PUASAR027 — Undertake land search rescue
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What an assessment for PUASAR027 must cover
64 assessable components: 5 elements (19 performance criteria), 26 performance evidence and 19 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 Prepare for land search
- 1.1Operation and task information is obtained and assessed and safety briefing is received
- 1.2Incident information is used to determine personal protective clothing and equipment needed for search operation, appropriate to search terrain
- 1.3Land search equipment is identified, checked and packed for use in the expected terrain and conditions
2 Participate in search
- 2.1Specified team roles and functions for search operations are carried out and safety briefing is conducted and/or attended
- 2.2Search techniques are maintained, as specified by the search coordinator
- 2.3Search boundaries are marked, in accordance with organisational procedures and task requirements
- 2.4Observation skills are applied and any clues that locate persons or objects are reported immediately, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 2.5Communication is maintained within the team, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 2.6Personal capabilities and limitations are recognised and referred to the supervisor
3 Maintain search safety
- 3.1Survival techniques are applied, as required
- 3.2Search safety procedures are implemented, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 3.3Lost searcher procedures are implemented, as required
4 Preserve scene
- 4.1Supervisor is immediately advised of located persons or findings, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 4.2Initial preservation procedures are implemented to maintain the integrity of evidence
- 4.3Initial and/or ongoing scene preservation is conducted, in accordance with organisational procedures
5 Complete stand down procedures
- 5.1Search equipment is recovered, cleaned and maintained, in accordance with organisational procedures and manufacturers’ specifications
- 5.2Operational debriefing is participated in and documentation is completed, in accordance with organisational procedures
- 5.3Symptoms of operational stress in self and others is recognised and reported to appropriate personnel
- 5.4Decontamination procedures are followed, in accordance with organisational procedures
Performance evidence
- applying decontamination procedures
- applying Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements
- attending and receiving safety briefings
- communicating with others using appropriate methods and techniques
- completing organisational documentation including notes, photographs, sketches of findings and/or other information that may be required for coronial or legal proceedings
- completing stand down procedures
- complying with search orders and organisational requirements
- demonstrating situation awareness
- determining specified team roles based on the selected search pattern requirements
- following organisational policies and procedures
- identifying personal capabilities and/or limitations
- implementing lost searcher procedures
- implementing survival techniques and dealing appropriately with clues and location of objects and/or causalities
- maintaining search safety
- marking search boundaries whilst applying spacing and boundary marking procedures
- observing the safety of self and others during a search
- participating in and contributing to briefing and debriefing sessions
- participating in land search
- preserving scenes
- recognising and reporting signs of stress
- recognising search terrains
- selecting, checking, maintaining and cleaning equipment
- undertaking search operations in a variety of terrains and conditions including using day and night observation skills
- using land search rescue equipment
- wearing personal protective clothing and equipment
- working in a team
Knowledge evidence
- communication methods and techniques
- decontamination implementation procedures
- hazards and environmental threats
- incident information
- lost searcher procedures
- operation and task information including type of information to be collected and assessed
- organisational documentation, policies and procedures
- personal protective clothing and equipment
- potential land search conditions and terrain
- procedures for briefings and debriefings
- procedures to locate person or object
- recall procedures including state and territory search management arrangements
- requirements to preserve a crime scene and evidence
- rescue equipment
- search operations
- signs and symptoms of operational stress
- specified team roles based on selected search pattern including track line search, parallel line search and creeping line search, barrier search
- survival techniques
- Work, Health and Safety (WHS)/Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements including risk mitigation
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Questions about assessing PUASAR027
What does an assessment tool for PUASAR027 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for PUASAR027 needs to address all 64 unit components: 5 elements with 19 performance criteria, 26 performance evidence requirements, 19 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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- PUASAR014 — Operate and maintain a small powercraft and motor for rescue operations
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