficiency.

Current

In assessment, currency relates to the age of the evidence presented by a candidate to demonstrate that they are still competent. Competency requires demonstration of current performance, so the evidence collected must be from either the present or the very recent past.

Authentic

To accept evidence as authentic, an assessor must be assured that the evidence presented for assessment is the candidate’s own work.
Assessment Requirements of the Australian Quality Training Framework

Assessment leading to nationally recognised AQF qualifications and Statements of Attainment in the vocational education and training sector must meet the requirements of the AQTF as expressed in the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Registration.

The AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration can be downloaded from <www.training.com.au>.

The following points summarise the assessment requirements.

Registration of Training Organisations

Assessment must be conducted by, or on behalf of, an RTO formally registered by a State or Territory Registering Body in accordance with the AQTF. The RTO must have the specific units of competency and/or AQF qualifications on its scope of registration.

Quality Training and Assessment

Each RTO must provide quality training and assessment across all its operations. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration, Standard 1.

Assessor Competency Requirements

Each person involved in training and assessment must be competent for the functions they perform. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration, Standard 1 for assessor (and trainer) competency requirements. See also the AQTF 2010 Users’ Guide to the Essential Standards for Registration – Appendix 2.

Assessment Requirements

The RTOs assessments, including RPL, must meet the requirements of the relevant endorsed Training Package. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

Assessment Strategies

Each RTO must have strategies for training and assessment that meet the requirements of the relevant Training Package or accredited course and are developed in consultation with industry stakeholders. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

National Recognition

Each RTO must recognise the AQF qualifications and Statements of Attainment issued by any other RTO. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration..

Access and Equity and Client Outcomes

Each RTO must adhere to the principles of access and equity and maximise outcomes for its clients. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

Monitoring Assessments

Training and/or assessment provided on behalf of the RTO must be monitored to ensure that it is in accordance with all aspects of the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

Recording Assessment Outcomes

Each RTO must manage records to ensure their accuracy and integrity. See the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

Issuing AQF qualifications and Statement of Attainment

Each RTO must issue AQF qualifications and Statements of Attainment that meet the requirements of the current AQF Implementation Handbook and the endorsed Training Packages within the scope of its registration. An AQF qualification is issued once the full requirements for a qualification, as specified in the nationally endorsed Training Package are met. A Statement of Attainment is issued when an individual has completed one or more units of competency from nationally recognised qualification(s)/courses(s). See the AQTF and the edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook—available on the AQF Council website <www.aqf.edu.au >

Licensing/Registration Requirements

This section provides information on licensing/registration requirements for this Training Package, with the following important disclaimer.

The developers of this Training Package consider that no licensing or registration requirements apply to RTOs, assessors or candidates with respect to this Training Package. Contact the relevant State or Territory Department(s) to check if there are any licensing or registration requirements with which you must comply. For further information on this topic contact Government Skills Australia.

Contact the relevant State or Territory Department(s) to check if the licensing/registration requirements described below still apply, and to check if there are any others with which you must comply. For further information contact Government Skills Australia.

Requirements for Assessors

In order to conduct assessment for statutory licensing or other industry registration requirements, assessors must meet the requirements outlined in the following chart, in addition to the AQTF requirements.

LICENCE/REGISTRATION	JURISDICTION	REQUIREMENTS

These requirements may be met through

Pathways

The competencies in this Training Package may be attained in a number of ways including through:

formal or informal education and training

experiences in the workplace

general life experience, and/or

any combination of the above.

Assessment under this Training Package leading to an AQF qualification or Statement of Attainment may follow a learning and assessment pathway, or a recognition pathway, or a combination of the two as illustrated in the following diagram.

Units of Competency	Statement of Attainment and/or qualification under the Australian Qualifications Framework
	Learning and Assessment Pathways	
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and/or
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	Credit Pathways (RPL and Credit Transfer)	

Each of these assessment pathways leads to full recognition of competencies held – the critical issue is that the candidate is competent, not how the competency was acquired.

Assessment, by any pathway, must comply with the assessment requirements set out in the Assessment Guidelines of the Training Package , the AQTF and, where relevant, the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Learning and Assessment Pathways

Usually, learning and assessment are integrated, with evidence being collected and feedback provided to the candidate at anytime throughout the learning and assessment process.

Learning and assessment pathways may include structured programs in a variety of contexts using a range of strategies to meet different learner needs. Structured learning and assessment programs could be: group-based, work-based, project-based, self-paced, action learning-based; conducted by distance or e-learning; and/or involve practice and experience in the workplace.

Learning and assessment pathways to suit Australian Apprenticeships have a mix of formal structured training and structured workplace experience with formative assessment activities through which candidates can acquire and demonstrate skills and knowledge from the relevant units of competency.

Credit Pathways

Credit is the value assigned for the recognition of equivalence in content between different types of learning and/or qualifications which reduces the volume of learning required to achieve a qualification.

Credit arrangements must be offered by all RTOs that offer Training Package qualifications. Each RTO must have a systematic institutional approach with clear, accessible and transparent policies and procedures.

Competencies already held by individuals can be formally assessed against the units of competency in this Training Package, and should be recognised regardless of how, when or where they were acquired, provided that the learning is relevant to the unit of competency outcomes.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process which determines the credit outcomes of an individual application for credit.

The availability of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) provides all potential learners with access to credit opportunities.

The recognition of prior learning pathway is appropriate for candidates who have previously attained skills and knowledge and who, when enrolling in qualifications, seek to shorten the duration of their training and either continue or commence working. This may include the following groups of people:

existing workers;

individuals with overseas qualifications;

recent migrants with established work histories;

people returning to the workplace; and

people with disabilities or injuries requiring a change in career.

As with all assessment, RPL assessment should be undertaken by academic or teaching staff with expertise in the subject, content of skills area, as well as knowledge of and expertise in RPL assessment policies and procedures.

Assessment methods used for RPL should provide a range of ways for individuals to demonstrate that they have met the required outcomes and can be granted credit. These might include:

questioning (oral or written)

consideration of a portfolio and review of contents

consideration of third party reports and/or other documentation such as documentation such as articles, reports, project material, papers, testimonials or other products prepared by the RPL applicant that relate to the learning outcomes of the relevant qualification component

mapping of learning outcomes from prior formal or non-formal learning to the relevant qualification components

observation of performance, and

participation in structured assessment activities the individual would normally be required to undertake if they were enrolled in the qualification component/s.

In a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) pathway, the candidate provides current, quality evidence of their competency against the relevant unit of competency. This process may be directed by the candidate and verified by the assessor. Where the outcomes of this process indicate that the candidate is competent, structured training is not required. The RPL requirements of the AQTF must be met.

As with all assessment, the assessor must be confident that the evidence indicates that the candidate is currently competent against the endorsed unit of competency. This evidence may take a variety of forms and might include certification, references from past employers, testimonials from clients, work samples and/or observation of the candidate. The onus is on candidates to provide sufficient evidence to satisfy assessors that they currently hold the relevant competencies. In judging evidence, the assessor must ensure that the evidence of prior learning is:

authentic (the candidate’s own work);

valid (directly related to the current version of the relevant endorsed unit of competency);

reliable (shows that the candidate consistently meets the endorsed unit of competency);

current (reflects the candidate’s current capacity to perform the aspect of the work covered by the endorsed unit of competency); and

sufficient (covers the full range of elements in the relevant unit of competency and addresses the four dimensions of competency, namely task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills, and job/role environment skills).

Credit Transfer

Credit transfer is a process which provides learners with agreed and consistent credit outcomes based on equivalences in content between matched qualifications.

This process involves education institutions:

mapping, comparing and evaluating the extent to which the defined learning outcomes and assessment requirements of the individual components of one qualification are equivalent to the learning outcomes and assessment requirements of the individual components of another qualification

making an educational judgment of the credit outcomes to be assigned between the matched components of the two qualifications

setting out the agreed credit outcomes in a documented arrangement or agreement, and

publicising the arrangement/agreement and credit available.

Combination of Pathways

Credit may be awarded on the basis of a combination of credit transfer plus an individual RPL assessment for additional learning. Once credit has been awarded on the basis of RPL, subsequent credit transfer based on these learning outcomes should not include revisiting the RPL assessment but should be based on credit transfer or articulation or other arrangements between providers.

Where candidates for assessment have gained competencies through work and life experience and gaps in their competence are identified, or where they require training in new areas, a combination of pathways may be appropriate.

In such situations, the candidate may undertake an initial assessment to determine their current competency. Once current competency is identified, a structured learning and assessment program ensures that the candidate acquires the required additional competencies identified as gaps.

Assessor Requirements

This section identifies the specific requirements on the vocational competence and experience for assessors, to ensure that they meet the needs of industry and their obligations under AQTF, and clarifies how others may contribute to the assessment process where one person alone does not hold all the required competencies.

Assessor Competencies

The AQTF specifies mandatory competency requirements for assessors. For information, Element 1.4 from the AQTF 2007 Essential Standards for Registration follows:

1.4 Training and assessment are conducted by trainers and assessors who: have the necessary training and assessment competencies as determined by the National Quality Council or its successors, and have the relevant vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered or assessed, and can demonstrate current industry skills directly relevant to the training/assessment being undertaken, and continue to develop their Vocational Education and Training (VET) knowledge and skills as well as their industry currency and trainer/assessor competence. * See AQTF 2010 Users’ Guide to the Essential Standards for Registration – Appendix 2

Designing Assessment Tools

This section provides an overview on the use and development of assessment tools.

Use of Assessment Tools

Assessment tools provide a means of collecting the evidence that assessors use in making judgements about whether candidates have achieved competency.

There is no set format or process for the design, production or development of assessment tools. Assessors may use prepared assessment tools, such as those specifically developed to support this Training Package, or they may develop their own.

Using Prepared Assessment Tools

If using prepared assessment tools, assessors should ensure these relate to the current version of the relevant unit of competency. The current unit of competency can be checked on the National Register <www.ntis.gov.au>.

Developing Assessment Tools

When developing their own assessment tools, assessors must ensure that the tools:

are benchmarked against the relevant unit or units of competency;

are reviewed as part of the validation of assessment strategies required under the AQTF; and

meet the assessment requirements expressed in the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration.

A key reference for assessors developing assessment tools is TAE10 Training and Education Training Package.

Language, Literacy and Numeracy

The design of assessment tools must reflect the language, literacy and numeracy competencies required for the performance of a task in the workplace and not exceed these expectations.

Conducting Assessment

This section details the mandatory assessment requirements and provides information on equity in assessment including reasonable adjustment.

Mandatory Assessment Requirements

Assessments must meet the criteria set out in the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration. For information, the mandatory assessment requirements from Standard 1 from the AQTF 2010 Essential Standards for Initial and Continuing Registration are as follows:

1.5 Assessment, including Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): meets the requirements of the relevant Training Package or accredited course is conducted in accordance with the principles of assessment and the rules of evidence meets workplace and, where relevant, regulatory requirements is systematically validated.

Assessment of Employability Skills

Employability Skills are integral to workplace competency. As such, they must be considered in the design, customisation, delivery and assessment of vocational education and training programs in an integrated and holistic way, as represented diagrammatically below.

Employability Skills are embedded within each unit of competency, and an Employability Skills Summary is available for each qualification. Training providers must use Employability Skills information in order to design valid and reliable training and assessment strategies. This analysis could include:

reviewing units of competency to locate relevant Employability Skills and determine how they are applied within the unit

analysing the Employability Skills Summary for the qualification in which the unit or units are packaged to help clarify relevant industry and workplace contexts and the application of Employability Skills at that qualification outcome

designing training and assessment to address Employability Skills requirements.

The National Quality Council has endorsed a model for assessing and reporting Employability Skills, which contains further suggestions about good practice strategies in teaching, assessing, learning and reporting Employability Skills. The model is available from <http://www.training.com.au/>.

The endorsed approach includes learners downloading qualification specific Employability Skills Summaries for Training Package qualifications from an online repository at <http://employabilityskills.training.com.au>

For more information on Employability Skills in

Government Skills Australia's Training Packages go to the website at www.governmentskills.com.au http://www.governmentskills.com.au.

Employability Skills are reported on each qualification using the following statement on the qualification testamur: "A summary of the Employability Skills developed through this qualification can be downloaded from http://employabilityskills.training.com.au "

Access and Equity

An individual's access to the assessment process should not be adversely affected by restrictions placed on the location or context of assessment beyond the requirements specified in this Training Package: training and assessment must be bias-free.

Under the rules for their development, Training Packages must reflect and cater for the increasing diversity of Australia’s VET clients and Australia’s current and future workforce. The flexibilities offered by Training Packages should enhance opportunities and potential outcomes for all people so that we can all benefit from a wider national skills base and a shared contribution to Australia’s economic development and social and cultural life.

Reasonable Adjustments

It is important that education providers take meaningful, transparent and reasonable steps to consult, consider and implement reasonable adjustments for students with disability.

Under the Disability Standards for Education 2005, education providers must make reasonable adjustments for people with disability to the maximum extent that those adjustments do not cause that provider unjustifiable hardship. While ‘reasonable adjustment’ and ‘unjustifiable hardship’ are different concepts and involve different considerations, they both seek to strike a balance between the interests of education providers and the interests of students with and without disability.

An adjustment is any measure or action that a student requires because of their disability, and which has the effect of assisting the student to access and participate in education and training on the same basis as students without a disability. An adjustment is reasonable if it achieves this purpose while taking into account factors such as the nature of the student’s disability, the views of the student, the potential effect of the adjustment on the student and others who might be affected, and the costs and benefits of making the adjustment.

An education provider is also entitled to maintain the academic integrity of a course or program and to consider the requirements or components that are inherent or essential to its nature when assessing whether an adjustment is reasonable. There may be more than one adjustment that is reasonable in a given set of circumstances; education providers are required to make adjustments that are reasonable and that do not cause them unjustifiable hardship.

The Training Package Guidelines provides more information on reasonable adjustment, including examples of adjustments. Go to http://www.deewr.gov.au/tpdh/Pages/home.aspx .

Further Sources of Information

The section provides a listing of useful contacts and resources to assist assessors in planning, designing, conducting and reviewing of assessments against this Training Package.

Contacts

Industry Skills Council: Government Skills Australia

Level 11, 147 Pirie St, Adelaide SA 5000

PO Box 347 Rundle Mall, Adelaide SA 5000

Ph: +61 8 8100 7400

Fax: +61 8 8232 7444

Email: info@govskills.com.au

Web: www.governmentskills.com.au http://www.governmentskills.com.au

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Australia Limited Level 21, 390 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3150 PO Box 12211, A’Beckett Street Post Office, Melbourne, Victoria, 8006 Ph: +61 3 9832 8100 Fax: +61 3 9832 8198 Email: sales@tvetaustralia.com.au Web: www.tvetaustralia.com.au
For information on the TAE10 Training and Education Training Package contact: Innovation & Business Skills Australia Telephone: (03) 9815 7000 Facsimile: (03) 9815 7001 Email: virtual@ibsa.org.au Web: www.ibsa.org.au

General Resources

AQF Implementation Handbook, Fourth Edition 2007. Australian Qualifications Framework Advisory Board, 2002 <www.aqf.edu.au>

Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) and AQTF 2010 Users’ Guide to the Essential Standards for Registration – http://www.training.com.au/pages/menuitem5cbe14d51b49dd34b225261017a62dbc.aspx

For general information and resources go to http://www.training.com.au/

The National Register is an electronic database providing comprehensive information about RTOs, Training Packages and accredited courses - <www.ntis.gov.au>

The Training Package Development Handbook site provides National Quality Council policy for the development of Training Packages. The site also provides guidance material for the application of that policy, and other useful information and links. http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Overview/Policy/TPDH/Pages/main.aspx

Assessment Resources

Registered training organisations (RTOs) are at the forefront of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. They translate the needs of industry into relevant, quality, client-focussed training and assessment.

RTOs should strive for innovation in VET teaching and learning practices and develop highly flexible approaches to assessment which take cognisance of specific needs of learners, in order to improve delivery and outcomes of training.

Resources can be purchased or accessed from:

TVET Australia – provides an integrated service to enable users of the national training system to identify and acquire training materials, identify copyright requirements and enter licenses for use of that material consistent with the scope and direction of the NQC.

http://www.productservices.tvetaustralia.com.au/

Government Skills Australia www.governmentskills.com.au http://www.governmentskills.com.au

Competency Standards

What is competency?

The broad concept of industry competency concerns the ability to perform particular tasks and duties to the standard of performance expected in the workplace. Competency requires the application of specified skills, knowledge and attitudes relevant to effective participation in an industry, industry sector or enterprise.

Competency covers all aspects of workplace performance and involves performing individual tasks; managing a range of different tasks; responding to contingencies or breakdowns; and, dealing with the responsibilities of the workplace, including working with others. Workplace competency requires the ability to apply relevant skills, knowledge and attitudes consistently over time and in the required workplace situations and environments. In line with this concept of competency Training Packages focus on what is expected of a competent individual in the workplace as an outcome of learning, rather than focussing on the learning process itself.

Competency standards in Training Packages are determined by industry to meet identified industry skill needs. Competency standards are made up of a number of units of competency each of which describes a key function or role in a particular job function or occupation. Each unit of competency within a Training Package is linked to one or more AQF qualifications.

Contextualisation of Units of Competency by RTOs

Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) may contextualise units of competency in this endorsed Training Package to reflect required local outcomes. Contextualisation could involve additions or amendments to the unit of competency to suit particular delivery methods, learner profiles, specific enterprise equipment requirements, or to otherwise meet local needs. However, the integrity of the overall intended outcome of the unit of competency must be maintained.

Any contextualisation of units of competency in this Training Package must be within the bounds of the following advice:

RTOs must not remove or add to the number and content of elements and performance criteria.

RTOs can include specific industry terminology in the range statement.

Any amendments and additions to the range statement made by RTOs must not diminish the breadth of application of the competency, or reduce its portability.

RTOs may add detail to the evidence guide in areas such as the critical aspects of evidence or required resources and infrastructure—but only where these expand the breadth of the competency and do not limit its use.

Components of Units of Competency

The components of units of competency are summarised below, in the order in which they appear in each unit of competency.

Unit Title

The unit title is a succinct statement of the outcome of the unit of competency. Each unit of competency title is unique, both within and across Training Packages.

Unit Descriptor

The unit descriptor broadly communicates the content of the unit of competency and the skill area it addresses. Where units of competency have been contextualised from units of competency from other endorsed Training Packages, summary information is provided. There may also be a brief second paragraph that describes its relationship with other units of competency, and any licensing requirements.

Employability Skills

This sub-section contains a statement that the unit contains Employability skills.

Pre-requisite Units (optional)

If there are any units of competency that must be completed before the unit, these will be listed.

Application of the Unit

This sub-section fleshes out the unit of competency’s scope, purpose and operation in different contexts, for example, by showing how it applies in the workplace.

Competency Field (Optional)

The competency field either reflects the way the units of competency are categorised in the Training Package or denotes the industry sector, specialisation or function. It is an optional component of the unit of competency.

Sector (optional)

The industry sector is a further categorisation of the competency field and identifies the next classification, for example an elective or supervision field.

Elements of Competency

The elements of competency are the basic building blocks of the unit of competency. They describe in terms of outcomes the significant functions and tasks that make up the competency.

Performance Criteria

The performance criteria specify the required performance in relevant tasks, roles, skills and in the applied knowledge that enables competent performance. They are usually written in passive voice. Critical terms or phrases may be written in bold italics and then defined in range statement, in the order of their appearance in the performance criteria.

Required Skills and Knowledge

The essential skills and knowledge are either identified separately or combined. Knowledge identifies what a person needs to know to perform the work in an informed and effective manner. Skills describe the application of knowledge to situations where understanding is converted into a workplace outcome.

Range Statement

The range statement provides a context for the unit of competency, describing essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment, depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts. As applicable, the meanings of key terms used in the performance criteria will also be explained in the range statement.

Evidence Guide

The evidence guide is critical in assessment as it provides information to the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) and assessor about how the described competency may be demonstrated. The evidence guide does this by providing a range of evidence for the assessor to make determinations, and by providing the assessment context. The evidence guide describes:

conditions under which competency must be assessed including variables such as the assessment environment or necessary equipment;

relationships with the assessment of any other units of competency;

suitable methodologies for conducting assessment including the potential for workplace simulation;

resource implications, for example access to particular equipment, infrastructure or situations;

how consistency in performance can be assessed over time, various contexts and with a range of evidence; and

the required underpinning knowledge and skills

Employability Skills in Units of Competency

The detail and application of Employability Skills facets will vary according to the job-role requirements of each industry. In developing Training Packages, industry stakeholders are consulted to identify appropriate facets of Employability Skills which are incorporated into the relevant units of competency and qualifications.

Employability Skills are not a discrete requirement contained in units of competency (as was the case with Key Competencies). Employability Skills are specifically expressed in the context of the work outcomes described in units of competency and will appear in elements, performance criteria, range statements and evidence guides. As a result, users of Training Packages are required to review the entire unit of competency in order to accurately determine Employability Skills requirements.

How Employability Skills relate to the Key Competencies

The eight nationally agreed Employability Skills now replace the seven Key Competencies in Training Packages. Trainers and assessors who have used Training Packages prior to the introduction of Employability Skills may find the following comparison useful.

Employability Skills	Mayer Key Competencies
Communication	Communicating ideas and information
Teamwork	Working with others and in teams
Problem solving	Solving problems Using mathematical ideas and techniques
Initiative and enterprise
Planning and organising	Collecting, analysing and organising information Planning and organising activities
Self-management
Learning
Technology	Using technology

When analysing the above table it is important to consider the relationship and natural overlap of Employability Skills. For example, using technology may involve communication skills and combine the understanding of mathematical concepts.

Explicitly embedding Employability Skills in units of competency

This Training Package seeks to ensure that industry-endorsed Employability Skills are explicitly embedded in units of competency. The application of each skill and the level of detail included in each part of the unit will vary according to industry requirements and the nature of the unit of competency.

Employability Skills must be both explicit and embedded within units of competency. This means that Employability Skills will be:

embedded in units of competency as part of the other performance requirements that make up the competency as a whole

explicitly described within units of competency to enable Training Packages users to identify accurately the performance requirements of each unit with regards to Employability Skills.

This Training Package also seeks to ensure that Employability Skills are well-defined and written into units of competency so that they are apparent, clear and can be delivered and assessed as an essential component of unit work outcomes.

Sample unit of competency components showing Employability Skills

The following table shows the sequence of a unit of competency, and each cell contains text taken from a range of units. It provides examples of where and how various Employability Skills could be embedded in each component.

Please note that in the example, the bracketed Employability Skills are provided for clarification only and would not be present in units of competency within this Training Package.

Unit Title	Give formal presentations and take part in meetings (Communication)
Unit Descriptor	This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to promote the use and implementation of innovative work practices to effect change. (Initiative and enterprise)
Element	Proactively resolve issues. (problem solving)
Performance Criteria	Information is organised in a format suitable for analysis and dissemination in accordance with organisational requirements. (Planning and organising)
Range Statement	Software applications may include email, internet, word processing, spreadsheet, database or accounting packages. (technology)
Required Skills and Knowledge	Modify activities depending on differing workplace contexts, risk situations and environments. (Learning) Work collaboratively with others during a fire emergency. (teamwork) Instructions, procedures and other information relevant the maintenance of vessel and port security. (Communication)
Evidence Guide	Evidence of having worked constructively with a wide range of community groups and stakeholders to solve problems and adapt or design new solutions to meet identified needs in crime prevention. In particular, evidence must be obtained on the ability to: assess response options to identified crime-prevention needs and determine the optimal action to be implemented in consultation with relevant others, design an initiative to address identified issues. (Initiative and enterprise).

Employability Skills Summaries and units of competency

An Employability Skills Summary exists for each qualification. Summaries include broad advice on industry expectations with regard to Employability Skills at the qualification level. Summaries should be used by trainers and assessors to assist in identifying the Employability Skills requirements contained within units of competency.