NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Implement staff, visitor, and prisoner safety in a prison environment
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for people working as officers in a prison
environment and covers the implementation of staff, visitor and
prisoner safety.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
 provide a safe visiting environment in a prison;
 maintain staff safety in a prison;
 maintain prisoner safety in a prison; and
 record and document staff, visitor, and prisoner safety in a
prison.
Classification
Offender Management > Prison Safety and Security
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for workplace assessment.
2
Boundaries of unit standard
Visitors include all individuals on prison property other than staff and prisoners.
3
References
Corrections Act 2004;
Corrections Regulations 2005;
Crimes Act 1961;
Crimes of Torture Act 1989;
Criminal Justice Act 1985;
Department of Corrections Code of Conduct;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Parole Act 2002;
Privacy Act 1993;
PS Operations Manual, Department of Corrections, available at
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/policy-and-legislation/ps-operations-manual.html;
Sentencing Act 2002;
and their subsequent amendments or replacements.
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Assessment range
a Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must meet all the principles of
behaviour and criteria as detailed in the Prison Services Operations Manual
(PSOM), Department of Corrections (available at
http://www.corrections.govt.nz/policy-and-legislation/ps-operations-manual.html),
the Department of Corrections Code of Conduct, other documented national
policies and procedures, and prison-specific procedures.
b The range statements in this unit standard must be applied according to prisonspecific equipment, procedures, and processes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Provide a safe visiting environment in a prison.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Make prison visitors aware of emergency, safety, and security requirements.
1.2
Restrict visitor access to defined and authorised areas.
1.3
Monitor and control prisoner visits.
Range
may include but is not limited to – screening visitors, number of
visitors, booth visits, access, non-contact visit area;
evidence of two is required.
1.4
Observe visitors and record visitor movements and contacts in the required
format and document.
1.5
Conduct any searches of visitors in accordance with consent requirements and
Corrections Act 2004 requirements.
Outcome 2
Maintain staff safety in a prison.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Follow staff safety procedures.
Range
2.2
may include – staff numbers, staff location, prisoner situations,
work equipment;
evidence of three is required.
Identify unsafe situations that impact on staff and implement actions to maintain
established safety levels.
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Use and maintain staff safety equipment.
Range
2.4
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may include – protective equipment, surveillance equipment,
radios, alarms;
evidence of three is required.
Describe referral services for staff.
Range
Employee Assistance Programme referral services, Post Incident
Response Team (PIRT).
Outcome 3
Maintain prisoner safety in a prison.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Monitor prisoner environment to identify and remedy any potential and/or actual
safety breaches.
Range
3.2
may include – visitors, drugs, alcohol, illegal items, hazards.
Monitor prisoner behaviour to identify and remedy any potential and/or actual
safety breaches.
Range
remedies may include – protective segregation.
3.3
Forward prisoner intelligence information to appropriate personnel.
3.4
Identify prisoners who need referral to medical and other services are, notify the
relevant service, and make available to the prisoner in the required timeframe.
3.5
Identify at risk prisoners and implement actions to minimise safety risk to
themselves and others.
3.6
Use plant and equipment in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications.
Range
may include but is not limited to – work tools, equipment, Health
and Safety gear, hazardous materials, hobby gear;
evidence of two is required.
Outcome 4
Record and document staff, visitor, and prisoner safety in a prison.
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Evidence requirements
4.1
Record information completely, concisely, accurately, and legibly.
may include but is not limited to – visitor books, incident reports,
prisoner records, file notes, accident register, search books, visitor
log-in and log-out;
evidence of three is required.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 June 1999
30 June 2012
Revision
2
3 April 2001
30 June 2012
Review
3
25 July 2006
30 June 2012
Review
4
17 September 2010
30 June 2012
Review
5
20 May 2011
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, 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 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.
Consent 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 ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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