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 

• access and apply Defence and individual service policies on the prevention and reporting of unethical conduct
• adjust communication to suit different audiences
• apply ethics, standards, policy and guidelines
• apply knowledge of cultural differences
• apply verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
• follow instructions and directives
• provide information on Defence ethical standards and values to suppliers/providers, where appropriate
• provide verbal and written advice and reports containing information which is impartial, substantiated, accurate and complete
• read and understand the organisation's plans, policies and procedures
• read complex and formal documents such as legislation and codes of ethics and apply them to work practices
• record content of forms/reports so that it is complete, accurate, concise, legible, understandable and in the correct format
• record decision-making processes used to resolve ethical problems

Teamwork 

• establish and maintain relationships with public and private organisations
• participate in a team
• share information gathered and analysed while on patrol with other officers
• support team members
• understand the composition of teams, and roles and responsibilities of team members

Problem solving 

• analyse situations and implement strategies to resolve issues
• anticipate potential causes of conflict and harmful behaviour, and select and implement responses to prevent escalation
• apply knowledge of conflict resolution
• assess and respond to general workplace safety risks
• assess equipment, materials and environment for hazards and plan protective action
• deal with ethical problems
• identify, assess and monitor potential risks to own safety, the safety of fellow officers and members of the public
• identify problems and barriers to resolution, critically evaluate and develop and plan a range of response options
• resolve ethical problems
• resolve or refer situations which pose ethical problems

Initiative and enterprise 

• devise alternate responses
• plan, implement and where necessary adapt, workplace safety responses to situational contexts

Planning and organising 

• assess level of 'first response' control/command for each situation/incident and responses planned
• command, control, coordinate initial emergency responses at an incident scene
• identify and/or plan and implement operational safety responses/procedures
• plan and manage investigations

Self-management 

• apply a sound understanding of Defence and individual service ethics, values and principles
• display sound judgement in circumstances where professional and ethical ambiguities arise, or when there are conflicts of interest
• exhibit ethical standards

Learning 

• learn about jurisdictional laws, by-law and regulations relating to offences against persons and property
• learn about jurisdictional laws, policy and procedures covering discrimination and disability
• learn about organisational policy and procedures covering reactive operational safety issues/practices

Technology 

• enter information on database systems so that it is accurate, understandable, complete, verifiable and adhere to the required organisational data entry security procedures
• identify and correctly access appropriate sources of information
• operate interviewing recording equipment
• produce records which are clear, audible and presentable as evidence to the courts
• use an internet web browser to access references, legislation and codes of ethics
• use information technology for preparing written advice and reports requiring precision of expression
• use interview and evidence recording equipment
• use police information systems
• utilise police and other appropriate information/database systems

Code 

Core Units 

PUADEFEQ001C

Work with equity and diversity

PUADEFPO001B

Apply the values and principles of Defence police

PUAPOL001B

Maintain operational safety

PUAPOL002B

Employ policing methods

PUAPOL004B

Gather, collate and record information

PUAPOL005B

Use and maintain operational equipment

PUAPOL007B

Manage persons in care or custody or in need of assistance

PUAPOL010B

Perform administrative duties

PUAOPE002B

Operate communications systems and equipment

BSBCMN411A

Monitor a safe workplace

Code 

Elective Units 

BSBSUS301A

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

PUACOM005B

Foster a positive organisational image in the community

PUACOM007B

Liaise with other organisations

PUADEFEQ002B

Supervise equity and diversity in the workplace

PUADEFPO002B

Conduct battlefield circulation and control operations

PUADEFPO003B

Participate in population protection and control

PUADEFRI001B

Treat risk within Defence at an operational level

PUADEFRI002B

Conduct risk assessment in a Defence environment

PUAEME001B

Provide emergency care

PUAFIR201B

Prevent injury

PUALAW003B

Give evidence in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting

PUAOPE001B

Supervise response

PUAOPE003B

Navigate in urban and rural environments

PUAOPE004B

Conduct briefings/debriefings

PUAPOL003B

Conduct initial police investigation

PUAPOL006B

Facilitate effective communication in the workplace

PUAPOL009B

Assist in the judicial process

PUAPOL012B

Address client needs

PUASAR001B

Participate in a rescue operation

PUATEA005A

Manage own professional performance

PUAVEH001B

Drive vehicles under operational conditions

NOTES 

BSB units have been imported from the BSB01 and BSB07 Business Services Training Packages.

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