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It is a legal requirement that all workplaces have an emergency plan.

AS 3745-2010 Planning for Emergencies in Facilities, this standard mandates a structured framework—including an Emergency Planning Committee (EPC) and Emergency Control Organisation (ECO)—to ensure safe evacuations and manage incidents like fires, medical emergencies, and natural disasters in compliance with WHS laws.



This course is suitable for all industry and Government sectors excluding Healthcare and related facilities (a separate Standard mandates differing requirements)

This course provides PCBU'S with the opportunity to test and rehearse emergency evacuation and lockdown procedures on site, review their effectiveness and capture improvement opportunities in a structured manner with robust record keeping

An emergency plan is a written set of instructions that outlines what workers and others at the workplace should do in an emergency.

Emergency plans should be easy to understand and tailored to the specific workplace where they apply. 

An emergency plan must include:

  • emergency procedures
  • testing and rehearsal of emergency procedures
  • information, training, and instruction to relevant workers to implement the emergency procedures.

Units Delivered

The following units will be included in your certificate:

P00981 - Test & rehearse site emergency evacuation and lockdown plan

Course Delivery

This course can be delivered/assessed in the workplace or at facility organised by the training provider.

Course Durations

Course durations can vary for multiple reasons, so the durations below are the minimum possible amount.

Face-to-Face face-to-face contact time of at least 4 Hours

An individual undertaking this course with Heightsafe Solutions will need to demonstrate the following to be eligible for entry: 

● Physical capability to be able to meet the demands of the practical demonstration skills  

● Capable of working under supervision in a team while being physically able to complete individual tasks relating to conducting a first response rescue operation, in a range of scenarios 

● English language communication skills in reading, writing and spoken language equivalent to ACSF L1 – to find more information on the Australian Core Skills Framework Levels go to https://research.acer.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=transitions_misc  for assistance with Literacy go to The Reading writing Hotline:  https://www.readingwritinghotline.edu.au/ 

This certificate has an industry recommended renewal period of 12 months

Practical assessments

Performance Tasks – Prepare for, undertake & complete first response to site emergency

Recognises, selects, correctly sets up and uses emergency response gear

Uses a documented emergency evacuation and lockdown response plan

Identifies and locates local external emergency response contact numbers

 Engages in a team safety meeting to plan the emergency response scenario

Nominates local team and site safety personnel / response team leaders / external rescue & emergency services

Communicates understanding of signs of operational stress in self and others

Nominates appropriate risk controls for identified hazards and uses risk controls in emergency scenario

Responds to internal & external situational cues before, during & after emergency scenario

Contributes as part of a first response team to enact emergency response in nominated scenarios

 Applies basic casualty management & movement as part of first responder team

Uses spoken communication to effectively communicate before, during & after rescue scenario

Uses nominated communication equipment eg WIP, mobile phones and/or two-way radios (trunked or UHF) to effectively communicate during scenario

Recover emergency response equipment / stabilise and secure emergency location / area 

Participates & contributes to an emergency response debrief and complete reports 

This course does not lead to a nationally recognised certificate