PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations)

Release 1

PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations)

Modification History

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

Qualification Description

The PUA30919 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations) provides individuals with the skills and knowledge to work in 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 responder is to carry out actions within a biosecurity emergency response to an animal, plant, aquatic, environmental or other biosecurity threat. Biosecurity emergency responder’s duties may include activities in the field and/or working in an operations centre (the term operations centre is used in accordance with the Biosecurity Incident Management System). This qualification includes the units of competency required by biosecurity emergency responders to work safely and effectively as part of a response team. The range of activities that may be performed include contributing to response planning, implementing disease or pest surveillance and associated sampling protocols, ensuring effective quarantine and movement controls and undertaking disease or pest control procedures at infected premises. Individuals will demonstrate autonomy and judgement whilst following instructions in known and stable contexts within established parameters. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

Packaging Rules

A total of 10 units of competency comprising 5 core units listed below; plus 5 elective units from the general elective units listed Choose a minimum of 3 elective units from the 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 accredited course. All elective units selected from outside this qualification must be from an equivalent qualification level or higher and must contribute to the vocational outcome of the qualification. Elective units selected from outside the qualification must not duplicate content already covered by units in this qualification. Where imported units are selected, care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisite units specified are complied with. Where a prerequisite is attached to a unit it is identified by the symbol ∟.
Core units
AHCBER301	Work effectively in an emergency disease or plant pest response
PUACOM001	Communicate in the workplace
PUACOM003	Manage information
PUATEA001	Work in a team
PUAWHS001	Follow defined work, health and safety policies and procedures
General elective units
PUABIO001	Conduct planning in a biosecurity emergency response
PUAEQU001	Prepare, maintain and test response equipment
PUAOPE013	Operate communications systems and equipment
PUAOPE015	Conduct briefings and debriefings
PUAOPE020	Lead a crew
PUASES012	Work as a team member in an emergency operations centre
AHCBIO202	Follow site quarantine procedures
AHCBIO302	Identify and report unusual disease or plant pest signs
AHCBER303	Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control procedures at infected premises
AHCBER304	Carry out movement and security procedures
AHCBER402	Carry out field surveillance for a specific emergency disease or plant pest
AHCNAR302	Collect and preserve biological samples
PSPGEN038	Identify and treat risks

Qualification Mapping Information

This qualification replaces and is not equivalent to PUA33112 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Response Operations)

Links

PUA Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide is found in VETNet - https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=3eca5672-6d5a-410b-8942-810d0ba05bbf