Unit of competency
Modification History
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Release |
Comments |
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Release 1 |
This version released with ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package Version 3.0. |
Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to participate in complex operations for incidents involving single or groups of large animals. It covers incidents where a range of human, animal and environmental factors create complexities for the operation.
The unit applies to individuals who have skills, knowledge and experience to operate at a high level, provide specialist advice, and/or support an incident controller in a range of complex situations. They may work in emergency services, animal regulation, racing, recreational sport, or other animal care and management industries with responsibilities for large animal incident management.
All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, according to state/territory health and safety and animal welfare regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
The prerequisite unit of competency for this unit is:
- ACMAIM301 Use manual techniques to safely move large animals.
Note the following chain of prerequisites that also apply to this unit.
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Unit of competency |
Prerequisite requirement |
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ACMAIM301 Use manual techniques to safely move large animals |
ACMAIM202 Participate in an incident involving large animals |
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ACMAIM202 Participate in an incident involving large animals |
ACMAIM201 Contribute to safety at incidents involving large animals |
Unit Sector
Animal Incident Management (AIM)
Elements and Performance Criteria
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Elements |
Performance Criteria |
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Elements describe the essential outcomes. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
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1. Assist with planning complex large animal incident operation |
1.1 Review information relating to the large animal incident to plan the operation 1.2 Assess risks, feasibility and likelihood of success of available options for managing animal/s at the incident scene 1.3 Assess required resources to undertake animal incident operation based on available information 1.4 Contribute to an incident action plan in consultation with team members |
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2. Support large animal incident operation |
2.1 Communicate nature of large animal incident and incident action plan to stakeholders 2.2 Contribute to team briefing on specific roles, responsibilities and operational activities 2.3 Provide advice about animal behaviour and techniques for handling, extrication and/or containment of large animals to improve effectiveness of operation 2.4 Monitor team activities and feedback and adjust plans, in collaboration with others, to deal with contingencies 2.5 Liaise with internal and external agencies or organisations to ensure effectiveness of operations |
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3. Manage safety at the incident scene |
3.1 Maintain safe systems of work to ensure ongoing safety to self, animal/s and others 3.2 Monitor equipment and personnel required for safe operations 3.3 Support and collaborate with veterinary services to stabilise, restrain, treat and manage the welfare of animal/s 3.4 Coordinate the capture, containment and movement of loose animal/s to safe holding areas 3.5 Ensure incident zones, animal routes and escape routes are monitored and maintained at all times 3.6 Monitor safety and adapt plans to address changing circumstances and incident escalation |
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4. Assist with extricating large animal/s |
4.1 Assist with the preparation, manoeuvring and movement of animal/s to a secure location in readiness for release 4.2 Release large animal or animals in a planned location to be treated or monitored during recovery phase 4.3 Check that animals in temporary shelter or evacuation sites are monitored and managed according to workplace procedures 4.4 Ensure arrangements for deceased animals are made promptly in a dignified and safe manner |
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5. Conclude operation |
5.1 Support team debriefing activities 5.2 Contribute to media communications and public relations as appropriate for incident and according to workplace procedures 5.3 Collate available information about the incident and operation to maintain comprehensive records 5.4 Evaluate information to develop recommendations for continuous improvement purposes |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
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Skill |
Description |
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Oral communication |
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Interact with others |
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Navigate the world of work |
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Get the work done |
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Unit Mapping Information
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Code and title current version |
Code and title previous version |
Comments |
Equivalence status |
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ACMAIM403 Undertake complex operations at incidents involving large animals |
Not applicable |
New unit |
No equivalent unit |
Links
Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=b75f4b23-54c9-4cc9-a5db-d3502d154103
