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Review of Fire and Rescue Services – Airport unit standards

Subfield	Domain	ID
Fire and Rescue Services	Fire and Rescue Services – Airport	3324, 3326-3330, 3334, 3335, 20389-20391, 27287, 27288

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

Date new versions published                                                          June 2016

Planned review date                                                                           December 2021

Summary

Skills worked with the Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) sector to develop ARFF related programme outlines in response to the listing of the following New Zealand qualifications.  This led to the review of all the unit standards in the above domain.

These qualifications are:

· New Zealand Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting) (Level 3) [Ref: 1837]

· New Zealand Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting) (Level 4) [Ref: 1838]

· New Zealand Certificate in Emergency Response (Level 2) with strands in Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting, Civil Defence Emergency Management, Urban Fire and Rescue Operations, and Workplace Response (Level 2) [Ref: 3021].

Regarding Ref: 3021, the review anticipated a programme relating only to the ARFF strand. Review of other fire, rescue, and emergency response unit standard domains is expected in the future, once the remaining fire, rescue, and emergency response sectors’ major stakeholders have clarified their common aims.  In the meantime the ARFF sector has expressed a clear vision of its training and qualification programme needs.

Main changes

· Revision of Explanatory Notes and, in some cases, minor content changes

· Change of style of Evidence Requirements from passive to active sentences

· Six unit standards have had their level reduced

· Two unit standards have had their credit increased

· Six unit standards have had their titles changed

· Five new unit standards have been developed.

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> Fire and Rescue Services > Fire and Rescue Services – Airport

ID	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
3324	Drive rescue fire vehicles in airport environments	3	4	B
3326	Command aircraft fire and rescue operations Exercise command and control at an aircraft incident at an aerodrome	6 5	10	B
3327	Lead entry team in an aircraft incident Directly supervise a team to carry out internal aircraft fire fighting and rescue	5 4	4 8	B
3328	Rescue people in aircraft marine incidents	3	3	B
3329	Direct rescue operations in aircraft marine incidents	5	9	B
3330	Carry out aerodrome safety functions	4 3	4	B
3334	Carry out watchroom duties for airport fire and rescue services	3	4	B
3335	Manage an airport rescue fire service	6	10	B
20389	Respond to and fight external aircraft fire Respond to and externally fight aircraft fire	4 3	4 8	B
20390	Carry out internal aircraft fire fighting and rescue Carry out internal aircraft fire fighting	4 3	4	B
20391	Demonstrate knowledge of aircraft hazards and hazardous systems for fire and rescue operations	4 3	4	B
27287	Demonstrate knowledge of small aircraft for fire and rescue operations and carry out emergency shut down procedures Demonstrate knowledge of light aircraft for fire and rescue operations and carry out emergency shut down procedures	2	4	B
27288	Demonstrate knowledge of large aircraft for fire and rescue operations and carry out emergency shut down procedures Demonstrate knowledge of heavy aircraft for fire and rescue operations and carry out emergency shut down procedures	3	6	B
29524	Describe own agency’s function at a multi-agency aerodrome emergency incident and demonstrate effective communication	2	4	New
29525	Exercise initial command and control at an aerodrome emergency related incident	4	6	New
29526	Coordinate the initial response to an aircraft emergency incident	4	6	New
29527	Demonstrate knowledge of legal requirements for an airport to provide an aviation rescue and fire fighting service	4	5	New
29528	Demonstrate knowledge of personal safety and risk assessment at fire and other aerodrome emergency incidents	2	6	New