Qualification details

Release 3.0  This is the third release of this qualification in the PUA – Public Safety Training Package.

Electives updated.

Release 2.0  This is the second release of this qualification in the PUA – Public Safety Training Package.

Minor upgrade to electives.

Release 1.0  This is the first release of this qualification in the PUA – Public Safety Training Package.

The PUA50219 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Management) provides individuals with the skills and knowledge to manage a biosecurity emergency response. Pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia pose a risk to the economy, environment and community. Biosecurity involves the mitigation and management of these risks.

The role of a biosecurity emergency response manager is to manage multiple teams to develop and carry out an appropriate response to an animal, plant, aquatic, environmental or other biosecurity threat. Biosecurity emergency response manager’s duties may include directing and managing multiple teams undertaking coordinated biosecurity response functions such as field operations, planning, logistics, public information and/or finance and administration.

This qualification includes the units of competency required by biosecurity emergency response managers to manage multiple teams of biosecurity emergency responders, whilst ensuring all response activities are safely, effectively and efficiently implemented to meet all relevant aspects of the incident action plan. The range of activities may include formulating strategic plans, undertaking multi-organisation liaison and high level communication activities, overseeing complex resource coordination activities and taking overarching responsibility for safety, financial and human resource management within the relevant aspects of the role.

Individuals will demonstrate a high degree of autonomy, judgement and management responsibility in complex and changing contexts within broad but established parameters.

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

• 5 core units  listed below; plus
• 6 elective units  from the general elective units listed

Choose a minimum of 4 elective units from the general elective unit list below.

Select the remaining 2 elective units from the elective unit list below or elsewhere within this training package or another endorsed training package or any 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  

AHCBER502

Manage the implementation of an emergency disease or plant pest control program

PUACOM007

Liaise with other organisations

PUAOPE015

Conduct briefings and debriefings

PUAOPE018

Control a Level 2 incident

PUATEA003

Lead, manage and develop teams

General elective units 

AHCBER601

Plan and oversee an emergency disease or plant pest control program

BSBWHS521

Ensure a safe workplace for a work area

PSPGEN083

Manage public affairs

PUACOM004

Manage organisational communication strategies

PUACOM016

Manage media requirements at major incident

PUAEMR037

Manage recovery functions and services

PUAMAN003

Manage human resources

PUAMAN004

Manage procurement

PUAMAN007

Manage financial resources

PUAMAN008

Manage physical resources

PUAOPE017

Coordinate resources for a multi-agency incident

PUAOPE024

Manage operations for a Level 3 incident

PUAOPE025

Manage planning for a complex incident

This qualification replaces and is not equivalent to PUA52412 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Management).