NZQA registered unit standard
28490 version 1
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Title
Initiate and develop relationships to assist in the production of
intelligence
Level
6
Purpose
Credits
15
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
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identify potential points of contact and examine their
suitability for contributing to the intelligence project;
build and preserve confidence with contacts; and
analyse and evaluate results of interaction with contacts
and make recommendations.
Classification
Compliance and Law Enforcement > Intelligence Analysis
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 28474, Apply ethical values and standards in an
intelligence role; or Unit 28484, Produce the Terms of
Reference for an intelligence project; and Unit 28487,
Demonstrate knowledge of the roles, tasks and
interdependencies within the intelligence cycle; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Performance in relation to the outcomes and evidence requirements must comply
with current legislation, policies and procedures, including:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Official Information Act 1982;
Privacy Act 1993; and all subsequent amendments and replacements;
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.
2
Definitions
Information – 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;
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Integrity – the core values of honesty, fairness, trustworthiness, dependability and
leading by example. It can and should, however, take on a much broader meaning,
ranging from the generally understood ‘freedom from corruption’ and conduct-related
issues, to the systematic approach to consultation and communication with clients
and stakeholders, to the positive concepts of excellence of service and doing a good
professional job.
Intelligence – 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 are of potential value to decision makers.
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies, procedures, and
methodologies which are documented and are available in the workplace. They must
be consistent with applicable legislation and any other applicable compliance
requirements.
3
Competency for this unit standard cannot be fully demonstrated under simulated
conditions. Assessment must be based on evidence obtained from the candidate
carrying out relationship building activities in at least four different actual situations
over a six month period.
4
Range
All activities and evidence presented for outcomes and evidence requirements in this
unit standard must be in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify potential points of contact and examine their suitability for contributing to the
intelligence project.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Identify potential points of contact assess their suitability to contribute to the
intelligence project.
1.2
Identify the most suitable means to initiate contact.
Outcome 2
Build and preserve confidence with contacts.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Initiate communication with contact, or reply to initial communication from
contact.
2.2
Interact with identified contacts.
Range
2.3
written, oral.
Confirm their suitability to contribute to the intelligence project
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2.4
Maintain the integrity, security and confidentiality of communications with
contacts, of the relationship and of any shared information.
2.5
Protect identity of contact
2.6
Protect sensitive or classified information in accordance with the contacts
organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Analyse and evaluate results of interaction with contacts and make recommendations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Analyse and evaluate results of interaction.
may include but is not limited to – developing a data collecting
tool, interpreting raw data, identifying trends, anomalies or
similarities.
Range
3.2
Make recommendations for future interactions.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 18504.
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
19 March 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0121
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.
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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 The Skills Organisation reviewcomments@skills.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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