POLSAR023 — Coordinate search and rescue media requirements
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What an assessment for POLSAR023 must cover
28 assessable components: 2 elements (12 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Assess and inform SAR incident media requirements.
- 1.1Consider implications of media involvement on SAR operation to inform media strategy.
- 1.2Identify opportunities for media to support SAR operations.
- 1.3Define restricted and/or special access areas for media personnel to safeguard the operation.
- 1.4Coordinate media involvement through the appointment of a media liaison.
- 1.5Balance operational responsibilities with the provision of information to media, in line with jurisdictional policies and procedures.
- 1.6Liaise with stakeholders to manage accuracy and timeliness of information, negotiate consistent key messaging and to communicate media strategy.
2 Facilitate and manage media presence at SAR incident.
- 2.1Identify logistical arrangements to support the safety of media when attending SAR incident.
- 2.2Manage information flow to media representatives in support of SAR operation.
- 2.3Identify and allocate spokesperson to provide current and accurate information to public.
- 2.4Determine information for release to media to suit operational demands and/or level of incident.
- 2.5Inform and employ media strategy.
- 2.6Record media enquiries and interviews for accountability purposes.
Performance evidence
- applying work, health and safety (WHS) and wellbeing requirements
- assessing media requirements
- contributing to media strategies in accordance with operational demands and/or level of incident
- determining media areas in accordance with SAR operation requirements
- facilitating and managing media access and safety
- communicating with stakeholders
- maintaining records
Knowledge evidence
- jurisdictional policies, procedures and arrangements for media management, including media liaison
- roles and responsibilities of police media units and/or media liaison officers
- jurisdictional legislation, policies and procedures relating to work, health and safety (WHS) and wellbeing requirements
- jurisdictional legislation, policies and procedures relating to: information security, confidentiality and privacy requirements, restrictions to release information
- requirements of different media platforms
- suitability of information to target audiences
- role of media in disseminating information
- risk and safety management principles
- jurisdictional information management systems
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Questions about assessing POLSAR023
What does an assessment tool for POLSAR023 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for POLSAR023 needs to address all 28 unit components: 2 elements with 12 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 9 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for POLSAR023?
Auditori pulls the current release of POLSAR023 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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Yes — upload your existing assessment or learner guide and Auditori maps it against every element, performance criterion, PE and KE of POLSAR023, showing exactly what's covered and what's missing. Mapping costs a quarter of a credit.
Related units
- POLSAR020 — Assess search and rescue requirements
- POLSAR021 — Undertake initial search and rescue actions
- POLSAR022 — Coordinate police search and rescue operations
- POLSAR024 — Conclude police search and rescue operations
- POLSAR025 — Undertake land search and rescue duties
- POLSAR026 — Undertake marine search and rescue duties
- POLSAR027 — Manage and evaluate search and rescue exercises
- POLSAR028 — Manage assets for police search and rescue operations
- POLSAR029 — Manage search and rescue operations
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