Field           Community and Social Services

 

Revision and rollover of Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management and Fire and Rescue Services unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management

Workplace Emergency Risk Management

16798, 16804, 16805, 16809, 16810, 16945, 22449, 22450

 

Workplace Fire and Emergency Response

16797, 16799, 16800, 16801, 16802, 16803, 16806, 16807, 16808

Fire and Rescue Services

Fire and Rescue Services - Generic Fire Fighting

3278, 3281, 14554, 14555, 14557, 20386, 20392, 24614, 26992, 26993, 26995

 

Fire and Rescue Services - Structural and Industrial

3305, 3317, 14562, 16947, 16953, 23406, 24612

 

Fire and Rescue Services - Vegetation

3289, 3290, 3294, 3296, 3297, 3299, 3300, 3304, 4648, 4649, 4650, 10615, 14556, 20396, 21417

 

The Skills Organisation has completed the revision and rollover of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                               September 2021

 

Planned review date                                                                              December 2023

 

Summary

 

This is the second of three parts of unit standards considered for review in the Community and Workplace Fire and Emergency Management and Fire and Rescue Services subfields. 

 

Between June 2020 and April 2021, The Skills Organisation together with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) convened a series of working groups consisting of subject matter experts and organisations with consent to assess to review the unit standards that underpin the training provided to fire and emergency agency personnel.  Those working groups examined all relevant unit standards.

 

Unlike Parts 1 and 3, standards covered in Part 2 have not undergone full review and were only revised to maintain currency and rolled over to suit the needs of the provider pending turnover and full review by the appropriate Workforce Development Council.

 

Main changes

 

·      Unit standards were moved to the current template.

·      Standard setting body was amended from Fire and Rescue Services ITO to The Skills Organisation.

·      Minor changes were made to the content to reflect changes in terminology used in the sector.

·      Guidance information, outcomes, performance criteria, and range statements were updated to reflect current legislation and practices in the sector.

·      Title was amended for unit standard 20386 to better reflect outcomes.

·      Planned review date was rolled over to 31 December 2023.

 

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

 

All changes are in bold.

 

 

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

ID

Title

Level

Credit

16798

Take preventative measures against emergencies in the workplace

2

3

16804

Conduct non-technical workplace audits on emergency equipment and systems

4

4

16805

Manage workplace emergency prevention processes

4

4

16809

Coordinate workplace emergency protection activities

4

4

16810

Develop a Workplace Emergency Management Plan

6

10

16945

Analyse the fundamentals of human behaviour in fire conditions

4

7

22449

Manage an Incident Management Team (IMT) response

6

15

22450

Control and coordinate a multi-incident response

6

15

 

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

ID

Title

Level

Credit

16797

Identify, prepare for, and take action in a workplace emergency

2

3

16799

Carry out the duties of a workplace emergency warden

3

4

16800

Take action to control small emergency situations in a workplace

3

4

16801

Participate in a workplace emergency response team

3

4

16802

Act to protect people in situations of workplace danger

3

4

16803

Coordinate workplace emergency response team activities in an emergency

5

6

16806

Establish a workplace emergency response team

5

6

16807

Lead a workplace emergency response team to protect people in situations of critical risk

5

6

16808

Manage the workplace emergency response to an emergency

5

7

 

Community and Social Services > Fire and Rescue Services > Fire and Rescue Services - Generic Fire Fighting

ID

Title

Level

Credit

3278

Demonstrate knowledge of command and control structure of an emergency service provider

2

2

3281

Assess and address risk with respect to fire

5

8

14554

Direct external defensive fire control operations

5

3

14555

Carry out defensive control of structure and vehicle fires

3

3

14557

Demonstrate knowledge of personnel emergencies on the incident ground

3

2

20386

Operate portable pumps for fire fighting

Operate portable pumps for firefighting

3

3

20392

Protect and preserve a fire scene

3

4

24614

Fill fire service breathing apparatus cylinders

4

3

26992

Use access ladders in emergency situations

2

2

26993

Use rescue ladders in fire and rescue situations

3

2

26995

Use rescue knots and lines in fire and rescue situations

3

3

 

Community and Social Services > Fire and Rescue Services > Fire and Rescue Services - Structural and Industrial

ID

Title

Level

Credit

3305

Operate aerial appliances in emergency situations

4

6

3317

Exercise initial command and control at structure fires

5

10

14562

Perform specialist rescues in confined spaces

4

6

16947

Practise casualty care in fire and rescue services during rescue and extrication activities

4

5

16953

Substantiate, determine, and report on the cause of structural fires

6

15

23406

Provide first aid for trauma and medical emergency situations

3

5

24612

Conduct an initial investigation into the cause of a structural fire

5

6

 

Community and Social Services > Fire and Rescue Services > Fire and Rescue Services - Vegetation

ID

Title

Level

Credit

3289

Carry out hand-operated ignition at prescribed vegetation burning operations

3

3

3290

Exercise initial response, command, and control for vegetation fire operations

5

6

3294

Lead a prescribed vegetation burning operation crew

4

3

3296

Manage prescribed vegetation burning operations

5

6

3297

Manage air operations at vegetation fires

6

8

3299

Provide vegetation fire support services

4

3

3300

Command vegetation fire incidents

6

8

3304

Assess threat from vegetation fire

5

5

4648

Demonstrate knowledge of vegetation fire behaviour

5

8

4649

Apply knowledge of vegetation fire behaviour for fire management

6

10

4650

Carry out planning activities at rural fire operations

6

10

10615

Investigate origin and cause of vegetation fires

5

6

14556

Apply Fire Weather Index System data for fire reduction and readiness measures

4

4

20396

Manage ground operations at vegetation fires

5

8

21417

Operate light portable pumps in a vegetation fire environment

2

2