Specific knowledge is required to achieve the Performance Criteria of this unit, particularly its application in a variety of circumstances in which the unit may be used. This includes knowledge of the following, as required to manage major incidents and emergencies: audit review process and techniques call-out procedures classification of types of incidents decision making processes deployment of staff underground economic considerations and decisions effects of heat and humidity effects of visibility emergency and disaster planning processes and techniques emotional effects of emergencies on rescuers and worksite personnel environmental risks and controls equipment handling equipment required for different types of emergency escape strategies and technology hazard identification incident resources and how to access them industry and legislative stakeholders insurance policies and considerations intervention and control techniques for heating, fires, explosions, outburst, extrication or inrushes legal implications of incidents legal requirements of incident management teams legislation applicable to worksites legislation regarding resumption of normal operations legislative requirements media policies and procedures worksite closure procedures and the legislative implications mine rescue guidelines and capabilities worksite-type incidents and risks numbers needed to run the worksite at planned operational levels rescue team structure, procedures and equipment, and standby team requirements risk management principles and techniques sealing procedures and the legislative implications self-escape philosophies, systems and equipment services and agencies available to assist in an emergency structure of emergency guidelines structure of emergency organisations structure, roles, capabilities and operational limitations of external resources and agencies used during worksites incidents support services role and access the requirements and structure for fresh air base/refuge chambers the role of stakeholders the techniques and equipment used for collecting and analysing atmospheric conditions titles and roles of members of incident management team training and assessment principles ventilation and its influence on incidents, and decisions to be made |