This unit covers controlling fires in underground metalliferous mines. It includes: assessing the situation and preparing for fire control operations; controlling the fire; and restoring and refurbishing fire equipment to operational condition.
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Advanced Fire Cluster
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the necessary skills and practical knowledge on how to effectively respond to and extinguish urban fires.
BG4 Underground Search and Rescue Closed Circuit BA
This course reflects the participants’ skills and knowledge to operate in a self-contained regenerative oxygen breathing apparatus, respond to mine incidents, establish and operate from a fresh air base, to conduct underground searches, and covers the preparation and minor servicing of equipment used to respond to emergency situations.
Conduct Fire Team Operations Cluster – RII30719
The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the necessary skills and practical knowledge to conduct fire team operations and prepare, maintain and test response equipment within the Resources and Infrastructure Industries.
Certificate III in Emergency Response and Rescue
This qualification reflects the role of Emergency Response and Rescue team members who work on a mine site or a construction site and who perform tasks involving a broad range of skilled applications in a wide variety of contexts, which involve some discretion and judgement in selecting equipment, services or contingency measures.
Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
This Qualification is designed for experienced firefighting and emergency response professionals who respond to disasters and/or incidents that endanger life, property and the environment.
