QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Qualification Title
New Zealand Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Urban Operational
Support) (Level 2)
Version
2
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
2
Credits
43
NZSCED
039905 Engineering and Related Technologies > Other Engineering and
Related Technologies > Fire Technology and Rescue Services
Expiry Date
This qualification will be discontinued on 31 December 2019
Strategic purpose
statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the fire and rescue industry with
personnel that have the knowledge and skills required to be an Urban
Operational Support Officer.
Graduates will be able to operate within a team, under the general
supervision of a crew leader.
Graduate
profile
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Understand and apply basic health and safety procedures for operating
safely within a team in a fire and rescue environment
Outcome Statement
- Restore and maintain a safe environment throughout a fire and rescue
incident, using traffic management and salvage and overhaul techniques.
- Perform first aid.
- Perform basic fire suppression under the general supervision of a crew
leader.
- Under the general supervision of a crew leader, set up and use appropriate
equipment and techniques to assist the operational support requirements of
fire and rescue incidents, or aid incident reduction.
Education
pathway
This is a stand-alone qualification which does not follow an education
pathway within Urban Operational Support. However, a graduate may
choose to undertake training towards one or more of the other New Zealand
Certificates in Fire and Rescue Services.
Employment
pathway
Although this qualification does not lead to a more advanced role in Urban
Operational Support, it may assist a graduate wanting to pursue an
operational fire fighting role.
Qualification
Developer
The Skills Organisation
Qualification Specification
Qualification award
This qualification will be awarded by an organisation which has an approved
programme, or industry training programme leading to the qualification.
The certificate will display the title of the qualification; the logos of the NZQF
and EMQUAL; and may display the name and/or logo of the awarding body.
Review period
By 31 December 2013
Arrangements for
managing
consistency
All organisations offering programmes toward this qualification must have an
Annual Moderation Agreement with EMQUAL. This document will provide
the requirements for training programmes leading to this qualification,
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including delivery, assessment and evaluation methods.
EMQUAL will survey industry organisations regularly to determine whether
graduates display conduct that ensures safety and contributes to effective
incident management.
EMQUAL encourage and seek industry feedback through moderators,
programme owners, and regional staff and has provision on its website for
this feedback.
Credit transfer and
recognition of prior
learning
arrangements
EMQUAL has an RCC/RPL assessment process in place:
- to recognise skills of people who have worked in industry for a period of
time who have not had any formal recognition of their skills
- or for people wishing to upgrade previously gained qualifications.
Other organisations seeking approval to award the qualification are expected
to have a similar process. Credit transfer will be automatic where
assessment standards are used for assessment within programmes of study
or training leading to this qualification.
Minimum standard
of achievement and
standards for grade
endorsements
Achievement of all outcomes. There are no grade endorsements for this
qualification.
Prerequisites to
meet regulatory
body or legislative
requirements
There may be legislative and health and safety requirements associated with
some unit standards. Should unit standards be specified in a programme or
industry training programme leading to this qualification, please consult the
explanatory notes section of the unit standard(s) concerned.
Optional conditions
for qualification
None.
Conditions relating to specific outcomes
Qualification Outcomes
(including indicative
credit values for each
outcome)
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
Understand basic health
and safety requirements for
operating safely within a
team in a fire and rescue
environment
Unit standard 497.
Mandatory
Unit standards 16952 and 20877.
Mandatory
(3 credits)
Restore and maintain a safe
environment throughout a
fire and rescue incident,
using traffic management
and salvage and overhaul
techniques.
(5 credits)
Perform first aid.
(2 credits)
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Perform basic fire
suppression under the
general supervision of a
crew leader.
Unit standard 3271.
Mandatory
(1 credit)
Under the general
supervision of a crew
leader, set up and use
appropriate equipment and
techniques to assist the
operational support
requirements of urban fire
and rescue incidents, or aid
incident reduction.
(32 credits)
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification has been reviewed and replaced by the New
Zealand Certificate in Emergency Response (Level 2) with strands in
Aviation Rescue Fire Fighting, Civil Defence Emergency
Management, Urban Fire and Rescue Operations, and Workplace
Response [Ref: 3021].
The last date for entry into programmes leading to this qualification is 31 December 2017.
The last date for assessment against this qualification is 31 December 2019, at which time it will be
discontinued.
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