Qualification details

Release 2.  This is the second release of this qualification in the PUA Public Safety Training Package. Updated electives.

Release 1.  This is the first release of this qualification in the PUA Public Safety Training Package.

This qualification is designed for emergency service and public safety personnel who participate in developing and delivering community safety programs. Community safety programs seek to build and enhance community resilience and health and wellbeing as it relates to feeling protected from threats, harm, risks or injury.

The role of community safety personnel is to build community safety partnerships, improve individual and community resilience, actively partner and listen to communities, understand community needs and deliver outcomes for at-risk communities. This may include implementing community safety advertising, creating awareness campaigns and developing relationships with a diverse range of community members.

This qualification includes the units of competency required by community safety personnel to perform a range of activities such as delivering programs and campaigns that improve community resilience whilst engaging with a broad range of community members. It typically involves some discretion in the delivery of community safety programs.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

A total of 12 units of competency comprising:

• 3 core units  listed below, plus
• 9 elective units .

A minimum of 7 elective units must be selected from the general elective units listed below.

The remaining 2 elective units may be selected from the general elective units listed or elsewhere within this Training Package or another endorsed Training Package or accredited course.

All elective units selected from outside this qualification must contribute to the vocational outcome of the qualification. Where imported units are selected, care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisite units specified are complied with. Prerequisites attached to any of the units must be obtained and are additional to the number of units required for this qualification.

Where a prerequisite is attached to a unit it is identified by the symbol ∟.

Note: 

Refer to the PUA Public Safety Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide for information on fire prerequisites.

Core units  

PUACOM001

Communicate in the workplace

PUACOM002

Provide services to clients

PUATEA004

Work effectively in a public safety organisation

General elective units 

CHCCDE017

Support collaborative planning processes

CHCCDE020

Implement participation and engagement strategies

CHCGRP001

Support group activities

HLTAID011

Provide First Aid

PUACOM014

Contribute to community safety

PUACOM015

Conduct community safety activities

∟ PUATEA004 Work effectively in a public safety organisation

PUAEMR005

Treat operational risk

∟ PUAEMR006 Assess operational risk

PUAEMR006

Assess operational risk

PUAEMR019

Contribute to an emergency management process

PUAFER001

Identify, prevent and report potential facility emergency situations

PUAFER004

Respond to facility emergencies

PUAFER008

Confine small emergencies in a facility

PUAFIR206

Check installed fire safety systems

PUAFIR208

Participate in community safety activities

PUAFIR301

Undertake community safety activities

PUAFIR314

Utilise installed fire safety systems

PUALAW001

Protect and preserve incident scene

PUARCV001

Provide psychological first aid

PUARCV002

Provide relief and recovery services to disaster-affected communities

PUARCV003

Work in a recovery context

PUATEA001

Work in a team

PUATEA002

Work autonomously

PUATEA005

Manage own professional performance

PUAWHS001

Follow defined work, health and safety policies and procedures

PUAWHS002

Maintain safety at an incident scene

SITXMPR010

Create a promotional display or stand

TAEDEL311

Provide work skill instruction

This qualification replaces and is equivalent to PUA31419 Certificate III in Public Safety (Community Safety).