Incident Response Commander

The incident commander takes charge of the organisation’s response to an incident and may have several incident response teams under their direction. This role requires specific non-operational competencies. This skills set covers the competencies required by persons working as incident commanders. This would not normally be their full-time job, but a role they assume as required by the situation. Competency is required to be achieved prior to undertaking this role – see units for details. This is an industry defined skill set. Licensing/Regulatory Information: Licensing is not required at the time of writing, although these competencies may be required under a risk management plan.