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AJ10 Contribute to health and safety in the workplace

AJ10.2 Respond to emergencies

Required performance

This will involve:

1. in the event of an emergency, ensuring that procedures are implemented promptly and correctly in accordance with recognised safe practice and organisational policy
2. ensuring that accident(s) and incident(s) are responded to within the responsibility and capability of the work operator and promptly reported to an authorised person
3. ensuring that use of emergency appliances is carried out in accordance with approved procedures and practices
4. recording details of accident(s) and incident(s) in accordance with approved procedures and practices
5. referring problems and conditions outside the responsibility of the job holder to an authorised person

Occupational context

1. Emergencies (may include)
   • fire
   • toxic fumes
   • accident(s)
2. Approved procedures and practices
   • Organisational
   • Regulatory
   • emergency
   • operational

Knowledge Requirements

You need to know about:

• Fire and emergency precautions and procedures
• Classification of fires and the appropriate extinguishers for dealing with them
• Procedures for accident(s) and incident(s)
• Common forms of personnel accidents or health emergencies and the actions to be taken
• Approved procedures and practices in the context of the operations, the work activity and the workplace environment (organisational, regulatory, emergency, operational)
• Work operators' scope and limitations for dealing with emergencies
• Responsibilities under the health and safety statutory requirements

Required Skills

N/A

Evidence Required

The assessor must be satisfied that the candidate can provide sufficient evidence of practical performance to demonstrate competence under working conditions to:

• respond to emergencies (because of the probable lack of actual occurrence, simulation or 'what if' scenarios may be required) which would include procedures for dealing with emergency situations as listed in the range statements

Supplementary evidence will be required in order to satisfy aspects of the range not demonstrated through performance alone. In this case, additional evidence of knowledge and understanding will therefore be required.

Evidence Rules

N/A

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