Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify legal requirements associated with managing strata communities.
- Reliable sources of information are identified and accessed to ensure that knowledge of legislation and regulations applying to strata communities is current, comprehensive and relevant.
- Professional relationships and networks are established and maintained to facilitate personal awareness of legislation and regulations relevant to managing strata communities.
- Applicable legislation and regulations are identified and their relationship to work practices is established.
- Comply with legislation, codes and regulatory requirements.
- Systems are established to ensure compliance with the legislative and regulatory requirements associated with managing strata communities.
- Duties and obligations of strata manager, lot owners and owners committees in relation to compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements are identified and communicated to relevant parties.
- Legal documents are identified, maintained and securely stored to ensure accessibility.
- Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is monitored.
- Situations involving non-compliance with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements are reported and corrective actions are taken in line with organisational, strata community and legislative requirements.
- Administer contracts.
- Duties and obligations of strata manager in relation to administration of contracts are confirmed.
- Proposed contract is presented and terms and conditions are reviewed in consultation with strata community.
- Risks associated with contract terms and conditions are identified and action to mitigate risks is determined.
- Situations requiring specialist advice are identified and assistance is sought as required.
- Instruction is taken from strata community on contract requirements.
- Terms of contracts for provision of goods and services are negotiated with potential suppliers and contract documentation is updated as required.
- Contracts are finalised ensuring that they are signed and exchanged between the relevant parties, and contract documentation is safely stored.
- Performance of contractor is monitored and non- compliance is addressed and reported to strata community.
- Plan for contract evaluation and renewal options are established.