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We need your input: Draft skill standards for Civil Defence and Emergency Management

We are pleased to announce that initial industry consultation for the review of standards in this sector has concluded. You are now invited to give feedback on the following proposed skill standards:

CDEM Fundamentals x 6: For people involved in, or preparing to support, Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) efforts at the community, local, or national level.

Response Leadership x 5: For people actively involved in CDEM who have existing leadership experience and require preparation for response leadership.

Treaty Partnership x 3: For people supporting CDEM at community, local, or national levels.

CIMS x 3 (level 3 and 4): Range of audiences including people supporting an Incident Management Team (IMT) or an Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC), or, people working within an IMT or ECC.

The following skill standards will be available to view for feedback submissions from Friday 6 December.

NZ Response Teams x 6: For people involved in a range of CDEM rescue. Currently used by the NZ Response Teams including ground, heights, flood and storm rescue.

Welfare x 6: Range of audiences including people working in a Civil Defence Centre (CDC) or people involved in needs assessment, animal welfare or supervision of CDC.

Recovery x 3: Range of audiences including people working in participating agencies or people supporting the recovery office, surge recovery office workforce and recovery managers.

See table below to view our draft skill standards:

Consultation Group	Skill Standards
CDEM Fundamentals The CDEM Fundamentals suite of skill standards was developed to build a foundational platform for learners seeking a career in emergency management or as supplementary training for volunteers or people supporting Civil Defence Emergency Management efforts. The consultation group consisted of representatives from CDEM emergency management groups, training facilitators, and more. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. The proposed CDEM Fundamentals skill standards are linked in the next column.	Describe CDEM structure and emergency processes (replacing 7334) Explain the basics of the response phase within CDEM Describe the impacts and consequences of New Zealand’s hazardscape (replacing 26386) Develop a communication plan for CDEM filed operations. Operate communication technology in CDEM (replacing 20854) Prepare for a Civil Defence emergency (replacing 528)
Response Leadership The Response Leadership suite of skill standards was developed with the intent to build the capacity of leadership in response roles, ranging from function managers and sub function manager through to controllers. The consultation group who collaborated in developing these standards consisted of CDEM group managers, controllers, training facilitators with assistance from NEMA. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. The proposed Response Leadership skill standards are linked in the next column.	Demonstrate CDEM strategy and response. Manage self and lead teams in CDEM context. Strategically lead multi-agency coordination and resource management in CDEM response. Apply decision making in CDEM response. Contribute to strategic communication and public information management
Treaty Partnership The Treaty Partnership suite of skill standards was developed to address the importance of acknowledging manawhenua in emergency management across all activities and understanding the critical role of working in partnership with manawhenua. These skill standards are designed to help learners across three levels of partnership, which include: working on marae, understanding Māori organisations and collaborating with manawhenua at iwi and hapu levels across the 4 R’s. The consultation group consisted of representatives from CDEM groups and NEMA. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. The proposed Treaty Partnership skill standards are linked in the next column.	Demonstrate the foundations of working in partnership with iwi Māori in the CDEM sector (Level 3) Describe treaty partnership and apply tikanga within the CDEM sector in a rohe (level 4) Work as a treaty partner across the 4Rs of emergency management (Level 5)
CIMS The CIMS suite of skill standards was developed to update the current Unit Standards to Skill standards to suit industries and agencies that support emergency management. The consultation group consisted of representatives from CDEM groups, training facilitators, NEMA and more. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. The proposed CIMS skill standards are linked in the next column.	Describe New Zealand’s Coordinated Incident Management System, Level 3 (replacing 32158) Describe New Zealand’s Coordinated Incident Management System functions and structure, Level 4 (replacing 29553) Use New Zealand’s Coordinated Incident Management System in an incident, Level 4(replacing 29554)
Welfare (Link to skill standards available 6th December) The Welfare suite of skill standards was developed to address the changes in the welfare space of recovery with the intent to bring more consistency to areas like needs assessment and flexibility in animal care and shelter. The consultation group consisted of representatives from CDEM welfare management, training facilitators, Ministry of Primary Industries, NEMA and more. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. The proposed Welfare skill standards are linked in the next column.	Describe Civil Defence Centre functions during an emergency, Level 3 (replace 7336) Explain the process for conducting a needs assessment in a Civil Defence and emergency management context, Level 4 Supervise a Civil Defence Centre during an emergency, Level 5 (replace 7330) Provide shelter for domestic animals during an emergency, Level 3 (Replace 23695) Describe the behaviour, handling and care of small domestic animals during a CDEM emergency, Level 3 Describe the behaviour, handling and care of large domestic animals during a CDEM emergency, Level 4 (Replace 23695)
Recovery (Link to skill standards available 6th December) The Recovery suite of skill standards was developed to address the gap in available standards to meet the needs of learners in volunteer or supporting roles in recovery operations. The consultation group consisted of representatives from CDEM recovery groups, Te Whatu Ora, NEMA and more. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. See the proposed recovery skill standards below. The Recovery suite of skill standards was developed to address the gap in available standards to meet the needs of learners in volunteer or supporting roles in recovery operations. The consultation group consisted of representatives from CDEM recovery groups, Te Whatu Ora and more. Now we need your help to make sure they’re fit for purpose by providing your feedback. See the proposed recovery skill standards below.	Describe recovery concepts in emergency management, Level 3 Explain and support coordinated multi-agency recovery, Level 4 Manage and coordinate a multi-agency recovery, Level 6 (replacing 7333)
NZ Response Teams (Link to skill standards available 6th December) The Response Team suite of skill standards are an update of the current CDEM unit standards used within the NZRT Capability and Competency Framework. These changes reflect current rescue practices. The consultation group consisted of representation from NZ Response Team members, training facilitators, NEMA and more.	Manage people and vehicle movement during civil defence activities, Level 2 (replacing 7332) Describe driving legislation and CDEM procedures for emergency driving, Level 2 (replacing 23692) Rescue casualties at ground level using CDEM general rescue techniques, Level 2 (replacing 20473) Perform CDEM rescue operations at hight, Level 4 (replacing 24500) Provide support at urban search and rescue operations, Level 3 (replacing 18516) Protect personal safety and the safety of others at flood incidents, Level 2 (replacing 22298) Provide initial response at flood incidents, Level 3 (replacing 22297) Undertake storm damage operations in a CDEM emergency, Level 3 (replacing 23694)

These skill standards were developed in collaboration with support from across the sector to ensure they’re fit for purpose to meet the needs of Emergency Management learners of the future. Please email [email protected] for any feedback or if you have any questions about the CDEM skill standards review by Friday, 20 December.

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The review so far.

Phase One of the review is nearing completion, which involved:

Consulting with the Civil Defence Emergency Management

Identifying key CDEM roles that require training,

Identifying the skills required for these roles, and

Creating skill standards aligned to these roles. These skill standards will replace the existing suite of unit standards.

What’s next?

Once this public consultation period concludes we will make final adjustments to the skill standard documents before submitting them to NZQA. Once approved we will keep all interested parties informed about the publications.

Who we’ve collaborated with

We thank all the subject specialists from the following groups who gave up their valuable time to make sure that these skill standards will consistently meet the needs of a complex sector: