Description

Pre/Co-Requisites

Pre-requisite units:

• Nil

Co-requisite units:

• PUAAMS001A Work in an aviation environment
• PUATEA001A Work in a team
• PUATEA004B Work effectively in a public safety organisation
• PUAEME001 Provide emergency care

Performance Criteria

1. Configure aircraft

1.1. Stores are prepared prior to loading on aircraft in accordance with policies and procedures

1.2. Search briefing is obtained from relevant Search and Rescue authority

1.3. Aircraft is configured for drop operations in accordance with the applicable Flight Manual

1.4. Protective surfaces are installed and protective tape applied in accordance with policies and procedures

1.5. Stores are checked and secured in accordance with policies and procedures

1.6. Principles of internal loading of cargo are complied with when loading the aircraft in accordance with policies and procedures

2. Locate target

2.1. Distance estimation methods are employed to identify target position in accordance with policies and procedures

2.2. Initial target marking smoke is prepared and dispatched to mark target area in accordance with policies and procedures

2.3. Visual sighting of target is maintained during stores dropping in accordance with policies and procedures

3. Dispatch stores

3.1. Reference markers are dispatched under the pilot’s directions and in accordance with policies and procedures

3.2. Stores are dispatched under the pilot’s directions and in accordance with policies and procedures

3.3. Visual sighting of target is maintained during stores dropping in accordance with policies and procedures

4. Reconfigure aircraft

4.1. Equipment is removed and checked for serviceability in accordance with policies and procedures

4.2. Items of stores used are annotated on the incident form

Key Competencies

Communicating ideas and information

• Communicate ideas and information to reporting procedures (verbal and written) 

Collecting analysing and organising information

• Collect, organise and understand information related to recognising and reporting situations

 Planning and organising activities 

• Plan and organise activities which implement and follow standard procedures 

Working with others and in teams

• Work with others and in a team by assisting and cooperating with team members 

Using mathematical ideas and techniques 

• Use mathematical ideas and techniques to document and report numbers for emergency procedures

Solving problems 

• Establish diagnostic processes which recommend improvements for OH&S issues

Using technology 

• Use workplace technology related to the use of technology to assist with safe work practices

Range Statement

Configure may include

• Removing doors
• hatches
• furnishings
• fittings
• outfitting with specialist equipment
• crew equipment

Policies and procedures protocols may include

• National Search and Rescue Manual
• Search and Rescue Manual for Civil Search and Rescue
• Unit Pilots and Dropmasters
• Civil Aviation Regulations (CARs)
• Civil Aviation Orders (CAOs)
• Aeronautical Information Publication (AIPs)
• En route Supplement Australia – Emergency Section (ERSA)
• Applicable Aircraft Flight Manual and Civil Search and Rescue Unit Operations manual

Stores may include

• Safety knives
• timer
• Dropmaster bag
• Seeblitz (strobe marker) life-rafts
• heliboxes
• pyrotechnic and electronic reference markers
• stores delivery systems
• pumps
• storepedoes
• search and rescue datum buoy
• air droppable search and rescue
• radio

Distance estimation methods may include

• using clock method

Hand signals may include

• 30 seconds to drop
• 10 seconds to drop
• drop and abort

Secure may include

• stowing stores using nets
• tie-down straps and static line cord

Incident report may include

• search and rescue incident report
• police incident reports

Emergency situations may include

• drop abort
• inadvertent raft inflation
• emergency ejection of the load
• inadvertent smoke activation in-flight
• canister-related situations (including static line falling to separate hang-up of delivery system)

Evidence Guide

Critical Aspects of Evidence

• Stores are prepared and secured safely and dispatched under the pilot’s directions

Underpinning Knowledge

• actions to be carried out in the event of in-flight emergencies
• arming procedures for pyrotechnic markers and general operation of electronic markers
• burning times of pyrotechnic marker
• frequencies of electronic markers
• general operation of light emitting markers
• inherent dangers of handling pyrotechnic devices
• maximum and minimum weight of a loaded helibox
• meaning of the hand signals relayed by other crew members during a stores dropping operation
• OH&S considerations as they pertain to operating within an aircraft during stores dropping operations
• principles of teamwork

Underpinning Skills

• check ancillary Search and Rescue equipment for serviceability
• handle pyrotechnic devices in a safe manner
• operate safely around aircraft
• work in a crewed environment

Resource implications

• On job assessment may entail additional costs

Consistency in performance

• Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Context of assessment

• Evidence can be collected on the job but may be undertaken in a simulation