Qualification details

These Employability Skills may be obtained by the completion of this qualification but in no way reflect skills that may apply to any particular position within a fire service.

Employability Skill 

Employability Skills Statement 

Communication 

• communicate changes in the incident plan to relevant personnel and organisations
• communicate effectively
• communicate incident information to assigned personnel clearly, accurately and in a timely manner
• conduct briefings and debriefings
• establish and maintain communication in accordance with organisation's procedures
• maintain incident records of incident actions and decisions
• prepare post incident reports to organisation's requirements
• receive and deal with requests for response

Teamwork 

• acknowledge contributions of personnel in a positive way
• allocate tasks to appropriate personnel
• monitor welfare of team members and take appropriate action
• provide feedback and encourage contributions from group members
• provide leadership and supervision to ensure that performance and practice are to operational standards
• seek, encourage and value contributions from personnel during the brief/debrief
• supervise a response by a small team to incidents
• supervise post-response activities
• support and participate in development activities

Problem solving 

• assess and minimise or control hazards and potential hazards
• follow up brief/debrief action, which may include identifying issues for review and subsequent action
• identify alternative strategies and tactics where required and convey them to appropriate personnel
• identify and request the need for additional resources

Initiative and enterprise 

• evaluate impact of strategies, tactics and incident operations

Planning and organising 

• develop and implement an operational plan including objective, strategies and tactics, based on available information and in accordance with organisational procedures
• monitor, and review operational plan
• obtain and assess relevant incident information to assist in the planning process
• plan and prepare a briefing/debriefing in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures

Self-management 

• communicate clearly in a group setting
• maintain safe working practices
• provide leadership to individuals and teams

Learning 

• learn about the principles of command and control in relation to initial response to incidents
• learn about the principles of supervision
• learn about self-management issues such as time management, workplace administration requirements

Technology 

• collect and analyse data applicable to work
• record and document information collected in accordance with the organisation's requirements
• use communication equipment

Code 

Core Units 

PUAOPE001B

Supervise response

PUAOPE004B

Conduct briefings/debriefings

PUATEA003B

Lead, manage and develop teams

Code 

Elective Units 

PUAFIR401B

Obtain incident intelligence

PUAFIR402B

Supervise specialist response to aviation incidents

PUAFIR403B

Assess building plans

PUAFIR404B

Inspect dangerous goods facilities

PUAFIR405B

Collect, analyse and provide regulatory information

PUAFIR406B

Develop prescribed burning plans

PUAFIR407B

Conduct prescribed burning

PUAFIR408B

Plan aircraft operations

PUAFIR409B

Develop air attack strategies

BSBMGT401A

Show leadership in the workplace

PUACOM011B

Develop community awareness networks

PUACOM012B

Liaise with the media in the region

PUAMAN002B

Administer work group resources

PUAC0M006B

Plan and conduct a public awareness program

PUAEMR001B

Establish context and develop risk evaluation criteria

TAAASS401C

Plan and organise assessment

TAAASS301B

Contribute to assessment

OR

TAAASS402B

Assess competence

TAAASS404B

Participate in assessment validation

TAADEL401B

Plan and organise group-based delivery

TAADEL402B

Facilitate group-based learning

OR

TAADEL405B

Coordinate and facilitate distance-based learning

TAADES402B

Design and develop learning programs

TAATAS401B

Maintain information requirements of training and/or assessment organisations

PUAFIR410A

Provide safety advice at a rural/land management incident

PUAFIR411A

Provide safety advice at an urban incident

PUAOPE012A

Control a Level 1 incident

PUAOPE015A

Conduct briefings and debriefings

PUAOPE016A

Manage a multi-team sector

NOTES 

It is important to note that where units of competency within this qualification have pre-requisite requirements, the learner must have been assessed as competent within a fire context prior to undertaking training or assessment.

BSB unit has been imported from the BSB01Training package.

TAA units have been imported from the TAA04 Training and Assessment Training Package.

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