NZQA registered unit standard
15315 version 5
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Title
Manage personal safety of kaimahi when working with whānau
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify and
manage factors relating to the personal safety of kaimahi when
working with whānau.
Classification
Hauora > Tikanga Hauora
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions of Māori words will be those relevant and in common usage in a hauora
context. However, the local iwi and/or hapū must verify the local dialect.
2
Definitions
Hauora means the appropriate practices associated with the holistic wellbeing of an
individual as a member of a whānau, hapū, and iwi. For the purpose of this unit
standard, these practices are determined by service providers or entities that operate
within a hauora context.
Hauora context refers to hauora service provision for Māori.
Whānau for this unit standard is inclusive of tūroro.
Kaimahi refers to community workers working with tūroro.
Personal safety refers to physical safety, emotional safety, and spiritual safety.
3
Workplace practices and procedures refer to the documented procedures of the
hauora service provider and must comply with current industry standards and
relevant government legislation.
4
Legislation and conventions relevant to this unit standard may include but are not
limited to: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Health and Disability
Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights)
Regulations 1996; Standards for Traditional Māori Healing (Wellington: Ministry of
Health, 1999); and any amendments.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify factors relating to the personal safety of kaimahi when working whānau.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Identify tikanga relevant within a hauora context.
1.2
Identify and describe personal safety within a hauora context.
personal safety may include but is not limited to – legislation,
administration, effective communication, external support,
hazards, risk;
evidence of legislation and three others is required.
Range
1.3
Training and development issues in terms of personal safety are identified in
relation to tikanga.
Outcome 2
Manage factors relating to the personal safety of kaimahi when working with whānau.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ethical factors relating to the personal safety of kaimahi are incorporated into
the workplace in accordance with workplace practices and procedures.
2.2
Own personal safety as kaimahi is managed in accordance with workplace
practices and procedures.
2.3
Potential workplace hazards and risk are identified and reported in accordance
with workplace practices and procedures.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 October 1998
31 December 2012
Review
2
18 December 2002
31 December 2012
Review
3
20 August 2010
31 December 2017
Revision
4
19 July 2012
31 December 2017
Review
5
10 December 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA Māori Qualifications Services mqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016