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ACT SES
Training and Skill
Sets
In the ACT, the
ACT SES is (among other things) a disaster
response organisation that is able to support
other emergency services during incident,
emergencies and disasters. As such, our training
is broad and diverse and crosses a number of
emergency services disciplines.
The following
nationally-accredited training courses are
available via the ACTSES:
Core Operations
Skill Area (competency-based)
Storm & Water Damage
(SWD)
o
Roof safety
systems/ Working safely on roofs
o
Roof and
window repair and protection techniques
o
Sandbagging
o
Damaged
Tree Stabilisation
o
Flood
diversion
Land Search
(LS)
o
Locating
missing objects
o
Situational
awareness
o
Protecting
and preserving incident scenes
Incident Control
o
Working in
an Emergency Operations Centre (WOC)
o
Staging
Area Management (SAM)
o
Australasian Inter-agency Incident Management
System (AIIMS)
General Rescue
(GR)
o
Breaching
and shoring
o
Casualty
Handling (improvised and with equipment)
o
Lifting and
moving horizontal and vertical loads/ load
stabilisation
o
Preparation
for GR
o
Rescue from
Depths
o
Rescue from
Heights
o
Urban
Search and Rescue (Cat 1 and part of Cat 2)
Generic
Supporting SES Skills (competency-based)
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Basic bushfire
fighting
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Briefing and
debriefing
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Chainsaw
operations (trim and cross-cut, felling)
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EMA courses -
various (as offered)
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First Aid
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Maintaining
Safety (Risk Management)
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Navigation in
Urban and Rural Environments
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Occupational
Health and Safety (OH&S)
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Radio
communications
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Specialist
Driver Training (4WD, driving with trailers
etc)
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Team
Leadership
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Trainer/
Assessor
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Unit
Administration
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Specialist
Roles Training
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Flood Rescue
(FRB) - (Majura and Tuggeranong Units only)
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Airbase
Operations (Rivers Unit only)
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Air Observer
(selected members from across the Units)
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Peer support
(selected members from across the Units)
Non-Competency
Based Training (by course – course provider)
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Traffic
marshalling – Australian Federal Police
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Electrical
awareness – ACTEWAGL
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Storm Spotters
– Bureau of Meteorology
Training
Resources
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