IPDS - Integrated Personal Development System

National Occupational Standards

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FF1	Inform and educate your community to improve awareness of safety matters
FF2	Take Responsibility for effective performance
FF3	Save and Preserve endangered life
FF4	Resolve operational incidents
FF5	Protect the environment from the effects of hazardous materials
FF6	Support effectiveness of operational resource
FF7	Support the development of colleagues in the workplace
FF8	Contribute to fire safety solutions to minimise risks to your community
FF9	Drive, manoeuvre, and redeploy fire service vehicles
CO1	Maintain information on EFSM operational resources
CO2	Take Responsibility for effective performance
CO3	Co-ordinate response to assist with resolution of event
CO4	Maintain reliability and readiness of control operations equipment
CO5	Manage information to support the needs of your community
CO6	Support the development of colleagues in the workplace
CO7	Drive manoeuvre and deploy fire service vehicles
CO8	Maintain and use databases
WM1	Lead the work of teams and individuals to achieve their objectives
WM2	Maintain activities to meet requirements
WM3	Manage information for action
WM4	Take Responsibility for effective performance
WM5	Support the development of teams and individuals
WM6	Investigate and report on events to inform future practice
WM7	Lead and support people to resolve operational incidents
WM8	Lead and support control operations to resolve operational incidents
WM9	Support the efficient use of resources
WM10	Acquire, store and issue resources to provide service delivery
WM11	Respond to poor performance in your team
A1	Assess candidates in the workplace
EFSM1	Provide strategic advice and support to resolve operational incidents
EFSM2	Lead, monitor and support people to resolve operational incidents
EFSM3	Determine solutions to hazards and risks identified through inspection and investigation
EFSM4	Plan organisational strategy to meet agreed aims and objectives
EFSM5	Plan implementation of organisational strategy to meet objectives
EFSM6	Implement organisational strategy
EFSM7	Evaluate organisational performance against agreed measures
EFSM8	Lead organisational strategy through effective decision making
EFSM9	Implement and manage change in organisational activities
EFSM10	Plan and implement activities to meet service delivery needs
EFSM11	Determine effective use of physical and financial resources
EFSM12	Manage the effective use of resources
EFSM13	Select personnel for employment
EFSM14	Manage the performance of teams and individuals to achieve objectives
EFSM15	Develop teams and individuals to enhance work based performance
EFSM16	Manage yourself to achieve work objectives
EFSM17	Advise on development and implementation of quality policies and practice
EFSM18	Implement quality assurance systems
EFSM19	Monitor compliance with quality systems
EFSM20	Exchange information to ensure effective service delivery
EFSM21	Provide information to support decision making
EFSM22	Develop information systems to support service delivery objectives
EFSM23	Agree project plan to meet specified objectives
EFSM25	Manage project to meet objectives
EFSM24	Co-ordinate projects to achieve objectives
FSA0	Collect information to support fire risk assessment
FSA1	Assess risks associated with fire
FSA2	Implement measures to protect people from fires
FSA3	Implement action in the event of actual or potential fire
FSA4	Promote a Health and Safety Culture within the workplace
FSA5	Resolve customer service problems (ICS-customer service unit 4)
FSB2	Advise on self determined risk assessment
FSB3	Evaluate fire safety design submissions
FSB4	Advise on simple fire safety measures
FSB5	Advise on complex fire safety measures
FSB7	Advise on fire safety measures in locations using hazardous materials
FSB8	Support management of risks at actual and potential incidents
FSB9	Work in partnership to minimise risks to the community
FSC1	Advise on fire safety issues relating to proposed construction and materials
FSC2	Advise on issues relating to fire protection systems
FSC3	Advise on fire safety issues relating to construction, demolition or refurbishment in progress
FI3	Plan detailed investigation of scene of incident
FI4	Examine the scene of the incident for evidence of origin, cause, and development of incident
FI5	Evaluate performane and effectiveness of structures ans systems at the scene
FI6	Collect and evaluate documentary and witness evidence
FI7	Report on preliminary assessment of scene
FI8	Report on results of detailed investigation of scene
FI9	Inspect items and samples sunmitted for examination
FI10	Evaluate and report results of examination of evidence
FI11	Communicate results of fire scene investigation to relevant bodies