SES Fit for Role
SES volunteers come from all walks of life, and represent all ages and fitness levels. Readiness and fit for task are important aspects of being a volunteer. The ability to perform tasks well and assist our communities helps guarantee individuals and teams return home safe and sound.
Safety is a shared responsibility between individuals and the organisation. The aim of the Fit for Role project is to provide a simple and consistent assessment tool for SES volunteers and agencies across the country. This will help inform SES agencies and volunteers of the physical demands required to safely undertake SES tasks.
The SES Fit for Task project aims to:
- Provide a simple and consistent guide for volunteers and SES agencies across the country that will help match volunteers to tasks that they can perform safely.
- Help improve diversity and inclusion through the provision of a safe set of tasks for all volunteers.
- Support a consistent approach for the retention of particular generalist and specialist SES tasks.
- Aid understanding of the range of generalist and specialist tasks that volunteers can undertake while either off-duty or performing alternative duties.
- Provide guidance for leaders in role discussions.
- Provide volunteers with a clear guide for reaching the fitness level required for different SES tasks, and help them to identify achievable development pathways from the range of pathways offered by SES agencies.
- Provide national consistency for SES agencies, making it easier to ensure resources provided to support interstate operations meet minimum requirements.
- Enhance the health and wellbeing of our members, contributing to a strong safety culture within our organisation.
SES Fit for Role Project Team
- Australia Council of State Emergency Services
- AFAC
- Natural Hazards Research Australia
- Human Performance Science
- National SES Volunteer Association
- ACT Emergency Services Agency
- Department of Fire and Emergency Services, Western Australia
- New South Wales State Emergency Service
- Northern Territory Emergency Service
- Queensland Fire and Emergency Service
- South Australian State Emergency Service
- Tasmania State Emergency Service
- Victoria State Emergency Service
How to get involved
The Fit for Role project team is recruiting volunteers of all ages and fitness levels from each state and territory to undertake SES tasks.
The more people that can be involved the better. The greater the number of participants, the better the picture of the fitness levels required.
If you are interested in participating in this project, please submit an expression of interest via Contact Us.
Note: Participants must hold the competencies relevant to each trial.
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