NZQA registered unit standard
28382 version 1
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Title
Develop financial solutions to meet the needs of personal lending
clients and apply a loan application process
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–
demonstrate understanding of and develop financial
solutions for personal lending, and
–
apply a loan application process.
Classification
Financial Services > Financial Services - Professional Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
References
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009;
Code of Banking Practice;
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993;
Fair Trading Act 1986;
KiwiSaver Act 2006;
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989;
Responsible Lending Guidelines. Published by Financial Services Federation,
Wellington, 2011. Available at www.fsf.org.nz;
relevant industry codes of practice;
and all subsequent amendments and replacements.
2
Definitions
New loan context – application, assessment, and approval of new personal loans.
Existing loan context – management, reassessment, collections and recoveries of
personal loans already made.
Frameworks – organisational policies, procedures, and guidelines that set out
requirements and criteria that apply to loan application, assessment, approval,
management, reassessment, collections and/or recoveries. Policies may cover
trigger points for activation of policy, process to initiate action, and escalation
triggers.
3
Range
Assessments requiring application or demonstration of skills and knowledge may be
performed using workplace evidence or evidence derived from simulation or scenario
based activities.
All activities must comply with legislation, regulations, and best practice, including
any guidance notes published by the agency responsible for the relevant enactment
or code.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28382 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop financial solutions for personal lending.
Range
evidence of three examples with a range of needs and complexity is required.
At least one example must come from a new loan context and at least one
example must come from an existing loan context.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Analyse the client financial situation and compare it to the requirements of
relevant frameworks.
1.2
Match lending products and/or services with borrowing needs and validate the
match by the application of quantitative analysis techniques.
1.3
Identify any tax and legal implications and explain any need for specialist
advice.
1.4
Assess the relevance of the legal structure of the borrower in relation to any
special requirements imposed by the lending framework.
Range
legal structure includes but is not limited to – trusts, companies,
sole traders, partnerships, limited liability companies, look through
companies.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate understanding of matters relating to borrowers, security assets, and
guarantors.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Explain the attributes of a potential borrower’s profile that determine whether a
loan is offered at standard or non-standard rates.
2.2
Explain the impact of different types of security asset and value, and
appropriate form of charge.
2.3
Explain the elements and relevance of loan guarantors in terms of the
guarantor’s risks and obligations.
2.4
Explain the elements and relevance of loan guarantors in terms of how a
remedy is obtained.
Outcome 3
Apply a loan application process.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28382 version 1
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Apply a personal loan application process and produce the documents required
in accordance with relevant frameworks.
Range
3.2
cover sheet and diary note, application form, authority and
declaration, proof of income, proof of identity, key dates, details of
other professional parties;
may also include but is not limited to – financial history, trust deed,
certificate of incorporation, proof of residency.
Identify appropriate financial ratios and use them to evaluate the financial
impact of borrowing.
may include but is not limited to – serviceability calculations,
statement of position, settlement position.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 February 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0003
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.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28382 version 1
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Comments on this unit standard
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suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016