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This course is to provide participants with the competency requirements associated with the identification, avoidance, review, and evaluation of workplace risks and hazards, maintenance of personal safety and the reporting to supervisors and team members. This course will also provide participants with the competency requirements associated with the operation and maintenance of breathing apparatus equipment in an irrespirable atmosphere.

This course involves the skills and knowledge required to operate portable and appliance-mounted fire fighting pumps safely and efficiently at an emergency situation and covers preparing pumps to deliver water, operating pumps and concluding pump operations. It also includes inspecting response equipment, testing response equipment and cleaning, maintaining and restowing equipment.

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the competency requirements associated with the identification, avoidance, review, and evaluation of workplace risks and hazards, maintenance of personal safety and the reporting to supervisors and team members. Participants will also receive competency requirements associated with the safe combat of incidents involving hazardous materials. “Hazardous Materials” is a generic term used to refer to an incident involving dangerous goods and hazardous substances.

This unit covers the competency required to work as a member of a non-specialist team under supervision when responding to an aviation incident. It applies to personnel required to respond to an aircraft incident, primarily outside of major domestic and international airports, it is not intended for specialised aviation firefighters.

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to respond to a range of local emergencies and incidents in the Resources and Infrastructure Industries. It includes implementing response plans, monitoring the situation, taking necessary precautionary measures and supporting formal relief.

This course is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge to communicate in the workplace, work safely and follow WHS policies and procedures, conduct local risk control and maintain and monitor site quality standards within the Resources and Infrastructure Industries. These units are appropriate for those working in operational roles.

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.