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Implement loss prevention policies and procedures in a retail or
distribution environment
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the requirements
of loss prevention policies and procedures, implement loss prevention
policies and procedures, and evaluate the implementation of loss prevention
policies and procedures.
Subfield
Retail, Distribution, and Sales
Domain
Retail and Distribution Core Skills
Status
Evaluation
Status date
April 2009
Date version published
dd MMMM yyyy
Planned review date
dd MMMM yyyy
Entry information
Open
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Retail Institute
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0225
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
Retail or distribution environment refers to workplaces where the primary focus is on
customers purchasing goods and/or services.
Organisational procedures refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are formally documented, or generally accepted within the workplace.
Agreed indicates a course of action that is agreed between two or more people
(including the candidate) and which follows organisational procedures.
Fraud refers to deliberately lying about something, or cheating to gain a personal
advantage.
Theft refers to dishonestly taking someone’s property.
Process loss refers to loss due to poor operating procedures.
Loss prevention policies and procedures refer to policies and procedures relating to
prevention of theft, fraud and process loss.
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Evidence is required for implementation of two different loss prevention policies and
procedures.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the requirements of loss prevention policies and procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to - theft, fraud, process loss.
Performance criteria
1.1
Policies and procedures for loss prevention applicable to the organisation are
explained.
1.2
Purposes of policies and procedures for loss prevention are described relevant
for the organisation.
Range
1.3
Requirements of loss prevention policies and procedures are explained in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
1.4
may include but is not limited to – minimising loss, preventing loss,
profitability, efficiency, customer satisfaction, stock maintenance,
staff retention, awareness, planning, consistency, identification of
training needs, health and safety, culture.
may include but is not limited to – compliance, awareness,
timeliness, team work, monitoring, training, safety, recording,
reporting.
Requirements of policies and procedures for loss prevention are explained for
specific situations.
Element 2
Implement loss prevention policies and procedures.
Performance criteria
2.1
Loss prevention policies and procedures are implemented in accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.2
Implementation of loss prevention policies and procedures results in minimising
or prevention of loss.
Element 3
Evaluate the implementation of loss prevention policies and procedures.
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Performance criteria
3.1
Implementation of loss prevention policies and procedures is evaluated in
accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
Range
3.2
Improvements to loss prevention policies and procedures are recommended in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
3.3
may include but is not limited to – monitoring by self or others,
feedback, measurement of compliance, measurement of change
in loss, measurement of effect on organisation.
may include but is not limited to – review, revise, update, monitor.
Improvements to loss prevention policies and procedures are implemented in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – compliance, feedback,
monitoring, training, coaching, change of behaviour.
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 Retail Institute info@retailinstitute.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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