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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Research issues and develop options
   • Gain authority to undertake policy review or development
   • Determine and document rationale for review or development of policy
   • Gather and review relevant information to inform policy
   • Utilise mechanisms to generate policy ideas from members
   • Identify policy options
2. Develop policy
   • Ensure consultation occurs with members and other stakeholders about policy issues
   • Draft policy based on key issues and for consistency with union values
   • Undertake consultation with key stakeholders in relation to the policy
   • Review draft policy and where appropriate revise draft policy in light of consultations undertaken
   • Check policy to ensure that format and style facilitate understanding and implementation
   • Gain formal approval for policy in accordance with union protocols and procedures
3. Implement policy
   • Develop strategy to implement policy in consultation with key stakeholders
   • Ensure key indicators and measurements for outcomes are built into strategy
   • Circulate strategy through available communication channels
   • Designate appropriate actions to individuals and ensure all staff are trained or receive instruction in the implementation of the strategy
   • Establish or adapt internal systems and procedures to support strategy implementation
   • Ensure all relevant staff are made aware of the strategy
4. Manage policy implementation and review
   • Store policy for ready access
   • Evaluate strategy and policy regularly, and update to reflect legislative and other changes and developments
   • Ensure policy is referred to, implemented and applied in relevant situations

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to consult with the membership and to network and harness support for new policy high level writing skills to ensure policy is clear and well written and reflects union needs research skills to collect and analyse information to analyse data and to review current literature

Required knowledge

equal employment opportunity equity and diversity principles union context such as awards and agreements existing policies and procedures industry issues international considerations membership political positions relevant industrial issues strategic direction vision culture and values union structure

Evidence Required

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	Evidence of the following is essential evidence of policies that have been thoroughly researched are relevant to the unions needs and which have been widely circulated supported and implemented knowledge of union context in terms of awards and agreements and existing policies and procedures
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Assessment must ensure access to workplace and union documents
Method of assessment	A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of onthejob performance by the candidate review of documented rationale for review or development of policy evaluation of identified policy options review of strategies developed to implement policy evaluation of communication channels used to circulate strategy demonstration of techniques
Guidance information for assessment	Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example other workplace relations units

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Range Statement

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.
Relevant information may include:	legislation legislative and legal/industrial inquiries and/or reviews opinions other policy - both internal and external research literature and reports statistics and data
Consultation could include:	discussion - both informal and formal focus groups forums meeting of members national or international agencies/bodies other unions and/or stakeholders surveys and questionnaires
Changes and developments could include:	changes in government policy changes in policies of national and international peak union bodies changes in strategic direction changes in the policies of other unions economic changes political changes

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