Employ Personal Protection at a Hazardous Materials Incident

PUAFIR308B –  Employ personal protection at a hazardous materials incident

CERTIFICATE III

Overview

At an incident involving dangerous goods and hazardous substances, the Incident Controller will determine the appropriate level of personal protection required after conducting a risk assessment of the scene, identifying the hazards associated with the materials involved; and implementing appropriate control measures. The decision about the appropriate level of personal protection will be based on information collected at the site and advice received from electronic databases and specialist sources.

The purpose of this learner resource is to assist an individual to develop the knowledge and skills to select, don and safely operate the appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment at a hazardous materials incident.

Target

audience

The target audience for this training are individuals who are required to select, don and safely operate the appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment at a fire and at an incident involving dangerous goods and hazardous substances.

Nominal

duration

8 hours

Relationship to PUA units

This document is part of the support materials for the unit of competency, PUAFIR308B Employ Personal Protection at a Hazardous Materials Incident. PUAFIR308B is a core unit in Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) and an elective unit in Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations).

Course
content

This learner resource is divided into five sections.

·         Section 1 explains the procedures used for identifying the appropriate level of personal clothing and equipment at a hazardous materials incident.

·         Section 2 explains the purpose of protective clothing and equipment at a hazardous materials incident and the range of protective clothing and equipment available.

·         Section 3 explores the types of materials used in the construction of protective clothing and the way in which hazardous chemicals can attack protective clothing via permeation, penetration and degradation.

·         Section 4 describes the procedures for donning and removing chemical protective clothing.

·         Section 5 describes the procedures for operating at a hazardous materials incident in protective clothing.

Learning objectives

On completion of PUAFIR308B, participants will be able to:

·         describe the range of protective clothing and equipment worn by firefighters at a dangerous goods and hazardous substances incident

·         demonstrate the procedures for donning and removing chemical protective clothing

·         demonstrate and explain the procedures for maintaining chemical protective clothing

·         demonstrate and explain safe work procedures for operating in chemical protective clothing at a hazardous materials incident

·         explain the procedures for determining the protective clothing and equipment to be worn at a hazardous materials incident.