A generic training package may include some of the following:

Gold level training

For the senior or strategic on-site command centre; it is likely to be the seat of the senior company person accountable for the safety of the public, personnel, environment and facilities. The training could involve:

  • Understanding and applying the principles of command and control
  • Strategic decision-making including prioritisation of work
  • Selection and maintenance of the strategic aim/focus
  • Management of the transition from normal operations to emergency operations
  • Empowerment of the responding on-site resources through delegation
  • Effective communication within the command centre and throughout the organisation — including briefings; the issuing of direction
  • Consequence identification, analysis and management
  • Application of the Human Performance tools in an emergency
  • Dynamic Risk Assessments
  • Integration with the off-site support elements, including other agencies’ organisational structures and the emergency services
  • Teamwork

Silver level training

Assumed to be where the initial indications of a problem will be known and likely to be the senior command centre in the early stages. The training at this level could involve:

  • Application of the principles of command and control
  • Strategic and Tactical decision-making including prioritisation of work
  • Identification, selection and maintenance of the strategic focus initially, then aligning with Gold’s focus to maintain the tactical focus on handover (dependant on the arrangements)
  • Management of the transition from normal operations to emergency operations
  • Effective communications throughout the organisation — including briefings
  • Consequence identification and management
  • Application of the Human Performance tools in an emergency
  • Dynamic Risk Assessments
  • Teamwork

Bronze level training

  • Application of the principles of command and control
  • Operational decision-making
  • Alignment of focuses with the senior command centres
  • Dynamic Risk Assessments
  • Effective communications — briefings
  • Application of the Human Performance tools in an emergency
  • Teamwork