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Title
Produce intelligence products in an intelligence role
Level
5
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: complete an
audience analysis of intelligence products; identify the type of
information and/or intelligence to be disseminated; and prepare
and disseminate intelligence product in accordance with
organisational and client requirements.
Classification
Compliance and Law Enforcement > Intelligence Analysis
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 18498, Gather and evaluate information to support
intelligence analysis; Unit 18499, Manage information for
intelligence purposes; Unit 18500, Demonstrate knowledge of
and apply charting techniques to the intelligence analysis
process; Unit 18503, Demonstrate knowledge of the
intelligence analysis process; and Unit 18509, Demonstrate
knowledge of the risk management process in the public
sector; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
This unit standard is
Performance in relation to the outcomes and evidence requirements must comply
with current legislation, policies
and procedures, including:
expiring
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Explanatory notes
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Privacy Act 1993;
Official Information Act 1982;
The State Services Code of Conduct, Standards of Integrity and Conduct (available
from http://www.ssc.govt.nz) and/or any other agency specific code or codes of
conduct and/or ethics.
It is important to note that there is in most cases specific legislation relevant to the
organisation in which the candidate is employed. This must be included.
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Definitions
Client refers to authorised persons who use intelligence or information, and may
include internal clients including, organisation, business unit, team, computer system
and/or external clients: government agencies, enforcement organisations.
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Information means facts that are known or could be discovered from any source.
Examples may include written or oral reports or documents, description of an event,
or an activity, unevaluated material of every description, at all levels of reliability, and
from any sources from which intelligence can be developed.
Intelligence refers collectively to the functions, activities, people or organisations that
are involved in the process of planning, gathering and analysing information that
leads to the production of intelligence products which is of potential value to decision
makers.
Intelligence product refers to the end result of the production step of the intelligence
cycle, in which information is developed into an intelligence product through
integration, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of all available information.
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policies, procedures, and
methodologies which are documented and are available in the workplace. They are
consistent with applicable legislation and any other applicable compliance
requirements.
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This unit standard applies to the production of intelligence products and intelligence
reports that individually convey relevant intelligence to meet an audience need.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Complete an audience analysis of intelligence products.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Primary and secondary readers of intelligence products are identified.
1.2
The group that the audience of the intelligence products represents is identified.
This unit standard is
Range
includes butexpiring
is not limited to – knowledge after receiving the
product, actions as a result of the product, attitudes toward the
Range
1.3
non-expert, general public, expert, combination.
The audience purpose as recipients of the intelligence product is established.
product content.
Outcome 2
Identify the type of information or intelligence to be disseminated.
Range
includes but is not limited to – request, suspect, risk, general information,
results and feedback, intelligence, liaison, risk assessment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Information or intelligence is identified to meet the client’s needs and the needs
of the target audience in accordance with organisational requirements.
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Security restrictions are identified and assigned in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Produce and disseminate intelligence products in accordance with organisational and
client requirements.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Intelligence products are produced in accordance with organisational
requirements.
includes but is not limited to – organisational templates for
example containing intelligence assessment – title page, handling
instructions, distribution, table of contents, summary of problem or
reason that initiated the report, aim, scope, executive summary,
ownership plan, introduction, methodology, analysis, key factors,
premises, inferences, hypothesis, conclusion, recommendations,
appendix, footnotes.
Range
3.2
All relevant facts and supporting features are included in intelligence products in
accordance with client needs.
includes but is not limited to – charts, references, details of
enquiries.
Range
3.3
Security of sources of information is maintained and protected in accordance
with organisational requirements.
3.4
Selected medium for dissemination matches the information, intelligence or the
clients’ or audiences’ needs.
3.5
Intelligence products are disseminated and archived in accordance with
restriction endorsement and organisational requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 July 2001
31 December 2013
Revision
2
20 August 2002
31 December 2013
Review
3
19 November 2010
31 December 2017
Review
4
19 March 2015
31 December 2017
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016