Qualification details

Release 4 . This is the fourth release of this qualification in the PUA Public Safety Training Package. The following units have been updated in the general elective group:

• FWPCOT3329 Perform complex four wheel drive operations
• TAEDEL311 Provide work skill instruction.

Release 3.  Updated superseded HLT and CPP elective units.

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

Editorial adjustments and electives updated.

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

The PUA30719 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations) is designed for experienced firefighting professionals who respond to disasters or incidents endangering life, property and the environment. This includes the use of firefighting assets and making informed, timely and confident decisions at an incident as a member of a firefighting team.

The role of a firefighter is to suppress and extinguish fires, to protect lives and to prevent the destruction of property and the environment. To prevent fires from starting, a firefighter’s duties may include conducting community education programs about fire safety and undertaking fire inspections of locations to verify adherence to local fire regulations.

This qualification includes the units of competency required by firefighters to suppress wildfires or urban fires and to perform a range of other related activities. It typically involves some discretion in selecting equipment, services and contingency measures.

The fire sector is those sections of government departments, statutory authorities or organisations that have responsibility under jurisdictional arrangements for the delivery of firefighting and fire management services.

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 12 units of competency comprising

• 3 core units  listed below; plus
• 9 elective units  from the elective units listed

Choose a minimum of 7 elective units from the elective unit lists below.

A minimum of 1 elective unit must be from Group A that relates to either urban fire or fire and land management agencies

Only 1 elective unit may be chosen from Group B

Only 2 elective units may be chosen from Group C

Choose the 2 remaining elective units from the elective unit lists below or elsewhere in this training package or another 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 obtained and are additional to the number of units required for this qualification.

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

Note: 

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

Core units  

PUAFIR309

Operate pumps

∟ PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

* and one of the following:

∟ PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

∟ PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire

∟ PUAFIR205 Respond to aviation incident (specialist)

∟ PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire

PUATEA002

Work autonomously

∟ PUATEA001 Work in a team

PUAWHS002

Maintain safety at an incident scene

∟ PUAFIR210 Prevent injury

Group A: Elective units 

PUAFIR302

Suppress urban fire

∟ HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

∟ PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

PUAFIR303

Suppress wildfire

∟ PUAFIR204 Respond to wildfire

Group B: Elective units 

HLTAID011

Provide First Aid

HLTAID013

Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site

HLTAID015

Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy

∟ HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

Group C: Elective units 

AHCMOM213

Operate and maintain chainsaws

FWPCOT2256

Trim and cut felled trees

FWPFGM3216

Fell trees manually (intermediate)

FWPFGM3217

Fell trees manually (advanced)

Group D: Elective units 

CPPSSI3011

Produce basic maps

CPPSSI3015

Collect basic surveying data

FWPCOT3329

Perform complex four wheel drive operations

PUACOM005

Foster a positive organisational image in the community

∟ PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation

PUACOM006

Plan and conduct a public awareness program

∟ PUACOM005 Foster a positive organisational image in the community

PUAFIR003

Manage aviation support operations at air base

∟ PUAFIR017 Work safely around aircraft

∟ PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

∟ PUAOPE020 Lead a crew

PUAFIR007

Operate aerial drip torch

∟ PUAFIR013 Supervise incendiary operations during aerial ignition

PUAFIR008

Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft

∟ PUAFIR017 Work safely around aircraft

PUAFIR010

Operate small equipment to prepare and load product into aircraft

∟ PUAFIR017 Work safely around aircraft

PUAFIR011

Operate state air desk

∟ PUAOPE013 Operate communications systems and equipment

PUAFIR301

Undertake community safety activities

PUAFIR304

Respond to marine emergencies

∟ PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

PUAFIR305

Respond to aviation incidents (general)

*one of the following:

∟ PUAFIR203 Respond to urban fire

∟ PUAFIR220 Respond to isolated structure fire

PUAFIR306

Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident

∟PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

PUAFIR307

Operate aerial appliance

∟PUAEQU001 Prepare, maintain and test response equipment

∟PUAFIR210 Prevent injury

∟PUAVEH001 Drive vehicles under operational conditions

PUAFIR308

Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident

∟PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

PUAFIR310

Operate specialist appliance

PUAFIR311

Dispatch rappel personnel and equipment from a helicopter

∟PUAFIR212 Rappel from helicopter

PUAFIR314

Utilise installed fire safety systems

∟PUAFIR206 Check installed fire safety systems

PUAFIR018

Navigate from an aircraft

∟PUAFIR017 Work safely around aircraft

PUAFIR323

Take local weather observations

PUAFIR324

Render hazardous materials incidents safe

∟ PUAFIR207 Operate breathing apparatus open circuit

PUAFIR325

Operate heavy plant in fire control operations

PUAFIR326

Push trees with machines in forest fire control operations

PUALAW002

Conduct initial investigation at incident scene

PUAOPE014

Navigate to an incident

PUAOPE020

Lead a crew

PUASAR002

Undertake swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

∟PUASAR001 Perform land based swiftwater and floodwater rescue and recovery

PUASAR024

Undertake road crash rescue

∟HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

∟PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASAR025

Undertake confined space rescue

∟PUAFIR306 Identify, detect and monitor hazardous materials at an incident

∟PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASAR026

Undertake industrial and domestic rescue

PUASAR028

Undertake rescue from a partial structural collapse

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

PUASAR029

Undertake a complex transport rescue

∟ HLTAID011 Provide First Aid

PUASAR030

Undertake trench rescue

∟PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUASAR031

Undertake an urban search and rescue Category 2 rescue technician

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

PUASAR032

Undertake vertical rescue

∟PUASAR022 Participate in a rescue operation

PUAVEH001

Drive vehicles under operational conditions

TAEDEL311

Provide work skill instruction

This qualification replaces and is equivalent to PUA30713 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations).