PUAWER010B – Lead a workplace emergency initial response team

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to lead a workplace emergency initial response team in the control of workplace emergencies in their early stages prior to the arrival of emergency services or specialist response teams. This unit has been developed to cover the broad range of emergencies and workplaces as considered in Australian Standard 3745—2010. This unit applies …

PUAWER009B – Participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to participate as a member of a workplace emergency initial response team. This team works in conjunction with the emergency control organisation in the control of workplace emergencies in their early stages prior to the arrival of emergency services or specialist response teams. This unit has been developed to cover the broad …

PUAWER008B – Confine small workplace emergencies

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to confine small workplace emergencies. Small workplace emergencies may include such incidents as a small fire that can be controlled using a nearby fire extinguisher; or a chemical spill that can be controlled using workplace personal protective clothing and equipment, and a small spill kit; or a workplace vehicle accident where there …

PUAWER007B – Manage an emergency control organisation

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to manage or to operate as part of the management of an emergency control organisation. This unit has been developed to cover the broad range of emergencies and workplaces as considered in Australian Standard 3745-2010. This unit applies to employees in the workplace within all industries and in all contexts. The application …

PUAWER006B – Lead an emergency control organisation

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to make decisions about people’s safety during a workplace emergency and to give instructions on the priority order for responding to the emergency incident area. This unit has been developed to cover the broad range of emergencies and workplaces as considered in Australian Standard 3745-2010. This unit applies to employees in the …

PUAWER005B – Operate as part of an emergency control organisation

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to implement the emergency response specified in the workplace emergency procedures or specified by a person at a higher level in the emergency control organisation. People who undertake this work will be working within the command, control and coordinate structure of the emergency control organisation. This unit has been developed to cover …

PUAWER004B – Respond to workplace emergencies

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to recognise emergencies in the workplace, to report emergencies and to take appropriate action. For this unit workplace is defined as the area encompassed by an individual’s responsibilities. This unit has been developed to cover the broad range of emergencies and workplaces as considered in Australian Standard 3745—2010. This unit applies to …

PUAWER003B – Manage and monitor workplace emergency procedures, equipment and other resources

Course Overview: This unit applies to employees in the workplace within all industries and in all contexts, who are delegated responsibility for implementing emergency prevention measures that may include: the purchasing, installation, commissioning, and maintenance of emergency control equipment hazard risk identification mitigation and recording of workplace emergency risks recording and reporting on emergency control equipment and faults monitoring and …

PUAWER002B – Ensure workplace emergency prevention procedures, systems and processes are implemented

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to implement workplace emergency prevention procedures within a workplace or a defined group of workplaces. The person undertaking this work may be supervising some people in the workplace. All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in line with legislative requirements, workplace policies and procedures, and accepted safe practices. This unit has …

PUAWER001B – Identify, prevent and report potential workplace emergency situations

Course Overview: This unit covers the competency required to identify and prevent the development of workplace emergency situations, or to minimise their consequences, and to report if emergency protection systems, emergency control equipment and evacuation systems are compromised. For this unit the term workplace is defined as the area encompassed by an individual’s responsibilities. All aspects of the unit must …