HLTAEDR001 — Respond to community disasters
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What an assessment for HLTAEDR001 must cover
89 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 63 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. 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 Identify required response to disaster.
- 1.1Identify situations that trigger the need for disaster response.
- 1.2Locate and access relevant plans and procedures for responding to disasters, including health service business continuity plan.
- 1.3Seek information about the situation from key people and community members within time and other constraints.
- 1.4Identify specific and immediate community impacts and needs from information obtained.
- 1.5For the particular disaster, identify response role and actions for the primary health care team, in consultation with team and others.
2 Follow disaster plan procedures.
- 2.1Reconfirm own role, responsibilities and relationships with others in disaster response.
- 2.2Establish and maintain communication with others according to disaster plan chain of command requirements.
- 2.3Complete and accurately document response tasks and outcomes according to organisational and disaster plan procedures and within scope of responsibility.
- 2.4Monitor progress through observation and consultation with other responders.
- 2.5Provide key people and the community with updated status reports within time and other constraints.
3 Follow-up disaster.
- 3.1Participate in ongoing and post disaster response debrief according to organisational and community requirements.
- 3.2Identify the need for follow-up services based on specific situation and agree on actions in consultation with primary health care team.
- 3.3Provide feedback about the effectiveness of disaster and business continuity plans to those responsible for development and maintenance.
- 3.4Identify and follow requirements for maintaining current knowledge of relevant disaster plans and own roles and responsibilities.
Performance evidence
- Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
- follow the procedures in an established disaster plan in response to two different disaster situations affecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities
- in each of the two situations:
- complete two specific response tasks, one of which must be a team task
- provide one updated status report to an impacted individual or organisation
- participate in the following during or after each of the community disaster situations:
- debriefing session
- disaster plan feedback process.
Knowledge evidence
- organisational policies and procedures for:
- documenting response tasks and outcomes
- debriefing during and after disasters
- contents of the health service business continuity plan for operation during and after disasters, and role as a designated essential service
- types of criteria that determine the need for disaster response:
- number of people impacted including potential and actual
- threat to physical safety and actual injuries and illness
- threat to housing, community infrastructure, and essential services
- cultural impact
- health impacts
- types of disasters and their potential impacts on communities:
- large scale accidents with multiple casualties:
- industrial
- transport including planes and trains
- natural:
- floods
- fire
- earthquake
- extreme weather events
- health related including epidemics and pandemics
- security related:
- acts of violence, including bombings
- social violence, including riots
- for disaster response, typical roles of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health services and workers at different levels of seniority
- different levels of disaster plans and types of agencies involved in their development:
- state or territory and local government
- community
- organisation, including health services
- typical components of disaster plans and procedures:
- relationship between local responsibilities and those at a state or territory level
- specific roles and responsibilities of emergency services agencies, including risk management and chain of command
- roles of community organisations and members
- communication before, during and after disaster
- procedures for specific situations and responses:
- evacuation
- organising medical assistance
- providing assistance to displaced persons with chronic disease who need to self-manage and who need to self-medicate
- organising shelter
- securing specific areas and removing individuals and groups
- follow-up services
- local information:
- emergency meeting points
- evacuation centres and venues for service provision
- health testing centres
- specific community views and cultural considerations for dealing with disasters
- distribution, communication and awareness raising of the plan
- for epidemic and pandemic disasters in particular:
- local state or territory plans and responses, their changing and responsive nature and how to keep up to date with current requirements
- infection control measures for the community, clients and health workers
- types of tests and clinical testing protocols
- types of vaccinations, availability and access arrangements
- health service reporting requirements
- the role of the health service centre in providing client and community health education, and general information about government and community based response
- types of disaster follow-up services that may be needed in the community:
- counselling
- community trauma responses
- community ceremonies
- community debrief
- employment-related assistance
- education about use of damaged infrastructure, utilities and housing to ensure the health and safety of community members
- physical health checks and treatments
- education for clients with chronic disease to develop future personal emergency plans to self-manage when displaced
- ways to support own physical, social and emotional wellbeing when working in disaster response situations.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret unfamiliar and potentially complex disaster and business continuity plans and procedures.
- Oral communication skills: use open and closed probe questions and actively listen to obtain information about current situations provide clear and succinct information and instructions to others about disaster response requirements.
- Problem-solving skills: respond to diverse and unexpected situations within time constraints.
- Teamwork skills: work cooperatively as a member of a disaster response team while adhering to chain-of-command requirements.
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Questions about assessing HLTAEDR001
What does an assessment tool for HLTAEDR001 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTAEDR001 needs to address all 89 unit components: 3 elements with 14 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 63 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for HLTAEDR001?
Auditori pulls the current release of HLTAEDR001 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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