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Demonstrate knowledge of and provide safe career practice
environments
Level
5
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
safe career practice environments, and provide a safe career practice
environment.
Subfield
Career Practice
Domain
Career Consultation
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0121
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Privacy Act
1993, Human Rights Act 1993, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Definitions
Career refers to the wide range of occupational, family, civic, and political roles which
individuals will undertake throughout their adult lives. It includes paid employment,
self-employment, unpaid work, multiple jobbing, entrepreneurial enterprise, homebased enterprise, study as an adult, and unemployment. A career is a
developmental and lifelong process.
Career practice refers to the umbrella profession under which the following vocations
sit – career resources, career information, career education, and career consultation
which includes career counselling, career advice, and career guidance.
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Client refers to people receiving a career related service who may be individuals or
groups associated with employment, education, or training, or in some cases may be
an organisation.
Counselling refers to a generic term that is used to cover the several processes of
interviewing, testing, guiding, and advising. It is designed to help an individual solve
problems and plan for the future.
Ethical practice refers to the code of practice as defined in the constitution of an
established career practice association.
Practitioner refers to a specialist who gives expert advice or information.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of safe career practice environments.
Performance criteria
1.1
The components of a safe career practice environment are outlined in terms of
the health and safety needs of the client.
Range
1.2
components include but are not limited to – space, facilities,
privacy, security, adequate timeframe, inclusive language,
welcoming decor, relevant legislation, ethical practice.
The components of a safe career practice environment are outlined in terms of
the health and safety needs of the career practitioner.
Range
components include but are not limited to – space, facilities,
current information, appropriate exit route, security, adequate
timeframe, relevant legislation, ethical practice.
Element 2
Provide a safe career practice environment.
Performance criteria
2.1
The components of the environment in which career practice is provided meet
the health and safety needs of the career practitioner and the client.
Range
2.2
components include but are not limited to – space, facilities,
privacy, security, adequate timeframe, inclusive language,
welcoming decor, relevant legislation, ethical practice.
The approach used in career practice with the client meets their personal and
cultural needs.
Range
approach includes but is not limited to – establishment of rapport
and commonalities, non judgemental, respecting person,
respecting boundaries, use of active listening.
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2.3
The language used in the interaction with the client during career practice is in
accordance with the personal and cultural needs of the clients.
Range
2.4
language used in the interaction with the clients may include but is
not limited to – use of personal traits or characteristics, implying
stereotypes, use of pronouns, use of gender-neutral language, use
of specific or general ethnicity terms.
The methods used for counselling or consultation focus on the client, and meets
their personal and cultural needs.
Range
methods used for counselling or consultation may include but is
not limited to – face-to-face, telephone, Internet, letters,
psychometric testing, methods of self assessment.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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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