Lead An Emergency Control Organisation - PUAWER006B

Overview

This course is designed for persons who could be required to make decisions about people’s safety during a workplace emergency and to give instructions on priority order for responding to the emergency incident area. People who undertake this work may act as a primary liaison with emergency services after their arrival.

Pre-requisites

PUAWER005B (Operate as a part of an Emergency Control Organisation) must be completed prior to commencement of training.

Outline

• Types of emergencies
• Planning principals and considerations
• Emergency planning committees
• Emergency control organisation
• Responsibilities and duties of Cheif Warden
• Responsibilities and duties of Wardens in general
• Risk managment principals
• Emergency prevention
• Communications
• Emergency evacuations
• Initial emergency response
• Human behaviour and welfare in emergencies
• Conducting drills and exercises
• Liaising with emergency services
• Assessment of students’ competence

Assessment

• PUAWER006B/01: Prepare for workplace emergencies
• PUAWER006B/02: Apply commend, control and co-ordinate aspects of workplace emergency procedures
• PUAWER006B/03: Control the response to emergency reports, signals and warnings
• PUAWER006B/04: Co-ordinate reports and results of initial emergency response
• PUAWER006B/05: Conclude incident

Location

On site.

Duration

To maximize learning benefits, it is recommended that this course be conducted with a maximum of 15 participants over a period of up to 4 hours. If pre-requisite unit is required, the course would be approximately 6 - 8 hours.

Resources

Suitable classroom equipped with whiteboard. A suitable area to light and extinguish small fires.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this course, each student will receive a Nationally Recognised Statement of Attainment.