Qualification details

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

Employability Skill 

Employability Skills Statement 

Communication 

• interact with people internally and externally through verbal, non-verbal and written communications in the workplace and follow verbal and written workplace instructions
• provide verbal reports to paramedical personnel
• use active listening skills and questioning techniques to clarify issues
• use established communication pathways for routine and non-routine communication
• use language that is clear, concise and appropriate to client, assignment and organisation's requirements, in all communications

Teamwork 

• assist members of other emergency services
• contribute to the identification of team goals and objectives
• discuss methods for minimising hazards with team members and reach agreement as a team
• encourage others/team members
• obtain and discuss operation and task information with team members
• participate in rescue operations as a member of an aquatic rescue team
• take part in group discussions and informal meetings
• work cooperatively with personnel from other organisations

Problem solving 

• minimise or control hazards and environmental conditions
• provide emergency care pending the arrival of appropriately qualified personnel
• recognise and resolve problems and conflict
• rectify and/or report first aid equipment faults
• research hazards en-route to the incident area to determine a safe route/course

Initiative and enterprise 

• initiate search and rescue patterns if required within the incident area where distressed vessel or survivors are believed to now be located
• raise occupational health and safety issues with designated personnel in accordance with workplace procedures and relevant occupational health and safety legislation
• recognise and refer to the supervisor, personal capabilities and limitations
• use improvised techniques where access to equipment is limited

Planning and organising 

• assess work load and set priorities within allocated timeframes
• identify factors affecting work requirements, assess their impact and take appropriate action to ensure work requirements are met
• identify hazards and assess risks
• prepare and make ready for use relevant maps/charts, electronic navigation aids and navigation equipment
• report the need for additional personnel and/or specialist equipment to the supervisor
• select personal protective equipment based on the nature of the rescue operation

Self-management 

• develop and maintain own expertise
• effectively recognise level of well being necessary to perform work
• identify signs and symptoms of operational stress in self and others and report these signs and symptoms to relevant personnel
• identify training and development needs relevant to the area of work
• manage own work
• monitor own work
• recognise and manage signs of personal stress

Learning 

• learn about casualty handling techniques
• learn about manual handling techniques
• learn about priorities for life support in emergencies including the DRABC (danger, response, airway, breathing ventilation and circulation assessments) model
• learn about resuscitation techniques
• learn about systems of the body
• learn about verbal and non-verbal communication techniques including hand signals and language style

Technology 

• operate a chart plotter
• operate a GPS
• operate a radio system
• operate an appropriate sized rescue vessel
• operate an intercom system
• operate first aid equipment
• operate satellite phones from search and rescue authority
• use communication technology if relevant to workplace requirements
• use information technology effectively

Code 

Core Units 

PUACOM001C

Communicate in the workplace

PUASAR013A

Participate in an aquatic rescue operation

PUATEA001B

Work in a team

PUATEA004D

Work effectively in a public safety organisation

HLTFA201A

Provide basic emergency life support

Code 

Elective Units 

PUACOM002B

Provide services to clients

PUAEQU001B

Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

PUAOHS001C

Follow defined occupational health and safety policies and procedures

PUAOPE009C

Navigate in an aquatic environment

PUAOPE013A

Operate communications systems and equipment

PUASAR012C

Apply surf awareness and self-rescue skills

PUASES012A

Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

PUAVEH001B

Drive vehicles under operational conditions

SRCAQU003B

Respond to an aquatic emergency using basic water rescue techniques

SRCAQU006B

Supervise clients at an aquatic facility or environment

SRCAQU014B

Assist participants with a disability during aquatic activities

TDMMC807B

Manoeuvre a vessel within the limits of responsibility of a Master 5

TDMMF5407A

Observe safety and emergency procedures on a coastal vessel

OR

TDMMF5607A

Observe personal safety and social responsibilities

TDMMF5507A

Fight and extinguish fires on board a coastal vessel

OR

TDMMF6207A

Prevent, control and fight fires on board an ocean-going vessel

TDMMF1107B

Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment

TDMMR4307B

Assist in mooring and anchor handling activities

NOTES 

HLT unit has been imported from the HLT07 Health Training Package.

SRC units have been imported from the SRC04 Community Recreation Training Package.

TDM units have been imported from the TDM07 Maritime Training Package.

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