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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Assess current community governance and decision-making processes
  2. Develop options for community governance and decision-making processes
  3. Report on preferred options for implementation

Range Statement


Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

assess current community governance and decision-making processes

assess community needs and plan around these needs

demonstrate high level communication skills

develop options for community governance and decision-making processes

report on preferred options for implementation


Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles and practices

community governance and decision-making processes, such as:

governance of community resources, enterprises and activities

meeting facilitation, negotiation and mediation

conflict resolution procedures

decision-making methodologies

consensus processes

qualified decision-making processes

protocols

codes of conduct

recording and sorting decisions, such as Many Baskets process (Robin Clayfield)

strategic planning

community needs analysis techniques, such as:

SWOT analysis

6 thinking hats (de Bono)

PMI (de Bono)

T.O.A.S.T. processes (Robin Clayfield)

L.O.V.E. processes (Robin Clayfield)

opportunities and constraints for community development, such as:

seeing solutions rather than problems

viewing the negative in a positive light

modifications or extensions of existing systems to solve inherent problems

applying old or simple technology to new or complex problems

behaviour change, including organisational change and transformation

willingness or unwillingness to participate

legal framework requirements

vested interests and hidden agendas

advanced negotiation techniques

organisational change and development

group and individual goal setting techniques

risk management processes and techniques

action planning methods

information technology

legal frameworks obligations and responsibilities