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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish chaplaincy capability within a deployed environment
   • Identify and liaise with the military organisational structures including chain of command.
   • Implement joint, combined or coalition doctrine.
   • Establish cooperative working relationships with coalition partners and chaplains.
   • Identify and advise command about religions and cultures.
   • Identify consecrated, sacred or significant religious sites.
   • Liaise with religious leaders of local faith groups.
2. Minister in deployed environments
   • Identify military and civilian resources to support chaplaincy capability.
   • Identify and provide for the spiritual, pastoral and religious needs of members of Australian and coalition forces operating in a deployed environment.
   • Conduct religious services.
   • Analyse completed activities and recommend improvements.
   • Complete, compile and process reports and returns.
3. Establish chaplaincy capability within a deployed environment
   • Identify and liaise with the military organisational structures including chain of command
4. Implement joint, combined or coalition doctrine
5. Establish cooperative working relationships with coalition partners and chaplains
6. Identify and advise command about religions and cultures
7. Identify consecrated, sacred or significant religious sites
8. Liaise with religious leaders of local faith groups
9. Minister in deployed environments
   • Identify military and civilian resources to support chaplaincy capability
10. Identify and provide for the spiritual, pastoral and religious needs of members of Australian and coalition forces operating in a deployed environment
11. Conduct religious services
12. Analyse completed activities and recommend improvements
13. Complete, compile and process reports and returns

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and includes:

meeting denominational or multi-faith requirements presenting abstract and symbolic ideas to groups and individuals taking part in and facilitating interpersonal exchanges with groups and individuals selecting language style suitable to audience and context for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and developing relationships exploring issues and or problem solving summarising and clarifying ideas following instructions reporting information planning events and activities liaising with organisations and agencies analysing and evaluating information retaining professionalism under duress assessing Rules of Engagement with regard to their application to a chaplain identifying and understanding culture, structures, ranks and terminology of other services, coalition forces, other government and NGOs within the deployed environment

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

chaplaincy role and function world religions together with associated religious beliefs and practices denominational doctrines, worship and practices principles of chaplaincy care relevant organisational processes and protocols relevant records maintenance requirements relevant support agencies code of behaviour professional codes of practice ethical standards command and control structures including NATO staff system joint, combined and coalition doctrine structure of chaplain's organisations in Coalition partners chaplain's role in civil military affairs role in intelligence gathering within the AO Laws of Armed Conflict with regard to their application to a chaplain notification policies and procedures

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