PUA Fire
Project scope
This project will review and update 3 qualifications, 29 associated Units of Competency and develop 3 new units for the following fire related job roles:
- Field Liaison Officer
- Liaison Officer (incident management)
- Jurisdictional Liaison Officer (state control centre)
The review of qualifications and units are in response to the 2020 Bushfire Royal Commission recommendations relating to the interoperability of fire agency personnel and resources.
The new units are aimed at enhancing fire and emergency services capability, particularly in relation to resource sharing within and across jurisdictional boundaries.
This project will also address the skills and knowledge required to meet updated community safety regulations, industry skills requirements and changing community expectations.
VIEW CASE FOR CHANGE
The Public Safety Industry Reference Committee (IRC) will have oversight of this project, which will be facilitated by Australian Industry Standards (AIS) in consultation with industry stakeholders. AIS is working with subject matter experts in the development of Training Package materials.
Timeline
The Case for Endorsement and draft materials are due to be submitted by 31 August, 2022.
Deliverables
PROJECT COMMENCEMENT
13 OCTOBER 2021
Work on this project has commenced.
Subject matter experts will be engaged to provide technical input into the Training Package development work.
Consultation
11 MAY 2022
DRAFT MATERIAL
On behalf of the Public Safety Industry Reference Committee, its Technical Advisory Committee has updated 2 qualifications for the Fire project and would like your feedback.
The imported HLT unit has been updated to HLTAID011 Provide first aid and moved from the core to the electives in the Certificate II and Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations).
Feedback closed Wednesday, 8 June 2022.
Please note the draft materials relating to the three new Units of Competency for Liaison job roles are now out for validation and are available in the Validation tab.
Feedback will be collated at the next TAC meeting.
Consultation
16 MARCH 2022
DRAFT MATERIAL
On behalf of the Public Safety Industry Reference Committee, its TAC has drafted three new Units of Competency and is requesting stakeholder feedback.
The new units are aimed at enhancing fire and emergency capability, particularly in relation to resource sharing within and across jurisdictional boundaries and are for the following job roles:
- Field Liaison Officer
- Liaison Officer
- Jurisdictional Liaison Officer.
The TAC is also seeking comments related to whether these units can be combined and whether they could be included in the Diploma and Advanced Diploma for emergency management and/or fire qualifications, including recovery qualifications.
Feedback closed Tuesday, 12 April 2022.
Feedback will be collated and discussed at the next TAC meeting.
Quality Assurance
12 AUGUST 2022
FINAL DRAFT CASE FOR ENDORSEMENT
The draft Training Package materials have undergone independent edit and quality assurance and have been updated to address skills required to help build Australia’s disaster resilience.
Three new Units of Competency have been developed and two qualifications updated to address the skills and knowledge for job roles of Field Liaison Officer, Liaison Officer working with an incident management team and Jurisdictional Liaison Officer working with a state control centre to improve the interoperability of fire agencies.
The Case for Endorsement is scheduled to be submitted to the AISC in August 2022.
Validation
27 JUNE 2022
FINAL DRAFT MATERIAL
On behalf of the Public Safety Industry Reference Committee, the Technical Advisory Committee has considered all stakeholder feedback and is now seeking validation of revised additional draft materials. The imported HLT Provide first aid unit has been updated and moved from the core to the electives in the Certificate II and Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency and Firefighting Operations).
Feedback closed Monday, 11 July 2022.
Feedback will be collated and discussed at the next TAC meeting.
Validation
11 MAY 2022
FINAL DRAFT MATERIAL
On behalf of the Public Safety Industry Reference Committee (IRC), its Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has considered all stakeholder feedback and revised draft Training Package materials for the Fire project and would like your feedback.
Three new Units of Competency are aimed at enhancing fire and emergency capability, particularly in relation to resource sharing within and across jurisdictional boundaries and are for the following job roles:
- Field Liaison Officer
- Liaison Officer
- Jurisdictional Liaison Officer.
These units have been included into the Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications related to fire.
The Public Safety IRC is seeking your feedback to validate these draft materials to ensure the proposed products meet industry needs.
Feedback closed Wednesday, 25 May 2022.
Please note that Certificate II and Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) have been revised to include updated HLT units. These materials are now out for public consultation and are available in the Training Package Development and Consultation tab.
Feedback will be collated and discussed at the next TAC meeting.
Endorsement
2 DECEMBER 2022
The Public Safety Training Package Release 5.0 has been endorsed by the Skills Ministers for implementation.
The Public Safety Industry Reference Committee has led the development of new and updated materials to address skills requirements for roles related to emergency care, emergency management and fire operations liaison.
Three new Units of Competency and two updated qualifications address the skills and knowledge for job roles of Field Liaison Officer, Liaison Officer. These roles work with an incident management team, and Jurisdictional Liaison Officer working with a state control centre to improve the interoperability of fire agencies.
The new units provide the standards for fire and emergency capability, particularly in relation to resource sharing within and across jurisdictional boundaries. These units have been included into the Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications.
To support the delivery of the Training Package, a Companion Volume Implementation Guide (CVIG) has been developed to assist assessors, trainers, Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) and enterprises. The CVIG contains a comprehensive list of all products in the Training Package; mapping information which details the changes that have been made to the materials; regulation and licensing implications; and useful links to other information.
The endorsed Public Safety Training Package Release 5.0 is now available on training.gov.au.
The following materials were approved:
Qualifications
- PUA20622 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
- PUA30622 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
New Units
- PUAOPE029 Conduct liaison during emergency events
- PUAOPE033 Undertake field liaison in a deployment context
- PUAOPE034 Undertake jurisdictional liaison in a deployment context
IRC Updates
Qualifications
- PUA20119 Certificate II in Public Safety (Aquatic Rescue)
- PUA30322 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)
- PUA20622 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations)
- PUA20719 Certificate II in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)
- PUA30322 Certificate III in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue)
- PUA30420 Certificate III in Public Safety (SES Rescue)
- PUA30719 Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations)
- PUA30822 Certificate III in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)
- PUA30922 Certificate III in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Operations)
- PUA31422 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety)
- PUA40119 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Emergency Communications Centre Operations)
- PUA40219 Certificate IV in Public Safety (SES Leadership)
- PUA40319 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)
- PUA40422 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Leadership)
- PUA41019 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Leadership)
- PUA41120 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Community Safety)
- PUA42619 Certificate IV in Public Safety (Aquatic Search and Rescue Management)
- PUA50519 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)
- PUA50622 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Management)
- PUA50722 Diploma of Public Safety (Recovery Management)
- PUA50919 Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue – Coordination)
- PUA51019 Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)
- PUA60922 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)
- PUA50519 Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)
- PUA50222 Diploma of Public Safety (Biosecurity Emergency Response Management)
- PUA60120 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management)
- PUA60219 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Search and Rescue Management)
- PUA60519 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Firefighting Management)
- PUA60719 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Community Safety)
- PUA60922 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Fire Investigation)
- PUA80119 Graduate Diploma of Crisis Leadership
Skill Sets
- PUASS00053 Alpine Search and Survival Operations
- PUASS00059 Biosecurity Field Surveillance
- PUASS00060 Biosecurity Infected Premises Operations
- PUASS00061 Biosecurity Infected Premises Supervisor
- PUASS00062 Biosecurity Movement Control
- PUASS00063 Biosecurity Emergency Responder
- PUASS00064 Biosecurity Emergency Response Leader
- PUASS00065 Biosecurity Emergency Response Manager
- PUASS00079 Operations Centre
- PUASS00106 Provide community liaison
Approval
7 NOVEMBER 2022
At its meeting on 12 October the AISC approved the Public Safety Training Package Release for referral to Skills Ministers for endorsement.
For more information on this project, please contact the Industry Skills Manager.
Submission
8 SEPTEMBER 2022
CASE FOR ENDORSEMENT SUBMITTED TO AISC
The Public Safety Industry Reference Committee has submitted the Case for Endorsement and draft Training Package materials to the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) for consideration at its meeting on 12 October
If approved, this Case for Endorsement will result in:
Three new Units of Competency and two updated qualifications updated to address the skills and knowledge for job roles of Field Liaison Officer, Liaison Officer working with an incident management team, and Jurisdictional Liaison Officer working with a state control centre to improve the interoperability of fire agencies.
The new units are aimed at enhancing fire and emergency capability, particularly in relation to resource sharing within and across jurisdictional boundaries. These units have been included into the Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications related to fire.
Thank you to all stakeholders who provided valuable feedback and contributed to this project.
