| The development of any industry
wide Training Package necessarily involves the division of
the work within that industry into a series of sectors or
roles. Within humanitarian relief, the following sectors are
commonly recognised:
- Commodities / Food Aid
- Communications / Media Relations
- Finance
- Health
- Human Resources
- Operations Management
- Programming and
- Shelter
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In addition to these specialist sectors, it was deemed that
a significant portion of the work involved in operating as a
relief professional was common to all sectors. These skills
are reflected in the generic competency standards, which cover
areas including communication, team work, occupational health
and safety, awareness of relief issues, working under field
conditions and the development of management and supervisor
abilities. Amongst the generic competency standards are a number
that are not specific to relief work (such as training, assessing,
communication and team work). Where possible, competency standards
from existing Training Packages have been incorporated into
the Humanitarian Relief Training Package. Relevant standards
have been taken from the Workplace Trainer and Assessor, Public
Safety and Business Services Training Packages.
Based on feedback from National Offices within World Vision
in the Asia Pacific region, it was determined that the priority
sectors for staff capacity building were Commodities, Finance
and Programming. The first submission of competency standards
and qualifications therefore reflects those priorities.
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