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Review of Workplace Emergency Risk Management unit standards

Subfield	Domain	ID
Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management	Workplace Emergency Risk Management	17279, 22445

The Skills Organisation (Skills) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

Date new versions published                                                          July 2016

Planned review date                                                                           December 2021

Summary

The review drew on a broad range of subject matter experts and key stakeholder representatives who worked closely together over several days during April and May 2016.

It was prompted by two main factors:

1. Revision and republication (as 2^nd Edition) of The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) in light of knowledge gained from large scale and complex emergencies that occurred in New Zealand from 2010-2012; and

2. The need to reflect practical demonstration of skills absent from level 4 Unit Standard 22445, Describe the roles and functions of a CIMS Incident Management Team (IMT) at an incident.  It was deemed to lack practical preparedness (at level 4) for people whose role requires or may require some degree of coordination or leadership within a CIMS (Coordinated Incident Management System) framework in an incident.

The purpose of CIMS is to ensure emergency and incident response agencies and supporting organisations are able to work together in a cohesive manner in incidents of any scale and complexity.  It is essential that terminology, structures, processes, and principles in CIMS were directly reflected in the exact language and composition of the three unit standards resulting from the review.

This review is the first of two stages in the overall review of CIMS-related unit standards in the domain Workplace Emergency Risk Management.  Due to the critical importance and urgency of spurring cohesive and quality training and assessment that matches CIMS 2^nd Edition requirements, this review addresses levels 2 and 4, where the bulk of current and ongoing CIMS training need lies.  A further review, addressing level 5 competencies of all Incident Management Team managers commences in July 2016.

Main changes

· Unit standard 17279 has been updated and restructured, while still meeting the overall outcome of the previous version.

· Unit standard 22445 has been replaced by two new unit standards.

Category C unit standard will expire 31 December 2020

Impact on existing organisations with consent to assess

Current consent for			Consent extended to
Nature of consent	Classification or ID	Level	Nature of consent	Classification or ID	Level
Standard	22445	4	Standard	29553, 29554	4

Impact on registered qualifications

Key to type of impact
Affected	The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits The qualification lists a C or D category standard
Not materially affected	The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

The following Skills qualifications are impacted by the outcome of this review and those that are not yet expiring due to being replaced by New Zealand qualifications will be updated when they are next revised or reviewed.  The standard that generated the status Affected is listed in bold.

Ref	Qualification Title	ID
0327	National Certificate in Civil Defence (Response) (Level 3)	22445
0328	National Certificate in Civil Defence Management
0780	National Diploma in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation Fire Fighting - Management) (Level 5)
0797	National Certificate in Conservation (Level 4)
1371	National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Industrial Emergency Response) (Level 3)
1455	National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services - Airport (Level 4)
1479	National Certificate in Security (Level 4) with strands in Senior Security Officer, and Team Leader

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

All changes are in bold.

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID
D	Standard will expire and not be replaced

Community and Social Services > Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management > Workplace Emergency Risk Management

ID	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
17279	Demonstrate knowledge of the coordinated incident management system (CIMS) Demonstrate knowledge of the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)	2	2	B
22445 29553 29554	Describe the roles and functions of a CIMS Incident Management Team (IMT) at an incident Demonstrate knowledge of CIMS related roles and Action Plan process in an incident Demonstrate situational awareness, action planning, and communication in an incident	4 4 4	4 2 2	C