Description

Pre-requisites

• PUAFIR509B Implement prevention strategies

Performance Criteria

1. Analyse the organisation’s public safety responsibilities

1.1. Organisational goals are identified within the context of the organisation’s public safety responsibilities

1.2. The organisational environment is identified and strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are analysed

1.3. Elements which support or impair the organisation’s ability to manage risk are determined

1.4. Organisational capabilities to manage risk are identified

1.5. A strategic plan for risk management is developed

2. Establish an emergency risk management structure

2.1. An organisational structure is established to implement the organisation’s risk management strategic plan

2.2. The risk management structure is implemented and maintained

2.3. Technical, financial, social, legal and other considerations against which risk can be prioritised are determined

2.4. Organisational risk management responsibilities are identified

3. Review the organisation’s risk management performance

3.1. An organisational review process is established

3.2. The effectiveness of the risk management strategies is regularly reviewed

3.3. The risk management strategic plan is adjusted following the review process if required

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

Elements which influence the organisation’s ability to manage risk may include

• legislative authority
• emergency management capability
• level of community education and awareness
• resources and organisational culture

Technical, financial, social and legal considerations against which risks can be prioritised may include

•  technical judgements which appropriately acknowledge uncertainty include
  - international technical standards
  - national standards
  - codes of practices
  - procedures
  - professional judgement
• legal considerations may include
  - international law
  - conventions and treaties
  - statutory provisions
  - common law precedents
  - recommendations of investigative offices such as the coroner, boards of inquiry (eg Air Safety) and royal commissions
  - land use and exposure to litigation
• social and political considerations may include:
  - government policy
  - community expectations
  - community values
  - community attitudes
  - community perceptions and special group interests

The environment within which the emergency management responsibilities are developed may include

• the organisational and administrative environment
• current public service practices
• government and organisational policy
• public perceptions and attitudes
• the natural physical environment
• the present emergency management capability
• the technological, social
• political and economic environment

Emergency risk management structure will reflect

• context
• nature of the risk
• responsibilities of the organisation

Evidence Guide

Critical Aspects of Evidence

• It is essential for this unit that competence be demonstrated in the development of a risk management strategic plan and an organisational structure which meet the organisation’s public safety risk management needs and are consistent with its responsibilities and objectives.

Underpinning Knowledge

• emergency management concepts and principles
• legislative and regulative arrangements relevant to emergency management
• negotiation strategies and tactics
• problem solving and decision making techniques
• the intent and potential application of Australian Standard AS/NZS 4360 to given scenarios and potential situations

Underpinning Skills

• analyse risk
• assess organisational needs
• define problems
• demonstrate influencing skills
• evaluate and prioritise risk
• identify stakeholders
• use analytical tools and processes

Resource Implications

• For the demonstration of competence in this unit it will be necessary to provide a real life environment and/or simulations based on real life incidents.
• These resources may involve complex scenarios sufficient to allow evidence to be gathered
  from a variety of sources and stakeholders on more than one occasion and over an extended period of time.
• Controlled access to organisational records and personnel may have significant cost implications for the staging of scenarios

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 of competence in this unit should be collected in one or more actual situations or scenarios where there is the capacity to demonstrate the required evidence in a real or simulated environment in conjunction with portfolio evidence.
• Underpinning knowledge may be assessed through written assignments, project reports, debriefings and action learning projects