Navigate in Urban & Rural Environment

PUAOPE003B – Navigate in urban and rural  environments

CERTIFICATE III

Overview

A safe and effective response requires responding personnel to make decisions about the most appropriate route to an incident. This involves determining the current location of personnel, the destination, resources required, determining and planning the route, navigating to the destination and completing any post-navigating activities. This learner resource will provide the participant with the skills and knowledge to navigate in a range of environments.

Target

audience

The target audience for this training are individuals who are required to navigate in urban and rural environments and inland waterways.

Nominal

duration

50 hours

Relationship to PUA units

This document is part of the support materials for the unit of competency, PUAOPE003B Navigate in Urban and Rural Environments. PUAOPE003B is an elective unit in Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting and Emergency Operations) and Certificate III in Public Safety (Firefighting Operations).

Course
content

This learner resource is divided into four sections.

·         Section 1 explains map reading and navigation skills and covers the types of maps used, marginal information, scale and how to measure distance on a map, shape of the ground and intervisibility.

·         Section 2 describes compasses and their uses.

·         Section 3 discusses navigating across country and explains the use of navigation aids, planning and map setting, position fixing and map enlarging.

·         Section 4 discusses incident management and map reading.

Learning objectives

On completion of PUAOPE003B, participants will be able to:

·         navigate in urban and rural environments

·         locate the main features of maps used by the agency

·         identify factors involved in the selection of a suitable route for access and egress to a fire/incident

·         select a suitable route for access and egress to a fire/incident based on key determining factors

·         identify the location of a fire/incident on a map and report its location

·         use topographic features on a map as a guide in selecting a route to a fire/incident

·         use a map both with and without a compass to navigate cross country to a fire/incident

·         explain and demonstrate the use of a map in relation to the effects of topography on a fire/incident and its management.