SISCAQU029 — Perform open water rescues

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What an assessment for SISCAQU029 must cover

59 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 10 performance evidence and 28 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 Assess the situation and determine rescue requirements.

1.1Identify signs and signals of persons in difficulty and assess their situation promptly.
1.2Identify prevailing conditions and environmental hazards and promptly assess risks to self, rescuee and others.
1.3Determine appropriate rescue methods according to condition of person in need of rescue and environmental conditions.
1.4Select rescue equipment suited to all assessed circumstances.
1.5Provide prompt rescue alert to appropriate personnel according to time constraints and organisational emergency response procedures.

2 Maintain self-safety.

2.1Negotiate open water and prevailing conditions with and without flotation devices, according to need.
2.2Safely approach and negotiate obstacles and hazards to minimise risk of injury to self.
2.3Use survival swimming techniques to maintain personal safety and to self-rescue when needed.
2.4Implement strategies when unable to return to a point of safety without assistance.

3 Rescue a person from open water.

3.1Select approach and contact methods to minimise risk of injury or submersion of self as rescuer.
3.2Provide clear and concise instructions to person being rescued, when conscious.
3.3Use tow equipment and techniques according to condition of rescued person and environmental conditions.
3.4Support and monitor condition of rescued person, and use techniques to ensure airways are kept clear.
3.5Extract person from water safely and efficiently, using equipment and techniques suited to prevailing conditions and condition of rescuee.
3.6Assist rescued person according to organisational emergency response procedures.

4 Debrief and complete reports.

4.1Participate in incident response debrief and identify future response improvements.
4.2Complete required incident reports according to organisational procedures.

Performance evidence

participate in two simulated open water rescues to return a person in difficulty to a point of safety
for each of the above two rescues:
determine appropriate rescue methods and equipment, accounting for the signs of the person experiencing difficulty in the water, prevailing conditions and environmental hazards present
consistently negotiate prevailing conditions and environmental hazards safely and effectively
consistently use survival swimming techniques to maintain personal safety
demonstrate fitness, strength, speed and efficiency throughout the rescue
across the above two rescues collectively, use the following rescue aids effectively:
rescue tubes
non-motorised water craft used as a floatation and rescue device
for one of the above rescues participate in a debrief and complete an incident report.

Knowledge evidence

organisational procedures for rescues and emergency response
common active and passive signs and signals of a person experiencing difficulty in the water, and how these indicate their swimming abilities, condition and rescue needs
importance of promptly alerting others to rescue, and:
organisational reporting lines
communication protocols for using telephones and radios
relevant information conveyed
for natural or artificial open water settings:
hydrological features sufficient to recognise signs they are present, and understand the impacts on supervision, swimming, other recreational activities and rescues
types of prevailing weather and water conditions that impact on supervision, recreational activities, and rescues
types of environmental hazards, risks to self and person being rescued, and methods used to minimise risk
survival swimming techniques used to self-rescue
strategies that can be used when unable to return to a point of safety alone, including established signals and calls for help
personal survival and defensive techniques used when approaching and rescuing swimmers in difficulty
equipment and techniques used in open water rescues, and situations indicating their choice:
rescue tubes
rescue boards
non-motorised water craft used as a floatation and rescue device
techniques used to support rescued person and ensure their airways are clear during the rescue
equipment and techniques used to extract rescued persons from the water, including assisted and unassisted
assertive and constructive verbal communication techniques used during rescues to:
direct person being rescued
calm and reassure person being rescued
actions typically taken after rescue from water is completed:
monitoring condition of rescued person
provision of first aid to casualties
contact with emergency services to relay conditions of casualties
rescue debriefing and reporting requirements
formats and inclusions of written incident reports.

Foundation skills

Reading skills: interpret detailed familiar organisational procedures for rescues and emergency response.
Writing skills: use fundamental sentence structure to record accurate factual information about rescue responses in template incident reports.
Oral communication skills: use clear and unambiguous verbal and non-verbal communications to make intent known.
Self-management skills: critically analyse all circumstances and implications to provide a prompt and considered rescue response.

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