Employability Skill 

Employability Skills Statement 

Communication 

• advise and involve the community in public safety activities, presentations at community group gatherings, special interest forums, other organisation forums, community events and festivals
• explain and promote the organisation's activities
• participate in conferences
• represent the organisation's position on particular issues in a way which acknowledges community concerns and promotes community awareness
• write reports

Teamwork 

• allocate resources, which may include considering urgency, cost effectiveness, accessibility, maintenance demands, availability and deployment time
• collect timely information that is relevant to the needs of individuals/teams
• determine the information needs of individuals/teams and identify the sources
• gather and disseminate information to appropriate personnel within the specified timeframe

Problem solving 

• allocate resources to facilitate required outcomes
• analyse feedback and cooperation with community groups
• analyse, which may include problem solving
• brief and debrief content and format, which may include problem based approaches
• provide advice that takes into account type of risk, locality, and protection of life, property and the environment
• review activity against the policies, practices and training of the organisation to identify any discrepancies
• review information held by the organisation to determine suitability and accessibility

Initiative and enterprise 

• identify and act upon briefing and debriefing follow-up actions in a timely manner
• prepare plans to obtain information which is not available or accessible within the organisation
• report the results of information gathering, analysis and synthesis so they can be input to policy development and organisation's decision making
• select an appropriate location for the brief/debrief

Planning and organising 

• conduct inspections to provide for relevant information for pre-incident planning
• evaluate resource usage against targets and organisational standards
• gather, analyse, synthesise and report information within specified timeframes and to the standard defined by the organisation
• monitor resource usage
• plan and prepare a briefing/debriefing in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures
• report the results of information gathering, analysis and synthesis so they can be input to policy development and organisation's decision making
• store equipment stock and supplies in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures

Self-management 

• analyse needs
• manage and store equipment stock and supplies in accordance with organisation's policy and procedures
• provide leadership to individuals and teams
• voice personal view to the review process

Learning 

• learn about legislative requirements relevant to emergency management
• learn about organisation's policies
• learn about organisation's procedures for activity debriefing
• learn about practices and training processes in relation to activity
• learn about reporting procedures of the organisation
• learn about techniques for the prioritisation and evaluation of public safety risk management systems
• maintain records of resource allocation and usage in accordance with relevant legislation and organisational guidelines
• support and participate in development activities

Technology 

• ensure that computer-based tools are used to produce resource reports
• use basic statistical information
• use communication channels
• use information technology effectively
• use management information systems that may include computers
• use management information systems to store and retrieve data for decision making
• use market trends
• use records management systems, registries and file records