Chief Warden

Chief Warden is designed to train participants in the role of a Chief Warden, Deputy Chief Warden or Communications Officer in their workplace Emergency Control Organisation (ECO).

Target audience

The course is designed for personnel in the workplace who are required to:

• make decisions about the safety of people during a workplace emergency
• lead and/or communicate instructions to members of the ECO during emergencies.

People who undertake this work may act as the primary liaison person with emergency services after their arrival.

Nominal duration

Eight hours

Relationship to PUAWER units

PUAWER006A - Lead an Emergency Control Organisation.

Course content

WER-006 – Chief Warden covers the knowledge and skills to:

• prepare for workplace emergencies
• apply command, control, and coordination aspects of workplace emergency procedures
• control the response to emergency reports, signals, and warnings
• coordinate reports and results of initial emergency response
• conclude an incident.

The content also covers the key points of learning specified for Chief Wardens, Deputy Chief Wardens and Communications Officers, as specified in Australian Standard 3745 - 2010  - Planning for Emergencies in Facilities. In particular, it describes the:

• role and responsibilities of an EPC and an ECO
• coordination of emergency planning, training, exercising and assessment activities for an ECO
• coordination of communications during an emergency
• initiation of emergency notification and warnings
• procedures for specific emergencies
• liaison with emergency services during an emergency response
• coordination of evacuation and post-evacuation management
• decision making and command and control processes during an emergency response
• human behaviour in emergencies.

Learning objectives

On completion of WER-006 - Chief Warden, participants will be able to:

• describe the roles and responsibilities of a Chief Warden as a member of
  an ECO
• describe the role of a Chief Warden in preventing emergencies
• describe and demonstrate the role of Chief Warden in preparing for emergencies
• describe and demonstrate the role of the Chief Warden in responding to emergencies
• describe and demonstrate the role of a Chief Warden in the recovery from emergencies

·  describe the impact of special workplace situations on emergency management.