(4 days)
This Emergency Planning program is designed to support the achievement of the national industry competency standard Undertake emergency planning PUAEMR010A. The unit covers the competency required to collaboratively develop new/revised emergency plans.
To aid transfer of learning, each delivery of this program will simulate a particular workplace context. While the context may vary, successful completion of the program will result in the competence to undertake emergency planning.

Who should participate?
Personnel required to collaboratively develop emergency plans.
It is suggested that people involved in the following job roles would benefit from this program: local government planners, disasters and major events planning officers, emergency services station/district/regional officers (police, SES, fire, ambulance), emergency management officers, health service/hospital emergency and disaster planner/facilitator, community workers, safety managers in organisations, members of planning committees at all levels, persons with a role in an ECC.

Unit Descriptor
The unit covers the competency required to collaboratively develop new/revised emergency plans by organisations such as: local government, emergency services or government agencies and departments; event organisers; managers of utilities, critical infrastructure or high occupancy buildings; and service providers.
The unit recognises that emergency planning requires processes and outcomes to be regularly checked, tested, revised and updated as conditions change. Planning is also seen as an important way of building the resilience of organisations and communities through their active involvement in the process.

Content
1.  Establish the planning context and framework
2.  Develop agreed planning processes and methodology
3.  Undertake research and analysis
4.  Develop/refine planning outcomes
5.  Document the planning outcomes
6.  Validate and implement planning outcomes
7.  Monitor and review the planning process and outcomes.

Assessment and Certification
Participants are required to collect a range of evidence to demonstrate competence. These may include workplace documents, 3rd party reports, on-campus simulations and activities, interview and short work-based projects.
Participants will be required to successfully complete all assessment tasks in order to be awarded a Statement of Attainment.

Prerequisite
In order to successfully complete this program, participants should have a sound working knowledge of the State/Territory emergency management arrangements and the role their particular agency would play in a major emergency. In addition, attendance at a State/Territory Introduction to Emergency Management course will enable participants to fully participate in the program.

Pathways
This unit of competency is included in the qualifications in the Public Safety Training Package as listed in Appendix B.
This unit may also be included in other qualifications in the Public Safety Training Package and the Training Packages/ qualifications of other industries.