NZQA registered unit standard
26919 version 1
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Title
Use audio and/or visual equipment for capturing and securing
evidence in a compliance environment
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who work in
compliance roles in public sector organisations. People
credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate the
use of functions of audio and visual equipment used for
recording; prepare to use audio and/or visual equipment for
capturing and securing evidence in a compliance environment;
and capture and secure audio and/or visual evidence in a
compliance environment.
Classification
Public Sector Compliance > Public Sector Compliance
Investigations
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and standards applicable to this unit standard may include but are not
limited to:
Evidence Act 2006;
Privacy Act 1993;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987;
Official Information Act 1982;
Crimes Act 1961;
specific legislation mandating the powers and duties of a specific agency with respect
to its compliance role and/or any other legislation applicable to a particular
compliance situation (eg Fisheries Act 1996, Resource Management Act 1991); and
AS/NZS 60079.10.1:2009 Explosive atmospheres – Classification of areas –
Explosive gas atmospheres, available from http://www.standards.co.nz.
Legislation includes any applicable subordinate legislation such as regulations,
bylaws, and licence conditions. Any legislation or standard superseding any of the
above will apply for the purpose of assessment.
2
Demonstration of knowledge and skills must be consistent with any applicable code
or codes such as the New Zealand State Services Code of Conduct, Standards of
Integrity and Conduct (available from http://www.ssc.govt.nz) and/or any other
organisation-specific codes of conduct.
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3
Evidence for outcomes 2 and 3 may be through simulation.
4
Environmental and safety factors affecting the suitability and functioning of audio and
visual equipment must be considered by the candidate when selecting and using
equipment. For example, a non-electronic or properly shielded recording device is
unlikely to be hazardous when explosive gas atmospheres may be present, whereas
use of an unshielded electronic recording device could be hazardous.
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Definitions
Audio and/or visual equipment refers to digital cameras, video cameras, and soundonly voice recording devices.
Compliance (role of) refers to the role, in a public sector organisation, of assessing
compliance subjects’ levels of adherence with regulatory requirements and carrying
out any appropriate intervention.
Compliance environment refers to the physical, social, economic, political, and
geographical environment that a public sector organisation’s compliance role is
carried out in.
Compliance investigation refers to the process of gathering and assessing
information to determine facts and, thereby, to determine degree of compliance or
otherwise.
Compliance subject refers to a natural person or an entity that is subject, in a
particular compliance context, to being regulated.
Evidence refers to information given personally, or drawn from a document or exhibit,
which tends to prove or disprove a fact.
Functions, for the purpose of this unit standard, refer to those functions of sound and
visual recording equipment that can be adjusted to capture material sufficient for
evidential purposes in a compliance environment and in a range of contexts.
Offence is a violation or breach of a law or rule. For the purpose of this unit
standard, offences may incorporate any non-compliance with statute, Regulations,
Bylaws, licence conditions, and other subordinate legislation.
Organisation refers to a public sector organisation, as listed in the Public Sector
Directory at http://psd.govt.nz/list/index.php.
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policies, procedures, and
methodologies which are documented and are available in the workplace.
Security and evidential requirements are all the requirements imposed by a
compliance organisation and by external bodies, such as the judiciary, to make
information secure against unauthorised access and to be admissible as evidence in
a court or other judicial hearing.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate the use of functions of audio and visual equipment used for recording.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Demonstrated use of functions of a digital camera is in accordance with
manufacturer instructions and any applicable organisational requirements.
Range
1.2
Demonstrated use of functions of a video camera is in accordance with
manufacturer instructions and any applicable organisational requirements.
Range
1.3
photographic functions include but are not limited to – focus, focal
length, exposure, metering, use of available and artificial light;
video functions – focus, focal length, exposure, sound;
contexts may include but are not limited to – bright, low, and mixed
light; still and moving subjects; appropriate use of depth of field.
video functions may include but are not limited to – focus, focal
length, exposure, sound, filters;
photographic functions include but are not limited to – focus, focal
length, exposure, metering;
direct sound; may include filtered sound;
contexts may include but are not limited to – bright, low, and mixed
light; still and moving subjects; appropriate use of depth of field.
Demonstrated use of functions of an audio recording device is in accordance
with manufacturer instructions and any applicable organisational requirements.
Range
direct sound; may include filtered sound.
Outcome 2
Prepare to use audio and/or visual equipment for capturing and securing evidence in a
compliance environment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Recording equipment is selected on the basis of availability, suitability and
safety for the environment it is to be used in, and to secure the type or types of
best evidence likely to be related to the offence or offences.
2.2
Authority to record is identified, or permission is obtained and recorded, in
accordance with organisational requirements.
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2.3
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Preparation includes ensuring equipment is ready for capturing and securing
evidence for compliance investigation.
may include but is not limited to – checking good working order,
ensuring adequate available memory, ensuring sufficient battery
power.
Range
Outcome 3
Capture and secure audio and/or visual evidence in a compliance environment.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Audio and/or visual information is recorded in accordance with manufacturer
instructions and any applicable organisational requirements.
3.2
Information captured includes information suitable as evidence in terms of
quality and content and serves to convey an objective record of the compliance
situation.
may include but is not limited to – clarity, scale, location, date and
time, relative positions, sequence of events.
Range
3.3
Captured information is managed and secured in accordance with legal and
organisational requirements.
Range
legal and organisational requirements include but are not limited to
– security, evidential requirements, potential disclosure.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
15 April 2011
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.
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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 (CMRs). 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 info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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