AVIF0046 — Facilitate an aerodrome emergency response
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What an assessment for AVIF0046 must cover
139 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 44 performance evidence and 80 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for an aerodrome emergency
- 1.1Familiarity with aerodrome emergency response procedures and role of responding agencies is established
- 1.2Aerodrome emergency equipment is checked and tested in accordance with workplace procedures
- 1.3Emergency exercises and debriefing sessions are participated in as required
- 1.4Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and hazard management implemented
- 1.5Responding agencies are escorted on familiarisation tours of airside facilities as required
2 Respond to an aerodrome emergency
- 2.1Established emergency response procedures are followed
- 2.2Forward command post (FCP) and other forward control areas are appropriately established
- 2.3Wreckage is guarded and evidence preserved
- 2.4Command of initial emergency response is appropriately handed over to responding agencies
- 2.5Responding agencies are assisted as required
- 2.6Running log is maintained throughout an emergency
- 2.7Media enquiries are appropriately handled
3 Take appropriate action to reinstate aerodrome operations
- 3.1Assessment of continued aerodrome operational capability is correctly made and authorities notified
- 3.2Airside facilities are returned to service as required
- 3.3Reports are completed, filed and disseminated to relevant authorities as required in accordance with workplace procedures
Performance evidence
- adapting to differences in equipment and operating environment in accordance with workplace procedures
- applying relevant legislation and workplace procedures
- applying relevant systems, such as aerodrome safety management system (SMS) and procedures, to assess and/or mitigate risk that might arise while facilitating a response to an aerodrome emergency
- activating the aerodrome emergency plan (AEP), including:
- implementing aerodrome emergency procedures
- reporting to Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
- reporting to local police service
- responding to aerodrome emergency, including
- aircraft crash off aerodrome
- aircraft crash on aerodrome
- explosive threat
- full emergency
- hazardous materials incident
- local standby
- major building fire
- medical emergency
- unlawful interference with aviation
- wildlife hazards
- reporting situations, including:
- changes to temporary or permanent published aerodrome information
- emergency situations resulting in some or all of the aerodrome becoming unserviceable
- restoration of aerodrome serviceability
- communicating effectively with others
- reporting to relevant authorities, including:
- aerodrome operator or delegated person
- aerodrome users
- air traffic control (ATC)
- Australian Defence Force (Defence) Command for military bases
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
- Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Office (Airservices Australia)
- reporting using suitable means, including:
- NOTAM
- verbal communications
- written communication by fax or email
- completing relevant documentation
- identifying and correctly using relevant equipment
- implementing work health and safety (WHS) procedures and relevant regulations
- interpreting and following workplace procedures and prioritising work
- monitoring and anticipating operational problems and hazards and taking appropriate action
- operating electronic communications equipment to required protocols
- reading, interpreting and following relevant instructions, regulations, procedures, information and signs
- selecting and using required personal protective equipment (PPE) conforming to industry and WHS standards
- working collaboratively with others
- working systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others, or damage to goods or equipment
Knowledge evidence
- aerodrome environments, including:
- areas surrounding navigational aids
- aerodrome works sites
- buildings
- drainage systems
- fences and gates
- obstacle limitation surfaces (OLS)
- aerodrome layout, including:
- access routes
- aerodrome movement area facilities:
- apron
- clearway
- markers, markings and aerodrome lighting
- runway and runway strip
- runway end safety area
- taxiway and taxiway strip
- appropriate responses to emergency transmission, including:
- establishing priority of calls
- imposing radio silence
- critical messages, including a distress message (MAYDAY call) and an urgency message (PAN call)
- emergency response procedures
- operation of airband radio equipment as used to communicate with ATC and/or pilots
- physical characteristics of aircraft, including:
- commercial charter aircraft
- commercial passenger aircraft
- emergency medical service (EMS) aircraft
- fixed wing and/or helicopters
- freighter aircraft
- general aviation/recreational aircraft
- military aircraft
- problems, safety hazards and risks that exist when facilitating an aerodrome emergency response and related risk assessment/management measures that may need to be taken into account
- hazards, including:
- aircraft movements
- explosions
- fire and smoke
- foreign object debris (FOD)
- fumes
- hazardous/toxic materials
- other vehicles in the vicinity of the emergency
- personnel in the vicinity of the emergency
- slippery surfaces
- purpose and application of aerodrome markers, markings and temporary lighting
- purpose and role of forward command post (FCP)
- aerodrome emergency equipment, including:
- communications
- emergency lighting
- first aid equipment
- incident management kits
- spill response and control kits
- tools and equipment
- vehicles and trailers
- radio equipment, including:
- airband/very high frequency (VHF) radio
- non-operations/ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio
- relevant information/documents, including:
- AEP and procedures to be followed for each aerodrome emergency
- aerodrome manual
- aerodrome SMS and safety/security polices and principles of risk assessment and risk management
- aerodrome transport security plan (TSP)
- airline timetables
- airside driver handbook and/or airside driving requirements for the aerodrome
- Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASRs)
- conditions of service, legislation and industrial agreements, including workplace agreements and awards
- induction and training materials
- logbooks
- Manual of Standards (MOS) Part 139 – Aerodromes
- NOTAM
- operational checklists
- plans and maps
- relevant forms and databases
- safety data sheets (SDSs)/material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for hazardous materials
- workplace procedures for facilitating an aerodrome emergency response
- relevant legislative and regulatory requirements relating to facilitating an aerodrome emergency response, including:
- Defence Orders and Instructions
- standards and recommended practices (SARPs) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- workplace relations
- WHS and environmental, procedures and regulations, including drug and alcohol management plan (DAMP)
- reporting procedures
- requirements for completing relevant documentation and/or incident reporting
- weather information and its implications for workplace operations
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Questions about assessing AVIF0046
What does an assessment tool for AVIF0046 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AVIF0046 needs to address all 139 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 44 performance evidence requirements, 80 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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