NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Conduct initial response at incidents 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 carry out planning
for, and carry out, initial response at incidents in a compliance
environment.
Classification
Public Sector Compliance > Public Sector Compliance
Operations
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation applicable to this unit standard may include but is not limited to:
Criminal Disclosure Act 2008;
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; and
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 (e.g. Fisheries Act 1996, Resource Management Act 1991).
Legislation includes any applicable subordinate legislation such as regulations,
bylaws, and licence conditions. Any legislation 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 of conduct 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 code or codes of conduct.
3
Range
Evidence of conducting initial responses at two different incidents is required.
4
Evidence may be from actual compliance activity carried out by the candidate and/or
from simulation.
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Definitions
Appreciation (or ‘an appreciation’) refers to the act of logically considering a given
problem by assessing relevant factors and limitations and coming up with a workable
plan by choosing among or between the available courses of action.
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 subject refers to a natural person or an entity that is subject, in a
particular compliance context, to being regulated.
Incident, for the purpose of this unit standard, refers to a situation that requires an
immediate compliance response. Examples are – responding to a workplace
accident, responding to a toxic spill, responding to a domestic incident, attending a
crime, attending a crash, responding to poaching.
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.
Others, in terms of safety of self and others (1.1 refers), may include but are not
limited to colleagues from own and/or other organisations, contractors, compliance
subjects, potential or actual victims, witnesses, members of the public including any
bystanders, and emergency support personnel.
Scene refers to the physical place where an apparent offence is being or has been
committed and/or where any physical evidence leading to possible establishment of
an offence is located.
Suspect refers to a person suspected of breaching a rule or involved in breaching a
rule. Other terms used for suspect may include but are not limited to – duty holder,
potentially liable party (civil or criminal), person of interest, party who is the focus of
investigation or compliance action, responsible person, respondent, alleged
offender. A person may be a legal entity such as a company or partnership.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Carry out planning for initial response at incidents in a compliance environment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Appreciations of the incidents are conducted in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
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may include but is not limited to – time, date, place, weather
conditions, risk, resources, safety of self and others,
environmental scanning.
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1.2
Plan for initial action to minimise any harm, is based on known and/or observed
factors prior to arriving at and/or upon arrival at the incident scene.
Range
1.3
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may include but is not limited to – assessing information received,
taking action oneself; accessing additional resources such as the
Police, emergency management, or other critical scene
assistance; medical assistance; spill control; traffic management.
Any required adjustments to the plan are made based on ongoing monitoring
and evaluation of the incident, and include consideration of the need to prevent
contamination of potential evidence.
Range
may include but is not limited to – changes in weather, safety of
self and others, environmental risk factors.
Outcome 2
Carry out initial response at incidents in a compliance environment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Any additional resources identified for initial action are accessed, received, and
managed in accordance with organisational requirements and the need to
prevent contamination of potential evidence.
Range
additional resources may include but are not limited to – the
Police, emergency management, or other critical scene
assistance; medical assistance; spill control; traffic management.
2.2
Initial actions, as required, are carried out and communicated to minimise the
risk of harm to self, others, and/or the environment.
2.3
The scenes are controlled and preserved, where applicable, to prevent
contamination of potential evidence.
Range
2.4
Initial incident responses are completed in accordance with organisational
requirements and the needs of the situations.
Range
2.5
includes boundaries and may include but is not limited to –
separation and management of suspects, victims, and witnesses;
protection from weather conditions.
may involve but is not limited to – no further action, plan further
action, handover to expert or experts or other third party.
Documentation is completed in accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
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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
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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
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