PUAFER008 - Confine Small Emergencies in a Facility (Fire Extinguisher)
Course Overview
What you'll learn
Upon successful completion of the assessment, participants will receive a Statement of Attainment for:
- PUAFER008 – Confine small emergencies in a facility
Nationally recognised training delivered by SGS Australia Pty Ltd (RTO# 2646)
Recertification:
Each work site will have its own refresher period requirements, please check with the work site where you will be working. Generally, this course is refreshed every two years.
Recognition of Prior Learning:
Due to the duration and purpose of this course, Recognition of Prior Learning is not available. Offering RPL would introduce a financial disadvantage and unnecessary administrative complexity which can extend your assessment process and time to be longer than the course duration. To maintain uniform standards and ensure competency in critical safety skills, all Learners are required to complete the full training and assessment. Please contact us for further information.
Who This Course Is For
This training course is suitable for anyone required to have first attack firefighting skills.
Pre-Requisites:
There are no prerequisite units for this course.
LLN Requirements:
Participants who take this course should have the physical ability to successfully complete practical tasks including using and restowing initial response equipment.
They should also have language, literacy and numeracy skills at the level required to read, complete, interpret and communicate workplace documentation relevant to confine small emergencies in a facility. This includes communicating with occupants, emergency personnel and stakeholders, complying with facility policies and procedures, giving and following instructions, implementing facility emergency response procedures, reporting facility emergency response and utilising risk management processes.
If you have language, literacy or numeracy difficulty or other special needs, please inform our training support staff prior to enrolling so they can speak with you about our available support services.
Physical Requirements:
Participants must have the physical capacity to perform practical tasks including using and restowing initial response equipment.
Dress code:
Participants are required to wear clean clothing appropriate for the workplace, and enclosed shoes.
About this course
This course involves the skills and knowledge required to confine small emergencies in a facility and it applies to occupants who are required to have first attack firefighting skills. It includes preparing for emergency situations, identifying and assessing an emergency, safely confining emergencies, using initial response equipment and reporting on the facility's emergency response.
Small emergencies in a facility include incidents such as small fires that can be controlled using a fire extinguisher; chemical spills that can be controlled using facility personal protective clothing and equipment and a spill kit; or a vehicle accident where there is no significant injury or damage.
This course has been developed to cover the facilities as specified in Australian Standard AS3745 and AS4083. For this course, 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 this course must be undertaken in line with legislative requirements, organisational policies and procedures, and accepted safe work practices.
Assessment:
- A Theory Assessment with multiple choice and short answer questions
- Practical Assessments, with tasks including:
- A prestart inspection on a fire extinguisher
- Correct use of portable fire extinguishers
- Correct use of a fire blanket
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