PUAFER006  —  Lead an emergency control organisation

Who this course is for

Anyone who is — or is about to become — a senior member of their workplace Emergency Control Organisation (ECO). This includes Chief Wardens and Deputy Chief Wardens in commercial buildings, healthcare facilities, schools, tier-one construction sites, government offices, and industrial facilities. The course also covers the Communications Officer role. If you are responsible for giving the order to evacuate and for briefing emergency services on arrival, this is your course.

What you’ll learn

• Identify possible emergencies for your facility and plan accordingly
• Chair and contribute to Emergency Planning Committee meetings
• Maintain and update the facility emergency response procedures
• Initiate emergency signals and command the response to an evolving incident
• Direct floor wardens, monitor evacuation progress, and record actions taken
• Brief attending emergency services and hand over command correctly
• Conclude an emergency — return the facility to normal operation, debrief, and report

Prerequisite

You must hold PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation prior to entering this course. CCT can deliver the clustered Warden course (PUAFER005 Operate as part of an emergency control organisation + PUAFER008 Confine small emergencies in a facility) before you progress to this course.

Roles this course supports

• Chief Warden of a building, facility, or tier-one construction site
• Deputy Chief Warden
• Communications Officer on the Emergency Control Organisation
• Chair of the Emergency Planning Committee
• Facility Manager or Building Manager with emergency response authority
• WHS Manager or Safety Manager with emergency-portfolio responsibility
• Operations Manager or Site Manager in a high-occupancy facility

Further training to progress

• CCT CPPFES2005 — Demonstrate first attack firefighting equipment
• BSB41419 Certificate IV in Work Health and Safety

Official unit description (training.gov.au)

This unit of competency involves the skills and knowledge required to make decisions about the safety of occupants during a facility emergency and to give instructions on the priority order for responding to an emergency incident.

It includes leading the preparation of facility emergency response procedures; commanding, controlling and coordinating facility emergency response procedures and responses and concluding the facility emergency incident. Individuals who undertake this work may also act as the primary liaison with emergency services after their arrival.

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 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 line with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures and approved safe practices. It applies to members of an Emergency Control Organisation (ECO) who are chief wardens, deputy chief wardens and communications officers.