Qualification details

Release 4.  Updated superseded elective units.

Release 3.  Updated superseded HLT elective units.

Release 2.  This is the second release of this qualification in the PUA – Public Safety Training Package.

Electives updated.

Release 1.  This is the first release of this qualification in the PUA – Public Safety Training Package.

The PUA30420 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue) is designed for experienced community, volunteer and emergency service organisational personnel to develop the knowledge and skills required to assist in emergency response rescue situations.

State Emergency Services (SES) assist with emergency responses to floods, storms, earthquakes and tsunamis. They also assist in road accidents, search and rescue operations and often play a support role during major bushfire responses. The SES also assists in the development and implementation of local emergency management plans and the provision of community education programs.

This qualification includes the units of competency required by SES personnel to perform a range of activities including participating in the application of rescue techniques during search and rescue operations, responding to disasters, assisting in search and rescue operations, identifying and mitigating hazards, maintaining communication, selecting and using equipment and responding to incidents with rescue objectives. It typically involves working as a team member, under direction, in responding to incidents.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

A total of 11 units of competency comprising

• 4 core units  listed below; plus
• 7 elective units  from the general elective units listed

Choose a minimum of 5 elective units from the general and technical elective unit lists, at least 1 unit must be from the technical units listed.

Select the remaining 2 elective units from the lists below or elsewhere within this training package or anther endorsed training package or accredited course.

All elective units selected from outside this qualification must contribute to the vocational outcome of the qualification. Where imported units are selected, care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisite units specified are complied with. Prerequisites attached to any of the units must be undertaken and are additional to the number of units required for this qualification.

Where a prerequisite is attached to a unit it is identified by this symbol ∟.

Note: 

Refer to the PUA Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide for information on fire prerequisites.

Core units  

PUALAW001

Protect and preserve incident scene

PUAOPE013

Operate communications systems and equipment

PUAOPE014

Navigate to an incident

PUAWHS002

Maintain safety at an incident scene

Technical elective units 

PUASAR024

Undertake road crash rescue

∟ HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

∟ PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASAR027

Undertake land search rescue

PUASAR028

Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse

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

PUASAR032

Undertake vertical rescue

∟ PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASES008

Undertake storm and water damage operations

PUASES009

Undertake inland floodboat operations

PUASES013

Undertake storm and water damage operations performed at heights

∟ PUASES008 Undertake storm and water damage operations

PUASES014

Apply flood and fast moving water safety techniques

∟ HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

PUASES015

Operate over-snow vehicle

PUASES016

Apply snowcraft skills when performing search operations

PUAVEH001

Drive vehicles under operational conditions

General elective units 

FWPCOT2256

Trim and cut felled trees

FWPFGM3216

Fell trees manually (intermediate)

FWPFGM3217

Fell trees manually (advanced)

HLTAID011

Provide First Aid

HLTAID015

Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy

∟ HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

PUAAMS001

Work in an aviation environment

PUAAMS002

Search as a member of an air search team

PUAAMS003

Conduct stores dropping operations

PUACOM002

Provide services to clients

PUACOM003

Manage information

PUACOM005

Foster a positive organisational image in the community

PUAEMR032

Design emergency management exercises

PUAEMR036

Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises

∟ PUAEMR032 Design emergency management exercises

PUALAW002

Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

PUALAW003

Give evidence in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

PUAMAN002

Administer allocation of resources

PUAOPE012

Control a Level 1 incident

PUAOPE015

Conduct briefings and debriefings

PUASES001

Assess trees at emergency incidents

PUASES002

Develop work plan for tree stabilisation and removal

∟PUASES001 Assess trees at emergency incidents

PUASES003

Stabilise and remove trees during emergency incidents

∟ PUASES002 Develop work plan for tree stabilisation and removal

PUASES010

Plan, activate and maintain a communications network

∟ PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

PUASES012

Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre

PUATEA002

Work autonomously

This qualification replaces and is equivalent to PUA30419 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue).