FIELD COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Review of Workplace Emergency Risk Management unit standards
|
Subfield |
Domain |
Id |
|
Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management |
Workplace Emergency Risk Management |
17279-17281 |
The Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the unit standards listed above that were registered in January 2000.
Date new versions published January 2006
New comments by date January 2010
Expiry date of new versions of the unit standards December 2011
Summary of review and consultation process
New Zealand has a range of agencies that provide expertise and specialist resources to deal with a wide variety of emergency situations. In 1995, a review of the emergency services identified that links between agencies were often not systematically applied nor were they supported at regional and national levels. These findings reinforced overseas research and operational experience, which highlighted the importance of forward planning for major emergencies involving multi-incidents and requiring multi-agency response.
In 1995, a multi-agency working party established a framework for a common and coordinated approach to incident management - CIMS. Unit standards endorsed by the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) National Steering Committee were registered on the National Qualifications Framework in January 2000. These standards were:
Unit 17279, Describe the coordinated incident management systems in emergency response activities (Level 2);
Unit 17280, Apply the coordinated incident management system at incidents as a team member (Level 4); and
Unit 17281, Control multi-agency emergency incidents as a lead agency incident controller (Level 6).
Over the past five years significant progress has been made in consolidating the knowledge and application of CIMS. This has been achieved through:
· active promotion and delivery of courses;
· increased employment of CIMS in real day-to-day emergency events; and
· increasing numbers of personnel in the sector gaining increased operational experience with incident command systems (ICS) in New Zealand and overseas.
Feedback from assessors and moderators and operational staff identified a requirement to review the levels and scope of the standards and a need for additional standards for specialised CIMS functions eg planning and logistics.
In order to undertake this review a CIMS working group was formed with representation across the emergency agencies. This group met and developed a review plan with a brief to review the registered standards, identify gaps, and write new standards to fill the identified gaps. The CIMS working group identified suitable subject experts from their sectors to attend a review and writing workshop. Following this workshop the reviewed and new standards were distributed to stakeholders for consultation and feedback. The standards were then amended in view of the feedback received and distributed once again for endorsement by the sector.
Main changes resulting from the review
The review process has resulted in the following changes to the unit standards:
· Unit standard 17280 has expired and has been replaced by unit standard 22445.
· Unit standard 17281 has expired and will not be replaced.
· References to legislation in special notes have been updated.
· Special notes have been updated and amended in order to clarify the intent of the unit standards.
· Content has been updated to reflect current industry practice.
· The title of 17279 has been changed as noted in the summary of main changes at the end of this report.
· Five new unit standards have been developed as a consequence of the review and these are listed in the summary below.
Unit standards categorised as category C or D expire at the end of December 2007.
Impact on existing provider accreditations
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Current Accreditation for |
Accreditation extended to | ||||
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Nature of accreditation |
Classification or Id |
Level |
Nature of accreditation |
Classification or Id |
Level |
|
Standard |
17280 |
4 |
Standard |
22445 |
4 |
Impact on existing qualifications
Qualifications that contain the reviewed standards or classifications are tabled below.
The following Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation qualifications are affected by the outcome of this review and will be revised accordingly.
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Qualification title |
Standard in the qualification |
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National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services - Airport (Supervisory) (Level 4) [Ref: 1160] |
17279 |
|
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Industrial Emergency Response - Basic Responder) (Level 2) [Ref: 1167] |
17279 |
|
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Industrial Emergency Response - Incident Controller) (Level 4) [Ref: 1169] |
17280 |
|
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation Fire Fighting - Management) (Level 5) [Ref: 0780] |
17280 |
|
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 2) [Ref: 0539] |
17279 |
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National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 3) [Ref: 0540] |
17279 |
|
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 4) [Ref: 1183] |
17280 |
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National Certificate in Workplace Fire and Emergency Response (Level 2) [Ref: 0910] |
17279 |
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National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Urban Fire and Rescue Operations) (Level 3) [Ref: 0538] |
17279 |
|
National Certificate in Urban Search and Rescue - Operations (Level 3) with strands in Canine Search Specialist, Response Leader, Response Medic, Rope Operations, Technician, and Training [Ref: 1114] |
17279, 17280 |
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National Certificate in Specialist and Rescue (Rope Technician) (Level 3) [Ref: 1198] |
17279 |
|
National Certificate in Specialist and Rescue (Confined Space Technician) (Level 3) [Ref: 1199] |
17279 |
The following qualifications are also affected by the outcome of this review. The standard setting body (SSB) has been advised that they require revision.
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Qualification title |
Classification or standard in the qualification |
SSB Name |
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National Certificate in Civil Defence (Response) [Ref: 0327] |
17279, 17280 |
Local Government Industry Training Organisation |
|
National Certificate in Civil Defence Management [Ref: 0328] |
17280, 17281 |
Local Government Industry Training Organisation |
Transition
While the Local Government Industry Training Organisation will need to determine its qualification specific transition arrangements, transition for the Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation qualifications are:
Candidates that hold 17280 will be exempt for the requirement to gain 22445.
Summary of main changes to standards' Ids, classification, titles, levels, and credits
The following summary shows the changes made to the standards as a result of the review. All changes are in bold.
Subfield Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management
Domain Workplace Emergency Risk Management
|
Id |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
17279 |
Describe the coordinated incident management system in emergency response activities Demonstrate knowledge of the coordinated incident management system (CIMS) |
2 |
4
2 |
B |
|
17280
22445 |
Apply the coordinated incident management system at incidents as a team member Describe the roles and functions of a CIMS Incident Management Team (IMT) at an incident |
4
4 |
6
4 |
C |
|
17281 |
Control multi-agency emergency incidents as a lead agency incident controller |
6 |
15 |
D |
|
22446 |
Perform the planning/intelligence function in an Incident Management Team (IMT) |
5 |
10 |
New |
|
22447 |
Perform the operations management function in an Incident Management Team (IMT) |
5 |
10 |
New |
|
22448 |
Perform the logistics function in an Incident Management Team (IMT) |
5 |
10 |
New |
|
22449 |
Manage an Incident Management Team (IMT) response |
6 |
15 |
New |
|
22450 |
Control and coordinate a multi-incident response |
6 |
15 |
New |