Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) - PUA60120
TAFE NSW
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E
The PUA60120 Advanced Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) is designed for personnel undertaking senior emergency management responsibilities at an organisational level. This will include the management of community programs, stakeholder engagement and the negotiation of interagency memorandums of understanding.The role of senior personnel in the management of and planning for an incident, emergency or disaster may include undertaking senior management responsibilities for managing multi-organisational teams and activities.This qualification includes the units of competency required by senior personnel to perform a range of activities such as working with the community and other key entities prior to, during and after an incident, emergency or disaster. This involves prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from such events. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Liaise with other organisations
- Design emergency management exercises
- Manage and evaluate emergency management exercises
- Represent the organisation in a judicial or quasi-judicial setting
- Implement a monitoring, evaluation and reporting program
- Manage recovery functions and services
- Coordinate resources for a multi-agency incident
- Manage operations for a Level 3 incident
- Determine treatment options
- Manage the organisation's public safety responsibilities
- Facilitate emergency risk assessment
- Manage projects
- Manage the public information function at an incident
- Manage media requirements at major incident
- Develop and maintain business continuity plans
- Plan and manage complex projects
- Coordinate emergency planning
- Prepare high-level written communication
- Control a Level 3 incident
- Work within an emergency management context
- Develop and use political nous
Standard entry requirements
Prior to commencing this qualification individuals must be able to demonstrate the skills and knowledge tocontribute to and assist with the management of an incident, emergency or disastercoordinate resources, personnel, entities and activities with other organisationstake personal responsibility and demonstrate autonomy in performing technical operationsmake judgements required to organise self and plan, coordinate and evaluate the work of teamsThese skills and knowledge may have been acquired through completion of the core units in the Diploma of Public Safety (Emergency Management) or relevant industry experience of no less than five years in the emergency management environment.
