EMERGENCY WORKPLACE WARDEN CONTROL COURSE FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Application
Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBU) have a legal responsibility of duty of care to ensure a safe workplace for all staff and visitors under the Work Health & Safety Act 2011.
Under this requirement a PCBU is to ensure provision of training to elected staff members known as Wardens, to be able to respond to a various range of emergency situations. (I am able to assist you in the selection criteria for your Warden team)
This course is designed to train Wardens on their roles & responsibilities when responding to Workplace Emergencies.
The scope of this training is to provide Wardens with the skill and knowledge to be able to ensure the safety of all personal within the workplace whilst responding to an Emergency situation.
The evacuation procedure would be a sub- plan of the facilities Emergency Response Plan.
This course will be tailored to suit individual businesses based on such areas as:
Shift hours of staff
Locality
Staff numbers
Mobility status of residents.
Course content
Explanation of Emergency Planning Committee and Emergency Control Organisation.
Roles and responsibilities of Emergency Control Warden personal.
Legal, liability responsibilities of Wardens including indemnity.
Emergency Control Warden Structure.
Command and Control procedures.
Movement in a fire environment
Contractors book
Human behaviour when involved with an emergency situation
Dealing with uncooperative or aggressive persons.
How to do a Primary search whilst exiting the bld
Methods and types of evacuation
Development of Warden Points within a facility
Warden equipment list
Use and operation of a Fire Indicator Panel and an Emergency Warning Intercommunication System and or Occupant Warning System.
Gathering and moving a group.
Terminology and communication skills to use and to avoid.
3 Stage evacuation process
Decision making procedure on priority of evacuation.
Ambulatory and Non - Ambulatory evacuation processes.
Award Issued
Individuals will receive a Certificate of Attendance from Phoenix Fire Training Solutions to state that they have attended a course based on being part of an Emergency Control Organisation and the roles and responsibilities required to be a part of a Workplace Warden structure. As mentioned in the Australian Standards 3745-2010 Planning for emergencies in facilities along with Australian Standards 4083 – 2010 Planning for emergencies – Health Care facilities.
Course location
Courses conducted on site at your workplace.
Course Duration
Approx 2 to 2.5 hours
Course fees
A quote will be supplied once scope of work and numbers are known. There may be a cost for travel and accommodation dependant on the location of your facility. The final cost will be decided and agreed by both parties prior to commencement of training.
Payment terms
14 days from course date.
USI
Not necessary
There is no assessment for this course as it is not nationally accredited