PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation

Who this course is for

Anyone who will sit on a workplace Emergency Control Organisation (ECO) as a Warden or Deputy Warden, and who may be called on to take first-attack action on a small fire, chemical spill, or minor incident before emergency services arrive. Suitable for commercial office floors, factories, warehouses, schools, aged-care, and tier-one construction sites.

What you’ll learn

• How a workplace Emergency Control Organisation is structured under AS 3745
• Your role, authority and responsibilities as a Warden or Deputy Warden
• Respond to emergency signals, attend emergency stations, operate communications
• Assist occupants who need help during an evacuation
• Support safe re-entry after an emergency and contribute to debriefing
• Coordinate your actions with other wardens and with incoming emergency services

Roles this course supports

• Floor Warden or Area Warden
• Deputy Warden
• Emergency response team member in a commercial or industrial facility
• First responder on a construction site
• Security officer or facilities officer with ECO responsibility
• Workplace health and safety representative

Further training to progress

CCT PUAFER006 — Lead an emergency control organisation — the natural step up from Warden to senior emergency command

Official unit description (training.gov.au)

This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to work within the command, control and coordination structure of an Emergency Control Organisation (ECO). An ECO’s priority is the safety of facility occupants and visitors during an emergency which means ECO members are responsible for pre-emergency, emergency and post emergency actions. It includes undertake pre-emergency planning, taking appropriate actions in an emergency and assisting with post emergency activities.

The unit has been developed to cover the facilities as specified in Australian Standard (AS) 3745 and AS4083. For this unit, as covered by AS3745 and/or AS4083, occupants are people attending a facility on a permanent or temporary basis such as an employee, contractor, student or resident, but not a visitor or patient and a facility is a building, structure or workplace that is, or may be, occupied by people (occupants).

All aspects of the unit must be undertaken in accordance with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and accepted safe practices. It applies to members of an ECO who are floor or area wardens and/or wardens or deputy wardens.