What qualifications do i need to be an emergency services officer
While some sites require specialist qualifications or individual units of competency, there are some standard qualifications that are required on most sites.
These units are based mostly on Queensland operations but are similar to those used in other states.
For mining sites, these are the generally accepted minimum qualifications required for a position:
- Certificate III in Emergency Response and Rescue
- RIIERR201E – Conduct Fire Team Operations
- PUAFIR207 – Operate Breathing Apparatus Open Circuit
- PUASAR024 – Road Crash Rescue
- PUASAR025 –Confined Space Rescue
- PUASAR032– Vertical Rope Rescue
- PUAFIR324 – Render Hazardous Materials Incidents Safe
- HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid
- HLTAID015 – Provide Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy
- UETTDRRF06B – Perform Rescue from a Live LV Panel
- Standard 11 Generic Safety Induction
- HLTPAT005 – Collect Specimens for Drugs of Abuse Testing
- Medium Rigid Manual Drivers Licence
Depending on the site, a team leader at a mining site may also require a G189 (formerly S123):
- G2 – RIIRIS301E – Apply Risk Management Processes
- G8 – RIIWHS301E – Conduct Safety and Health Investigations
- G9 – RIICOM301E – Communicate Information
For positions on gas processing sites such as upstream in the Surat Basin (Chinchilla), these are the minimum qualifications for a position:
For team leaders you would need to hold the firefighter position qualifications plus the following:
- Certificate IV in Public Safety (Firefighting Supervision)
- TAE40116 – Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
For firefighters and team leaders you would need the following:
- Certificate III – Public Safety (Fire Fighting and Emergency Operations)
- PUAFIR324 – Render Hazardous Materials Incidents Safe
- PUAFIR316 – Identify, Detect and Monitor Hazardous Materials at an Incident
- PUAFIR308 – Employ Personal Protection at a Hazardous Materials Incident
- PUASAR024 – Undertake Road Crash Rescue
- PUASAR025 – Undertake Confined Space Rescue
- PUASAR032 – Undertake Vertical Rescue
- PUAFIR309 – Operate Pumps
- HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid
- HLTAID015 – Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy
- Medium Rigid Manual Drivers Licence
Other qualifications that are required on some sites (particularly in the West) are:
- Certificate IV in Health Care
- Certificate II in Security Operations and Current Security Licence with (Monitoring & Unarmed)
Another option which can offer good money but only casual work. Power Stations, construction sites and other industries often have shutdown work where the qualifications often (but not always) are lower. Generally accepted bare minimum qualifications for a position on a shutdown which depend on the client, tasks and location are:
- PUASAR025 – Undertake Confined Space Rescue
- PUASAR032 – Undertake Vertical Rescue
- HLTAID014 – Provide Advanced First Aid
- HLTAID015 – Advanced Resuscitation and Oxygen Therapy
- Manual Car Drivers Licence