Certificate II Public Safety PUA20622 (Fire Fighting)

COURSE OVERVIEW

This qualification is suitable for emergency response team members, fire fighters and individuals responsible for public safety including production workers, maintenance staff, managers and supervisors.

This certificate is made up of eleven units; 6 core units and choose 2 electives from group A and 3 electives from group B.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

PUAEQU001 – Prepare, maintain and test response equipment.
PUAFIR203 – Respond to urban fire.
PUAFIR207 – Operate breathing apparatus open circuit.
PUAFIR210 – Prevent Injury.
PUAOPE013 – Operate communications systems and equipment.
PUATEA001 – Work in a team.

Electives Group A

HLTAID011 – Provide First Aid.
PUASAR022 – Participate in a rescue operation.

Electives Group B

PUACOM001 – Communicate in the workplace.
PUALAW001 – Protect and preserve the incident scene.
PUAFIR220 – Respond to isolated structure fire.
PUAWHS001 – Follow defined WHS policies and procedures.
PUAFIR206 – Check installed fire safety systems.
PUAFIR204 – Respond to wildfire.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Where units of competency within this qualification have pre-requisite requirements, the learner must have been assessed as competent in a fire context prior to undertaking training and assessment.

DELIVERY AND DURATION

This course can be conducted by flexible delivery.

RPL/LEARNING PATHWAYS

RPL is not offered.

LEARNER SUPPORT

If you require special assistance, including language literacy and numeracy please notify our office and support services can be arranged. Our Student Handbook is available from our office and this website.