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PUASAR032 — Undertake vertical rescue

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What an assessment for PUASAR032 must cover

66 assessable components: 5 elements (23 performance criteria), 23 performance evidence and 20 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 and respond to vertical rescue

  • 1.1Operation and task information is received through a briefing, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 1.2Vertical rescue equipment is selected based on incident information and is checked to ensure it is ready for use
  • 1.3Personal protective clothing and equipment for vertical rescue is selected

2 Assess scene

  • 2.1Scene reconnaissance is conducted, and results are reported to relevant personnel
  • 2.2Location and condition of casualties is determined
  • 2.3Vertical rescue scene management procedures are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 2.4Physical and environmental features of scene are assessed before deploying rescue resources
  • 2.5Risk assessment is conducted, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 2.6Access is controlled, and a safe and effective operational environment is maintained
  • 2.7Communication with other personnel on site is established and maintained including team and safety briefings relevant to tasks

3 Establish vertical rescue system

  • 3.1Vertical rescue system is conducted as appropriate to incident
  • 3.2Vertical rescue system and anchors are established, checked and monitored
  • 3.3Equipment is prepared, and appropriate techniques are used, in accordance with organisational procedures

4 Perform vertical rescue

  • 4.1Hygiene precautions are maintained, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 4.2Access is gained to casualties or trapped persons using vertical rescue techniques and equipment, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 4.3Casualties or trapped persons are secured and prepared for removal in consultation with medical personnel
  • 4.4Casualties are removed using vertical rescue techniques and equipment whilst preventing further injury
  • 4.5Appropriate actions are taken to preserve incident scene, in accordance with organisational procedures

5 Terminate vertical rescue operations

  • 5.1Equipment is recovered, cleaned and serviced, in accordance with organisational procedures and manufacturers’ guidelines
  • 5.2Hygiene precautions are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 5.3Decontamination procedures are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures
  • 5.4Operational debriefing is participated in, in accordance organisational procedure
  • 5.5Operational documentation including post incident report is completed, in accordance with organisational procedures

Performance evidence

  • applying hygiene precautions
  • applying organisational policies and procedures including following scene management procedures, implementing decontamination procedures and scene preservation and management procedures
  • applying Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements including safe work practices
  • assessing a scene
  • assessing, treating and packaging casualties
  • checking and maintaining vertical rescue equipment
  • communicating with team members and casualties
  • completing organisational documentation
  • concluding vertical rescue operations
  • conducting risk assessment
  • determining and establishing a vertical rescue system appropriate to the type of incident including selecting and using vertical rescue techniques and equipment
  • establishing safe systems to gain access to and recover casualties
  • extricating casualties safely and minimising further injury or discomfort to self and others
  • managing edge protection and equipment
  • participating in and contributing to briefings and debriefings
  • performing vertical rescues and securing and removing casualties
  • preparing and responding to vertical rescue situations
  • securing and removing causalities
  • undertaking scene assessment and reporting on this
  • using industrial fall arrest systems and devices
  • using personal protective clothing and rescue equipment
  • using stretchers in raising and lowering operations
  • working in a team

Knowledge evidence

  • casualty assessment and packaging
  • conditions determining vertical rescue techniques including type of vertical rescue incident and organisational procedures
  • field notes, logbook and post incident reporting requirements
  • hygiene precautions
  • industrial fall arrest systems and devices including harnesses, stretchers and packaging
  • operational briefing processes and procedures including collecting information on operation, location, information about access and egress routes and team roles such as team leader, safety officer, technicians and command, control and coordination arrangements
  • organisational documentation, policies and procedures
  • physical and environmental features including weather and environmental conditions; plant machinery; utilities and services; structural elements; hazardous atmospheres; exposed, unprotected and sharp edges; natural, manmade and physical environmental features
  • preservation of incident scene must include disturbing only to gain access or make scene safe and not disturbing fatality scenes until police investigation activities are completed
  • principles of suspension trauma
  • procedures for operating vertical rescue equipment
  • processes and procedures for debriefings
  • rescue scene assessment
  • rescue scene management procedures including establishing and monitoring safety zones, establishing barriers and perimeter access controls, liaising with media and managing bystanders
  • safety factors including safe working loads and breaking strains of vertical rescue equipment
  • sources of information including personnel on scene and the public
  • vertical rescue and safety systems including anchors, ascending and descending devices, edge management devices, edge protection, karabiners, lighting, pulleys, rescue ropes and tapes to industry standards
  • vertical rescue equipment characteristics and limitations
  • voice, whistle and other communication systems
  • Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements including risk mitigation and safe work practices

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What does an assessment tool for PUASAR032 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PUASAR032 needs to address all 66 unit components: 5 elements with 23 performance criteria, 23 performance evidence requirements, 20 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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