Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication and literacy skills to consult and negotiate, to prepare communications about risk management, and to encourage stakeholder involvement
organisational and management skills to plan and implement risk management processes
problemsolving and innovation skills to find practical ways to manage identified risks.
Required knowledge
AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management - Principles and Guidelines
legislation, codes of practice and national standards, for example:
duty of care
company law
contract law
environmental law
freedom of information
industrial relations law
privacy and confidentiality
legislation relevant to organisation’s operations
legislation relevant to operation as a business entity
organisational policies and procedures, including:
risk management strategy
policies and procedures for risk management
overall operations of organisation
reasonable adjustment in the workplace for people with a disability
types of available insurance and insurance providers.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Risksmay include those relating to: | commercial relationships economic circumstances and scenarios human behaviour individual activities legislation management activities and controls natural events political circumstances technology. |
Scopemay apply to: | given project specific business unit or area specific functional such as: financial management OHS governance external environment internal environment whole organisation. |
Relevant partiesmay include: | all staff internal and external stakeholders senior management specific teams or business units technical experts. |
Researchmay include: | data or statistical information information from other business areas lessons learned from other projects or activities market research previous experience public consultation review of literature and other information sources. |
Tools and techniquesmay include: | brainstorms checklists fishbone diagrams flowcharts scenario analysis. |
Likelihoodmay refer to: | probability of a given risk occurring, such as: very likely likely possible unlikely rare. |
Impact or consequencemay refer to: | significance of outcomes if the risk occurs, such as: disastrous severe moderate impact minimal impact. |
Evaluationof risks includes: | considering the likelihood of the risk occurring considering the impact of the risk determining which risks are most significant and are therefore priorities for treatment. |
Optionsmay include: | avoiding the risk changing the consequences changing the likelihood retaining the risk sharing the risk with a third party. |
Action plansshould include: | what actions are required who is taking responsibility time lines monitoring processes. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist